Thursday, October 1, 2009

Meet Simbwa Henry and Nakaiza Vanesa!

Nakaiza Vanesa is wearing the hot pink dress and leaning over.
Nakaiza Vanesa
Simbwa Henry is being interviewed by the school director Helen. This process gets his information to give to potential sponsors.


It looks like he is trying to look inside the camera and see who is inside!!

These two cuties started out as my daughters' pen pals, but we are now sponsoring them!!! We took 12 of them in fact (for only $35 a month!!), but I will just introduce them a little at a time so that it is not so overwhelming.

Jaden picked Nakaiza Vanesa. "She is P.1 and is 7 years old. She lives with her mother, who is often sick and is the breadwinner of the family. The father abandoned the family and they are really strugling. Vanesa loves to read, and her ambition is to become a nurse."

Morgan picked Simbwa Henry. "He is in baby class and is 4 years old. His favorite thing to do is play soccer.He lives with his parents, who are too poor to pay for his school supplies. They work in the stone quarry, breaking rocks all day long for under $1/day. His ambition is to become a lawyer."

The girls and I are anxious to get the first letters from their friends. We are, also, putting together a package to send all 12 an age-appropriate book of their own. Stay tuned for happy updates on our latest editions!!!

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