Southern Ethiopia is an area that is fairly untouched by forgeign aid like World Vision and other child-sponsorship organizations. FOVC is currently caring for 57 children. One of Team Tasfa's goals is to set up a child sponsorship program. Our family is going to sponsor a child. Would you consider sponsoring a child? If you do I will personally hug them for you and give you a personal update on them after I return in January. Please read below:
Friends of Orphans and Vulnerable Children (FOVC) is currently responsible for 57 orphaned children in Shanto, Ethiopia, a small, remote village in the Sidama region. Twenty-four of these children joined FOVC in mid-September after the local government, seeing the work done by FOVC, requested that these children be admitted into the program. While we are thankful that the local government is supportive of FOVC's projects and is seeking help for the children in their community, the admittance of 24 new children has placed a significant burden on FOVC. FOVC's Executive Director, Desalegn Daka, reported that these children "need immediate support to sustain their lives."
All 57 children are in need of sponsors. $35 a month will provide a child with food, clothing, education and medical care. As a sponsor, you will receive photos and biographical information of your child, and the opportunity to communicate with your child 3 times per year. It is our hope that a long term relationship will develop between children and their sponsors. Your tax-deductible gift will have immediate impact and will offer hope to a child desperately in need. Please contact Sharon Bonnett at followingthewayhome@gmail.com or leave a comment below for more information.
FOVC's mission is to reduce and break the cycle of poverty and to ensure that all orphans and vulnerable children grow up in safe, permanent foster families and have quality education and the help they need to be successful in life."
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