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Saturday
Jun122010
A Call to Arms and a Giveaway (Updated)
June 12, 2010
UPDATE: Link fixed
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On this beautiful morning (soon to be afternoon) I wanted to draw your attention to a very worthy cause.
My dear friends (I have written about them before) have taken on the job of helping a big ol family thrive, in Thailand.
It is not an ordinary family. There are forty children, for one thing, who have lost their parents and survived the ceaseless (and pointless) acts of violence toward their people groups by the government of Burma. (The same government that has slaughtered their parents.)
A family of survivors, young children who were rescued by a man named Chala, who has undertaken the life work of giving them a home. You can imagine how stretched a budget is with forty children in the house. And I can assure you (having a first hand account of the simplicity of life in a village in Thailand) that they make do with a lot less that we have.
Right now they have a very simple need: a truck. A vehicle of their own to drive the kids to school, to get them to medical care if it is needed, to do all the various small things that make life just a little beyond survival. One of the kids was hit by a motorcycle on his way to school, walking down the treacherous highway that they need to walk along every day.
So there you are. We need to put money together to help buy these kids a truck. I know that my readers are already a giving, conscious type of people, and I'm hoping we can stretch a little more to get all the rest of the money together for this truck. They need $6000, and at last count they were a little over halfway there.
(Updated link. To give, visit this post and click on the Donate Button embedded in the post.)
One last thing, after you donate, pop back over here and leave a comment. I'm going to give away a handmade necklace with a Thai silver pendant to one randomly selected donor. Alright?
(I don't have a photo, because I haven't made the necklace yet. If you are the winner you can customize the length.)
It's amazing, in a time of various troubles that seem to pile up in a ridiculous manner, (oh, the Gulf, the GULF of Mexico, oh God help us all) to have the hope that we can put a small amount of money together to help so many children, survivors of war, kids who will grow up remembering the love that was shown them when they needed it.
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On this beautiful morning (soon to be afternoon) I wanted to draw your attention to a very worthy cause.
My dear friends (I have written about them before) have taken on the job of helping a big ol family thrive, in Thailand.
It is not an ordinary family. There are forty children, for one thing, who have lost their parents and survived the ceaseless (and pointless) acts of violence toward their people groups by the government of Burma. (The same government that has slaughtered their parents.)
A family of survivors, young children who were rescued by a man named Chala, who has undertaken the life work of giving them a home. You can imagine how stretched a budget is with forty children in the house. And I can assure you (having a first hand account of the simplicity of life in a village in Thailand) that they make do with a lot less that we have.
Right now they have a very simple need: a truck. A vehicle of their own to drive the kids to school, to get them to medical care if it is needed, to do all the various small things that make life just a little beyond survival. One of the kids was hit by a motorcycle on his way to school, walking down the treacherous highway that they need to walk along every day.
So there you are. We need to put money together to help buy these kids a truck. I know that my readers are already a giving, conscious type of people, and I'm hoping we can stretch a little more to get all the rest of the money together for this truck. They need $6000, and at last count they were a little over halfway there.
(Updated link. To give, visit this post and click on the Donate Button embedded in the post.)
One last thing, after you donate, pop back over here and leave a comment. I'm going to give away a handmade necklace with a Thai silver pendant to one randomly selected donor. Alright?
(I don't have a photo, because I haven't made the necklace yet. If you are the winner you can customize the length.)
It's amazing, in a time of various troubles that seem to pile up in a ridiculous manner, (oh, the Gulf, the GULF of Mexico, oh God help us all) to have the hope that we can put a small amount of money together to help so many children, survivors of war, kids who will grow up remembering the love that was shown them when they needed it.
Reader Comments (13)
It says the link has a fatal error. I know that paypal will shut down links that have a giveaway attached to donations (Jenni had that experience on One Thing), but I don't know if that's what happened here.
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Thanks for sharing that.....it's really important. We sometimes forget in the busyness of life the things that count.
Also the donation link does not work.....just says 'fatal error'.
Thanks Rae for posting this.
Everyone, is you go http://shelaughsatthedays.blogspot.com/2010/06/project-buy-orphanage-truck-giveaway.html" rel="nofollow">here you can find a working link to donate in the post.
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Just did it. I HATE to hear of children without parents ... no child should grow up without parents! Hat off to your friend with such a big heart.
Just donated. Please keep us updated. What a fantastic story!
This is just one more example of all the things I take for granted. My donation is IN.
I'm in! Thank you for sharing the need with us.
Donation in! Thanks for sharing this with us!
Thank you so much for posting about this. I just this morning loaded eight Burmese refugee kids into my car to bring them to my school for a summer program. They have been relocated to Des Moines, IA-- most of them without their fathers (who were killed due to violence.) It has been my great pleasure to get to know these wonderful smart loving kids and their families. I'll definitely be donating what I can!
Thanks for the link-- I donated!
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woo hoo.. I love the charis project and that I'm working again i have money :), so I donated! miss you guys!
I just donated at their website. I donated earlier this year too-- what a wonderful group of souls. I hope they are able to get this truck!