New Project in Laredo!!!

Handle with care

fragile!

Do you remember back in the old days when freight was sent containing glass, china and the like? The boxes were always stamped with the above text. Has it occured to you that this is also exactly how it is with small kids. They are fragile. They need to be handled with care. They need to be fed, washed, trained, played with, talked to, loved, etc. They need safety, care, and stimulation.

A new project has seen the light of day which aims at doing just that. In Laredo in northern Peru there is a serious need to start a day care unit for small children. Laredo is an agricultural zone where poverty is widespread. The people live in houses made of sun dried clay bricks. Most of them have no running water or proper sewer systems and therefore no bathrooms. Family income (both parents working) is less than 13 dollars a day. If the mother is single, she can earn 5 dollars a day. To buy a chicken costs about $ 7.50. A quart of milk costs $ 1.13. Forget about pork and beef, it is way too expensive in the stores to even think about. Malnutrition is a problem here.

Both parents need to work, or there won't be food on the table. That is why the Wawa wasi as the day care unit is called in Quechua is so important. Here the kids aged 2 - 4 receive  nutritious food, are taught songs, hear stories, play and develop their social skills through being with other children. Here they receive the stimulation and attention their parents cannot give them when at work.

The other project, the comedor or day care for children from age five and up, that already is working also needs your help. We have just received news that some former sponsors are no longer able to send their donations, which means that Proyecto Josias has no money to buy food for the children in their care. On a normal basis they, too receive a hot meal, receive help with homework and are taught basic hygiene. Apart from that they sing, play, hear Bible stories and are taught how to treat each other well. In short, their quality of life is improved and chances are good that they will not only do better in school, but that they may actually be able to complete school and some day get a proper education.

What are the alternatives? Well, the young kids get tied to their mothers' backs and hang there for hours each day while she works. The older kids roam around until it is time for them to go to school in the afternoon. (age five and up). Homework is not so likely to get done and with that a learning opportunity is lost. Think of your child in that situation. Would you feel good?

Therefore we need you to support these kids. Can you put aside a dollar and a half a day (or the equivalent)? Yup. That's all it takes to secure them a place in the wawa wasi or keep them in the comedor. Imagine what your dollar and a half a day will do for the child you sponsor. New hope, improved health, improved hygiene, better social skills and a worthy future. That is the difference you are making!

What do I do to become a sponsor?

Simply respond to this article by mail, letting us know that you want to sponsor a child. You will then receive a registration form to fill out and return.

Next, we will register you as a sponsor and send you the name and a photo of the child you are sponsoring along with a sponsor number and payment possibilities.

From here on all you need to do is to transfer the monthly amount.

It is that easy! And it is that easy to be a blessing to a little child who needs your help!

As usual, we ask you to share this news with your friends, at your work, at your church, at whatever place you come regularly. We need as many sponsors as possible - as soon as possible.

We hope to hear from you and your friends soon.

Until then, Handle yourself with care and God Bless you!

Torben & Yurika Kristensen

Por una vida digna para los niños del Perú

4perukids@gmail.com