Stint in Peace Corps ended, but Stillwater man's concern for ki...

ZenBirdist wrote:

Namaste, Mr. Junker! I wish your organization loads of success in its noble mission.
Another really good non-profit that works to educate poor children in Africa is ChildFund Interntional (formerly Christian Children's Fund). My husband and I sponsor children in India and Africa, and cannot express adequately how the experienced has touched us. We know our small contributions are changing the lives of the children we sponsor and their families in big ways.
Zen
www.childfund.org

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to hard wrote:

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What about supporting poor children in America...

ZenBirdist wrote:

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Hello, to hard, I hope you're having a wonderful summer!
ChildFund is also involved in assisting the Native American children who live in poverty on reservations in South Dakota, I believe, though I have not signed on to sponsor an American child yet. Poverty in America is real and I thank you for bringing it up. There are local opportunities to work with homeless children right here in the Twin Cities. The little ones I'm sponsoring abroad are in the very direst of circumstances, suffering beyond what an American child will ever experience, though no child anywhere should ever have to go to bed hungry or forego an education to work for food. Education is a birthright and childhood is so fleeting. Anytime and anywhere that a person from any nation can lift a child out of poverty and give him/her the skills that will last a lifetime, I think it's our responsibility to do so.
Zen