...in Torez, Ukraine.
Our current project is to find a “food sponsor” for each of the 47 bedridden children * There are 47 bedridden children at Torez laying in bed as you read this.
- These children suffer from a wide range of conditions: Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, Arthrygryposis, Spina Bifida, and so on.
- The children have a range of physical and mental capabilities.
- What they all share is a common fate of institutionalization, with 525,960 minutes to spend a year in bed doing nothing.
- They are in desperate need of food. Children that do not get enough calories weaken over time and simply wither away.
OBJECTIVE:
- Get these bedridden children mobile and using the physical therapy room.
- Increase their strength and basic health with a higher calorie diet.
- Provide every child a chance to live their life with some basic dignity.
SOLUTION:
- High calorie food program (in conjunction with physical therapy)
- Each sponsor will be matched with a child and we ask that the family commit to sponsoring their child for at least a year.
- You can save a child’s life.
Please consider sponsoring a child for $30 a month.(You can also sponsor a child jointly).
If you are interested in sponsoring a child http://www.life2orphans.org/help_online_donations.htm or contact Stacie at babcockslm@comcast.net for more information.
NOTES:
- Consider that if you eat 3,500 calories more than your body needs, you will put on about 1 pound.
- If an orphan receives an extra 3,500 calories a month, they will gain 12 extra pounds over the year
If you want more information you can also contact me (Renia) through my 43 things page and I can chat to you about it and also provide you with much more information.
If you don’t want to send money you can also sign up for a “box and letters” sponsorship where you would send things to your sponsored child twice a year.
