These children, about 100 total, are all victims of the earthquake. They are not all in the photo. Some lost their whole families, some were restaveks and others became separated from family. They have been living in Cavaillon for weeks now with only two large tarps for protection and a couple of smaller tents. Some ladies from Orlando, FL and a medical group from upper Michigan took them under their wing but they are heading home. They've begged us to take in these children. We are willing but will need your help to really be able to assist these children. We're talking a commitment here. Please consider doing this. You know we need your prayers but financial support is essential to house, feed, clothe, provide medical care for these children. Go to our website freethekids.org and start a recurring donation via credit card. The sooner the better. God bless.
Boy Father Marc, you sure have a lot of kids to take care of.
ReplyDeleteWhat are the costs per month per child these days? I assume they are going up.
ReplyDeleteHow many total no. of kids are you taking care of now, Father Marc? I, too, wanna know how much to feed, clothe and give minimum health care to all these kids DAILY OR MONTHLY? I will increase my monthly donation with no restrictions since lots of $ will be needed to feed the kids. God will not abandon the poor. Elsie
ReplyDeleteWe calculated the usual stuff: food, clothing, medical, personal hygiene, school expenses and uniforms... plus having to hire some cooks, housemothers, laundry help and we figured around $55 a month per child but we used pre-earthquake prices! I'm pretty sure that this is too conservative. Start-up costs include building homes, making some bunk beds, buying mattresses and linen whcih will be a one time cost. Don't know that amount, yet. You can bet your snow boots that I'll be knocking on the big NGOs' doors. Ah huh!
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