This is an email that we got from kate that really touched our hearts and i am sure it will touch yours as well. we have this part of our blog because i think i can speak for both ally and i when i say that, the last thing we want to do is pressure people into giving their money away. But if we did not have this part of our Blog and there was somebody out there who wanted to help the city of El Porvenir and we were not telling people these stories, then i don't think we would be doing our jobs in Honduras.
so... this is the email we got.
I visited Grandmas house today. I walk up to their house and kids
pour out left and right yelling "Catalina, Catalina!" Im greated with
hugs, kisses and "Catalina, when are we going swimming again?!" I
visit Miladies (the mom) in her house. Yeison is sick with a parasite,
and she needs medicine for him. Noe is running around naked, as usual.
Claudio and Rossel are talking up a storm and Wakiria greets me with a
shy hello. I began to tell Miladies of Dan and Ally's idea to raise money to
buy bunk beds for her kids. She had a very hard time understanding why people would donate money to someone that they don't even know. I tell her that once Allison and Dan asked me who we could help support, I immediately thought of her family. She has 7 kids and one on the way. They live in a house the size of my room back in the states. Two of the children, twins, live in La Ceiba with an
aunt. Which leaves 6 people living in this house, on two beds. One
bed, of which is falling apart so bad it is barely usable. I ask if I
could take some pictures to send to Ally, and she immediatly
"tidies" up by placing a blanket over the mattresses. Then I ask about
her sister in law who lives about 5 feet from her. They have 4
children, including the mom and dad whom all sleep on 1 bed. One bed.
6 people. I go over to her house to ask to see inside. Cardboard
walls. The baby, asleep in the hammock. As im taking endless pictures
of the kids outside the house, I come back in and Fanny (Miladies
sister in law) asks if in fact Miladies told me they all share one
bed. I ask why? She was embarrassed. She didnt want me to know the 6
of them sleep together. That is if in fact they do. another family that i help out makes her children sleep on the floor. I was able to purchase a cheap
mattress a few weeks ago where at least the children dont have to
sleep on concrete. My hope is that with these kids growing, and
because the house cannot support another bed, bunk beds are the best
solution. Build up instead of out!"
The cost of one bunk bed in Honduras is pretty costly. Hence the reason many families cannot buy them so instead only buy mattresses which are pretty cheap. Katlyn is gathering more information on exactly how much one will cost, but she says the average price for one is about 500 dollars. If you would like to donate towards these two families bunk beds, read about how to donate by clicking on this link. Thank you for making a difference.
hugs, kisses and "Catalina, when are we going swimming again?!" I
visit Miladies (the mom) in her house. Yeison is sick with a parasite,
and she needs medicine for him. Noe is running around naked, as usual.
Claudio and Rossel are talking up a storm and Wakiria greets me with a
shy hello. I began to tell Miladies of Dan and Ally's idea to raise money to
buy bunk beds for her kids. She had a very hard time understanding why people would donate money to someone that they don't even know. I tell her that once Allison and Dan asked me who we could help support, I immediately thought of her family. She has 7 kids and one on the way. They live in a house the size of my room back in the states. Two of the children, twins, live in La Ceiba with an
aunt. Which leaves 6 people living in this house, on two beds. One
bed, of which is falling apart so bad it is barely usable. I ask if I
could take some pictures to send to Ally, and she immediatly
"tidies" up by placing a blanket over the mattresses. Then I ask about
her sister in law who lives about 5 feet from her. They have 4
children, including the mom and dad whom all sleep on 1 bed. One bed.
6 people. I go over to her house to ask to see inside. Cardboard
walls. The baby, asleep in the hammock. As im taking endless pictures
of the kids outside the house, I come back in and Fanny (Miladies
sister in law) asks if in fact Miladies told me they all share one
bed. I ask why? She was embarrassed. She didnt want me to know the 6
of them sleep together. That is if in fact they do. another family that i help out makes her children sleep on the floor. I was able to purchase a cheap
mattress a few weeks ago where at least the children dont have to
sleep on concrete. My hope is that with these kids growing, and
because the house cannot support another bed, bunk beds are the best
solution. Build up instead of out!"
The cost of one bunk bed in Honduras is pretty costly. Hence the reason many families cannot buy them so instead only buy mattresses which are pretty cheap. Katlyn is gathering more information on exactly how much one will cost, but she says the average price for one is about 500 dollars. If you would like to donate towards these two families bunk beds, read about how to donate by clicking on this link. Thank you for making a difference.
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| The two beds that Miladies family uses now. |
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| Milades' family... one on the way |
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| Fanny and her girls (Dad's at work, but sleeps with them) |
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| Fannys son in his "crib" |
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| Some of Fanny's children |
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| the outside of Fanny's House |
