We had planned to meet the two children we sponsor through One Changed Life. For $30 they get a good amount of flour, oil & other essentials. When they're first brought into the program they're given a new pair of shoes. I recognized the shoes they had on as the ones they were first given. In the picture above I'm with Kalab's mother (Kalab is the small one in the middle) and his older brother Yonas. Kalab is the youngest of 7.It was a very bitter sweet day. We got hugged so hard!!! They were so very grateful!
Below is Hamid. He is 11 and the oldest of 3 boys. His mother was there as well & hugged us until we were all crying. She is a widow & HIV+. Hamid is her only child in the sponsorship program. With the food they're given each month she uses 1/2 of it to bake & sell things to pay her rent which is 200 birr - $12 us. We told her if she can get her other 2 children into the sponsorship program that we would sponsor them too. She fell down & kissed our feet. It was incredibly humbling.
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Wow.... speechless... and humbled just from reading your account.... what an incredible gift to sponsor these children, to meet them... and the love shown in grateful return. amazing.
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