Through our adoption of Isabella, we met the Lockwood family. They, too, adopted from the same province (Lang Son) as we did and have made a promise to help the poor families in that area. The Lockwoods will be traveling to Lang Son next week. While they are there, they will also be working on a project called "Food for Thought".
There is a great need to help the children who attend a school in Lang Son by improving their nutrition. The project is to supply chickens, roosters, feed, and guidance to a number of the poor families whose children attend the school. They have volunteers who will assist in all the arrangements. In exchange for the chickens, families will send their children to school with cooked eggs to share. When they have more than doubled their number of hens, these families will give some roosters and hens to another family on our list.
Since "Food for Thought" is new this year, Bonnie Lockwood will be meeting with the school next week to give them a plaque listing the names of the donors who helped to start the program. If you wanted to donate, your name will be on that plaque.
A mere $5.00 goes towards buying 2 chicks or chickens- plus feed. They will combine all the money and each family will get 30 chickens and starter feed- the school and the Lockwoods will check up on the families. They are hoping that all the poor Lang Son families of children who go to this school will eventually have chickens.
It doesn't matter if you can give $5 or $50 - here is a place where each act of kindness counts. Eventually, we will make a trip to Lang Son with Isabella where she will be able to see all the names of her friends and family that gave to this wonderful cause. The Lockwood family will follow through on this project to keep growing it. It might grow slowly but that is okay as long as it grows.
Below are pictures of the "Food for Thought" chicken project families. They are a happier family and soon a healthier one - thanks to donations. We can imagine this family struggling to feed all of the children and keep them in school. The oldest child is 9 and the youngest is only 18 months.
They hope the chickens help and eventually help other like families. The school has a great idea to add a pig to our gifts.
I am sending this to you because you know us and you love Isabella. IF you want to help, please let me know. I will be sending money, via PayPal, to Bonnie by Wednesday so she will have it before she leaves for Lang Son. If you want to check out her blog, please go to: www.charitabledreams.blogspot.com. If you would rather go through her, you can visit: familiesinvietnam.org/love_education_fund.shtml and click the 'MAKE A DONATION' button.
I find it amazing what $5.00 can do!! Having been to Lang Son, it is incredible how they live day to day with what little they have. Isabella was given up for adoption because there was no possible way her birth parents could provide for a new baby AND their 5 other children. I am hoping that other families will not have to face this decision with the help of this project:)
Thanks for listening!!!
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