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| Drawings by Safina Ally Hemed from Tanzania, Age 9 |
Organizations like Compassion International swoop in to help
people in need after disaster strikes. In the impoverished nation of Haiti there was little hope of rebuilding without international aid after the devastating 2010 earthquake hit. 250,000 Haitian people died
and 1.5 million people became homeless. Compassion’s team worked to build
thirty new schools, they offered loans to individuals starting small businesses, donated countless volunteer hours and rallied to find
more sponsors for Haitian children in need.
Compassion strives to
find support for impoverished children through sponsorship not only in Haiti, but, across the world. Advocates donate
monthly while exchanging letters of love and support with their sponsored
children. It is a true joy to receive a child’s letter. The letters are filled with
information sharing a child's favorite color, their best friend, a favorite subject in
school and pencil drawings. Many of these children are from non-English speaking countries so there is often a language barrier between child and sponsor. These drawings are a way to communicate through a universal language. Sheri Beck, a Valdez local and compassion advocate writes, “One of the great blessings to me in receiving
letters from our Compassion kids is looking at their drawings. Almost every
letter we get has a drawing on it and they tell us little details about the
child's life. The one I'm looking at now shows a beautiful sunshine,
rolling hills and trees with fruit on them. It makes me wonder if this is
what Noni sees or if it is what she wishes for. Francis's letter features
a beautifully drawn car. Underneath the car it says, "A CAB". Sheri’s efforts as a child advocate and compassion leader
in the Valdez community should not go unoticed. She organizes community races to raise
money for Compassion families, attends festivals and bazaars raising money and informing
the community of ways to help children all over the world. She
and her family sponsor multiple children of their own. It is a true inspiration
to meet Sheri and become an child sponsor. For more information on Compassion
please see the website below to sponsor a child in need.
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