Child of the week (George)

I have written several blogs about the great work of the Galilee school in Kenia and the fun ways we can help them. Galilee, a school in the slums of Nairobi, pays for the schoolsupplies and teacher's salaries through child sponsorship programms.

Through this programm you can sponsor a child at the Galilee school and make sure this child can go to school, get a schoollunch every day and receives a diploma at the end of class 8. When you sponsor a child you are this child's only sponsor, through letterwriting you can get to know eachother and form a lasting friendship.


When you decide to sponsor a child you will be matched with a child at the school, you can let them know if you have a preference in sponsoring a boy or a girl, a young child or a high school student. You will receive info about the child's homesituation, his or her latest schoolresults and a nice photo. You can write to your sponsorchild as often as you like and three times a year the children write a letter in return. At this time you will also receive their new schoolmarks.


Extra items for your child can be bought at the online shop. (this is only an extra option, you do not need to buy anything here) Uniforms, schoolbooks and sivilian clothes etc are for sale here. When you purchase a new uniform for your child you will get a digital photo of the child wearing the new uniform. (allow some time in between since it takes some time to transfer the money, buy the items, distribute them to the children and make and send the photos) This way you are sure your money was used as you intended it and you know exactly what was bought.


Since I sponsor a child at Galilee myself (read my blog about Linda) and know how important this is for the children and how much fun it is for me to write to her I wanted to put one of the children without a sponsor in the spotlight here each week. You can read a little about them and I will post a photo and hopefully this way we will find more sponsors for these great children. Don't hesitate to place any questions or comments here or e-mail them to me at : margarita@galileeschool.org


Twitter, e-mail or write to your friends about this blog and the kids at Galilee. If you want to write about the school on your own blog please contact me for any information you might need. Link to:
http://www.galileeschool.org/ and
margarita@galileeschool.org

George

One of the kids looking for a sponsor is 6 year old George. He is in class 1B of the primary school at Galilee. Both his parents passed away and he is living with a guardian at the moment. He still managed to get a score of 465/500 on his last exam, an amazing score! He enjoys playing soccer and loves the colour blue.

Will you be the one making sure George can go to school? Will you be that person to write to him and encourage him to stay in school? If so, please e-mail me at margarita@galileeschool.org for more info on George. His sponsorship costs $12,50 a month and can be payed using Paypal.