A Year's Worth Of Updates on Derlan (July 2005)
Remember Derlan? He was one of the very first of the now dozen kids supported each and every month through the LangaList Plus subscription fund. Derlan lives in a farming community in Brazil. The per-capita family income is less than US$50.00 per month.
You can catch up with Derlan's past communications, photos, and drawings via the links here: http://www.langa.com/plus2.htm#kids
Now, for an update: With a dozen kids being supported by the Plus! subscriptions, I thought it would be easier to keep track of what's happening with each kid by focusing on one each month; gathering all the correspondence from the previous 12 months and presenting it all at once, rather than dribbling it our in the scattershot and irregular fashion in which the mail arrives.
The latest batch for Derlan includes school and health reports (bad--- sigh--- and good, respectively), a photo (he's getting big!), a crayon drawing that shows some talent, and additional info:
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What's this all about? Very simply this: Those of us with computers and Internet access are vastly better off than most of the world's population. Because of this, I decided that a portion of the LangaList Plus! subscription fees would be donated to registered/legitimate charities helping the underprivileged around the world. The contribution does not increase the cost of a Plus! subscription in any way; the donation is taken "off the top" of any profits. (This is described in the pages at http://www.langa.com/plus.htm )
Derlan is one of 12 kids sponsored on an ongoing basis (via an international relief agency) by the collective generosity of LangaList Plus! subscribers; Plus! subscribers also have collectively contributed to emergency tsunami and earthquake relief efforts and to funds to assist those hurt in terrorist attacks. (To see the donations so far, click to http://www.langa.com/plus2.htm#kids )
As the year goes on, and as more readers sign up for Plus! subscriptions, I hope we'll be able to sponsor more children and assist other charities around the world.
If you're already a LangaList Plus subscriber, thank you! You can feel good about giving back a little to those less fortunate, and opening a door to the future for a child in otherwise-desperate circumstances.
If you're not yet a Plus! subscriber check it out: With a Plus! subscription, for only about $1 a month you can not only help yourself make the most of your hardware, software and time online with expanded content and no advertising--- but you also can help those less fortunate (like Derlan) make the most of their very lives. Thanks for your help!
or give a GIFT SUBSCRIPTION to the
Plus edition:
http://langa.com/plus_gift.htm