Remember Eder, from Guatemala? He's one of the group of 13 kids sponsored on an ongoing basis by LangaList Plus! subscribers:
Eder comes from an indigenous family that speaks only the Spanish language and wears westernized clothes. Eder has two brothers. Both parents are literate. His father works as a merchant, and his mother does the house chores. The family's monthly income is below US$100.00. Their salary is not enough to provide their basic needs. They live in their own three-room dwelling, built of adobe walls, tile roof, and cement floor.
Previous Info:
http://www.langa.com/kids/meet_eder.htm
http://www.langa.com/kids/eder200403.htm
http://www.langa.com/kids/eder2005.htm
http://www.langa.com/kids/eder200508.htm
Since that last report, we've gotten a pile of additional information on his progress (he's doing fine, although one of his notes speaks of riding out last year's Hurricame Stan!). I've collected those updates into an "Eder" folder. To see how LangaList Plus! subscription funds have helped Eder since the last report, click here:
Here's what this is all about: 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://langa.com/plus.htm )
Eder is one of many children sponsored on an ongoing basis--- week in, week
out--- by the collective generosity of LangaList subscribers. To see all the
donations so far, click to http://langa.com/plus2.htm#kids
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. In fact, we'll soon
be adding the 12th child to our roster, and that happy moment will occasion a
change in how we report on "our" kids: Rather than bring you each child's
progress reports as they arrive (an erratic an unpredictable process) we'll
focus on one child each month, and I'll present all the new info we've received
on that child. In other words, we'll handle it the same way he handled today's
report on Eder. This way, we should get to read about all the kids more or less
equally, regardless of how often we hear from them or their aid agencies.
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,
you can not only help yourself make the most of your hardware, software and time
online--- but you also can help those less fortunate (like Eder) make the most
of their very lives. Thanks for your help!
New Subscriptions:
http://langa.com/plus.htm
Or, Give A Gift Subscription:
http://langa.com/plus_gift.htm