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Remember Macy-Jean Calinawan, from the Philippines? We first met her as a toddler ( http://www.langa.com/newsletters/2002/meet_macy_jean.htm). We also got a handprint painting from here here: http://www.langa.com/newsletters/2003/2003-05-19.htm#3
Macy Jean was the sixth child (of 13, so far, all around the world) sponsored on an ongoing basis by LangaList Plus! subscribers.
With over 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 per month; gathering all the correspondence from the previous 12 months and presenting it all at once, rather than dribbling it out in the scattershot and irregular fashion in which the mail arrives.
With the political turmoil in the Philippines, communication has been very spotty, even for this type of thing, but here's the most recent info I have--- including photos (click for larger versions):
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What's this 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://www.langa.com/plus.htm )
Macy-Jean is one of 13 kids sponsored on an ongoing basis (via an international
relief agencies) by the collective generosity of LangaList subscribers.
LangaList Plus! subscribers also have collectively contributed to emergency
earthquake relief efforts in India and to funds to assist those hurt in the Sept
11th terrorist attacks on the US.. (To see all the donations so far, click to
http://www.langa.com/plus2.htm#kids )
Graham Greene once said, "There is always a moment in childhood when the door
opens and lets the future in...." 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 with expanded content and no advertising--- but you also can help those
less fortunate (like Macy-Jean) 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