Meet Jakison, Newest Member Of The LangaList Family

We've added another child--- the thirteenth--- to the group of kids sponsored on an ongoing basis by LangaList Plus! subscribers. Here's a note I got from an aid agency working in Brazil:

JAKISON ALVES DE SOUZA



GENDER : M
AGE: 10
COUNTRY: Brazil

Jakison is a young Brazilian boy who lives with his parents, Agostinho and Maria, and with four brothers and two sisters, in a rural community located in the Jecjuitinhonha valley, northeastern Minas Gerais, which is a poor and arid region. Their simple home, which is self-built, has adobe walls, dirt floors and a clay-tiled roof. It has rudimentary sanitary facilities (cesspit). Water is carried from a spring. Lighting comes from primitive kerosene lamps. Agostinho works long hours as a farm laborer but can hardly make ends meet. The per-capita family income is less than US$ 50.00, or half of the minimum monthly wage in the country. Their native language is Portuguese. Jakison is friendly and shy. He is also a smart child. He helps his mom around the house. His favorite pastimes include playing soccer. Horses are his favorite animals. Jakison is considered to have good health. He attends a public primary school and his favorite subject is Portuguese. He participates in the project program where he receives benefits in the areas of health, education and nutrition.

Here's what's 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://www.langa.com/plus.htm  )

Jakison is the 13th child sponsored on an ongoing basis--- week in, week out--- by the collective generosity of LangaList subscribers. LangaList Plus! subscribers also have collectively contributed to emergency relief efforts for earthquakes, tsunami, and hurricanes; and more. (To see all 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.

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--- but you also can help those less fortunate (like Jakison) make the most of their very lives. Thanks for your help!

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or: give a gift subscription:  http://www.langa.com/plus_gift.htm

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