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Dia de Reyes (Day of the Wise Men) |
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Page submitted by Horace Santry on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 12:37pm |
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The Peace and Social Justice Education Fund is partnering with United With Compassion (UWC) in reaching out to the less fortunate children in Chihuahua, Mexico.
UWC is made up of families from Wichita, Kansas that provided gifts to children during the holiday season. In 2005 more than 200 children were given gifts from over 1,000 items such as, hygiene products, school supplies, clothing, and toys. UWC’s mission is to reach out and give the less fortunate children the simplest tools they lack to have a brighter future. We want to dramatically impact the child’s morale and well being. Our goal this year is to collect the necessary items to help at least 1,000 children. We expect to present our gifts to the children on Jan 6, 2007, “Dia de Reyes” (Day of the Wise Men).
In partnership with DIF we will be helping underprivileged children who are in greatest need in Chihuahua, Mexico. DIF is a non-profit Mexican government program designed to help less fortunate families, children, and people with disabilities. DIF provides food, shelter, family assistance and most important, helps orphan children find a loving family..
REPORT FROM OUR LAST TRIP:
Dear Sponsor:
My heart goes out to you with special thanks from all of the children we were able to help this year with our Christmas project, “Dia de Reyes (Day of the Wise Men)” organized by United With Compassion. With your donation we were able to take toys, clothing, school supplies, personal hygiene items and food for many orphan children in Chihuahua, Mexico.
I’m happy to tell you that this year we collected the following items.
• 376 Personal Hygiene Items, such as toothpaste, tooth brushes, soaps, lotions and creams.
• 710 School supply Items, such as crayons, pencils, notebooks, markers, etc…
• 451 Clothing Items, such as coats, sweaters, socks, shoes, etc…
• 210 Toys, for boys and girls.
• The following foods and supplies were purchased with some of the monetary donations.
o Flour, Beans, Rice, Sugar, Potatoes, Eggs, Pastas, Honey, Ketchup, and Milk.
o Detergent, Toilet paper, Napkins, and body soaps and Lotions
Thank you,
Jorge De La Torre
Program Manager.
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What can you do to help? Your monetary donation will be used for transportation expenses and to purchase items in Chihuahua for distribution. Donations sent to the Peace and Social Justice Education Fund, 1407 N. Topeka St. Wichita KS 67214 and marked for UWC will be directed for this program, and is tax deductible as a contribution of a 501(c)3. Call 316-263-5886 for more information.
 
 
 
 
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