One L.i.f.e. one child- like the starfish

 I have started a yahoo group for discussion and sharing about the assorted child sponsorship programs, feeding programs and education programs. There are so very many worthwhile groups, both secular and non-secular that are doing amazing work. It is unfortunate, but many of the groups do not want you to talk about other groups and in fact are very strict about this ( others are far more lax) either way.. it upset me and i decided to start this group. It is a place where we can discuss all of our sponsored children, how the different sponsorship groups can be improved, aspects we like about some of them and what we do not like and would like to see improved. WE can discuss how we think child sponsorship helps, how community sponsorship helps and ways that we can all help to assist more children to be raised out of poverty, get needed medical care, prevent the infection of HIV/AIDS- or help the poorest receive appropriate treatment with antiretroviral medications. PLease invite everyone that you know to this group. Is someone on the fence about sponsoring a child for the first time? If they are , then invite them to the group. Eventually I would like to see the group doing fund raising for many organizations. It is a dream, but maybe one day we can reach that point. So please, join us, join the yahoo group and tell us about yourself. If you join the yahoo group and would like to share then I will post your story on the blog, with your permission of course.

This group is for all people that are interested in changing the lives of children trapped in poverty,HIV/AIDS orphans,and other at risk children. Do you sponsor children from any of the hundreds of great organizations out there? Do you wanted to be counted? Counted as having taken the step to change the life of one child. One child, like the starfish, it matters to the child in question. Mother Teresa said,"if you can not feed a hundred, then feed one" This group will attempt to further the needs of at risk children in their communities, to help with fund raising, education, talking about the children we sponsor, how can we be better sponsors, how we can help fund raise for our individual groups or specific special needs projects, as well as attempting to invite people that have not sponsored a child and get them involved in one of the many wonderful groups out here on the internet. There are many wonderful groups, but there is not a place for people from all the different sponsorship groups to come together and chat. Everything is divided into small little groups and people from the different groups do not get together and chat about the overall issues.

Live- help a child live life
Independence from Poverty
Fight HIV/AIDS
Education

We may not be able to save every child or change the world, but it will matter to the child that we do help, it will matter to their friends and families. It is always worth it. It is important to support the children, as well as the widows, education in these communities is the key for change. The children must receive an education if we are to see this seemingly endless poverty come to an end.