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21 Days of Hope – Reece’s Rainbow…

i had every intention of writing this post last week but got caught out with work and didn’t get round to it. And i am sorry.

Reece’s Rainbow is a wonderful non-profit organisation, run by volunteers, which provide a voice for special needs orphans who are unable to speak for themselves. They champion the needs of these precious children, especially their need for a caring family to love these kids just as they are, to see these children for the wonderful people they could become if given the best opportunities.

In the 10 years Reece’s Rainbow has been in operation, they have highlighted the plight of many special needs orphans in countries which don’t have the infrastructure to support them, they have built awareness of the fact that some of these children live in terrible conditions, most of all they have helped over 2000 orphans find a family to call their own. They have helped adopting families by giving out over US$11.5 million to make their journey to bringing these kids home easier.

Every year from March 1st to 21st, they have a special fundraising drive to raise the money they need to continue their daily operations. Please remember that they are all volunteers and this amount of US$21,000 they raise is just for administration costs.

This year, they have fallen short of their daily US$1000 over 21 days target. Can you help them make it up? The work they do is so good and important, please help them. You can make a difference!

Click here to give and read more about the work they do. There’s just 3 more days to go in this campaign!

Thank you very much.

syc

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Orphan of the Month for March and April… Angel Crafts Shop…

Thank you all for your generosity and support. We have managed to grow Becky´s adoption grant by a little bit in the last couple of months.

So it is time to meet another new child – introducing Timon!

13-year-old Timon awaits a family to help him achieve everything he can.

This 13-year-old boy is certainly a fighter. He went from being dependent on others for most things to being independent when he first entered care. Then when carers noticed the usually active boy slowing down, he had to go in for emergency surgery for enlarged ventricles and tumour removal. But he recovered well. After which, he went in for a second surgery to put in an external shunt at the site of where the tumour was. He bounced back from all that and is able to read and write. Although his speech is slightly slurred, you can see that this young boy is truly remarkable. And he needs a family to see past his hydrocephalus and see the potential he has, see what he can achieve if given the supportive, loving encouraging environment only a family can give.

Timon´s hope for a family to call his own is likely outside of his home country because of deep-seated social prejudice against disabilities and orphans. All this means an expensive international adoption.

His adoption grant with Reece´s Rainbow is currently at zero. i would like to change that and also get the word out there that this precious boy needs a family.

Would you help me?

You can help by shopping at Angel Crafts Shop in the months  of March and April. 50% of all sales goes to his adoption grant. You can share Timon´s story on social media and you can pray for him. 

Click on Timon´s name or picture to go to his profile page on Reece´s Rainbow.

Thank you.

syc

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Winter… Where Are You?…

That has been the question we have been asking for the last 3 months.

This winter, snow has been little and it doesn’t stick around for more than a day at our level (about 500m above sea level). And even in the ski resorts, snow seems to have become a bit of a rare sight.

Check out the photo below of the slopes in Engelberg just before the new year. The slopes, which were snow-covered, were icy and one of them was littered with pebbles, which all made the skiing no fun at all. We gave up after lunch and decided a walk in the little town was better and was rewarded with lovely local produce from the Kloster and that pretty view of the Kloster framed by the mountain behind it.

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We waited a number of weeks and tried again in February, during the recent school Sports-holiday. We went to Lenk. We were worried on the way up to the ski place as it did look so green. That first day, we skied through wet, heavy snow, (which turned to rain towards the end of the day) but it was still better than it was in December.

Then overnight the snow arrived, in force! See that lovely snowy view which greeted us just outside our hotel room. It continued snowing through the day quite heavily, which made visibility quite poor, but it also meant skiing on fresh snow, which was quite good.

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However, the poor visibility also meant we came across at least 3 accidents on the slopes, which required medical aid, including a heli-lift. i hope those injured are on their way to full recovery.

Then, of course, on the day we leave, we were greeted with perfect ski weather; blue skies, sunshine and slopes covered with freshly fallen snow overnight. Sigh!

But check out the difference between the snow cover in the resort area and the non-existent snow along the highway, on the way home.

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Well, we hope that there is more snow now on the slopes, especially since the school is going for ski camp in 2 days!

syc