Sometimes an opportunity presents itself. Charity in Yucatan is often a such a simple, inexpensive activity. Many people here, particularly children, have so little that even a tiny gift has monumental consequences.
This year, while many of you are scrimping to accomodate the vagaries of the stock market, the unemployment problems, or the other devastating events being thrown at us, please take a bit of time to reexamine your lives. Even with the shortages this year that you are coping with, your life style is probably well within the top 10, or probably 5, percent of the world's population.
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Children with no Christmas:
Sometime we forget how blessed we really are. During the holiday season, we get so wrapped up in shopping, parties, and gift buying, we can forget that there are some who will never see a Christmas tree. Santa will never pass their house. Christmas will just be another day of desolation. There will be no elaborate Christmas dinner in their house. Maybe they will get some beans with their daily rice to make the day more festive.
This year I have discovered an orpanage here in Merida that cares for about 30 children. The little ones have no hope - no one to turn to, and Christmas is only be a fairy tale - a story of Santa passing them by before they are forgotten again. I want to help these children see that there are people who do care - people who do want to make a difference. Take time this year to give yourself a holiday gift.
You can make donations through Paypal or you can send a check to Jim's daughter in the United States.
Jeni Williams
13805 Farmstead Way
Chester, Virginia 23836
We can not take on the whole world, but we can make a few children feel wanted and loved. Please open your hearts and pockets to make this year a year these children will never forget. There are no fees involved. This website is donated. All of the money is spent on the children. Keep Christmas alive in the heart of these forgotten children of the Yucatan.
A word from their sponsor:
Hello everyone,
My name is Jim Mann, I moved here to the Yucatan almost 9 years ago. This part of Mexico is so full of history and old world colonial charm. I came here to retire and enjoy the wonderful warmer climate that the Yucatan has to offer. After establishing several new companies in the area I felt the need to give back to the Yucatan apart of what it had given me.
Six years ago I start working with very poor families here to see that the children would have new shoes and a new toy for Christmas. Each year the project seemed to get bigger and bigger. Last year I found 30 very poor families in a small fishing village in Chuburna. There were about 50 small children and their mothers that came to experience for the first time in their life a Christmas party. Each little face beamed, some in old diaper, some with no shoes…but the sparkle in their eyes was magical. Many mothers cried as they watched their little one get their first toy for Christmas. A truck, car, doll or a picture book for dreaming.
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