Perspective

To shed a little light on the girl I am sponsoring in the Philippines I thought I would show you all some figures. My sponsored childs family consists of 6 children and their mother. They are living on roughly 78$ a month. Now you may be thinking "well since they are from another country cost of living will be different, right?" This is only partially true. With their 78$ a month they pay for electricity. The cost to light their one roomed home is roughly 20$. There goes nearly a fourth of what they made all month. Now say someones clothes are too worn to wear. To buy a new no name brand shirt costs a little under 4$. They need some toiletries right? soap is 1$. might want a little hygiene added in too right? toothbrush and toothpaste 3$ (now remember this is 7 people sharing all of this). There goes 28$ in a month. that leaves 50$ a MONTH for things they need, food, water, schooling, transportation, anything they could need in a month. Thats 30-31 days living on what most people can make in one day.

Could you do it? Probably not. Now if that 78$ can be made in one day by us, why not spend half of that one day on sponsoring a child for a month? You would be improving their quality of life tenfold. and what are you really missing out on? That's 7 trips to starbucks. That's one night of eating out. That's 2 hardcover novels (sometimes even just one!)

It may seem like a lot to you right now, but think about what that is to them. If you think you can spare the 38$ a month then click on the image on the right side of the blog and sponsor a child. You can pick a child based on age, gender, location, and even birthday.