Comments on: My Sisters Are Sponsored. What About Me?

By: Kees Boer

Kees Boer — Mon, 03 May 2010 16:05:01 +0000

Hi, Carol,

I am sure that you can buy a birthday card for the sibling, send it to child that you sponsor via the regular Compassion child and add a note to your own sponsored children, asking if they wouldn’t mind passing it on to the sibling.

Kees

By: Carol Loperena

Carol Loperena — Mon, 03 May 2010 12:18:57 +0000

What concerns me about this, is that there are things that I can do which would involve the siblings. For instance, I would like to send a birthday card to each of the siblings in the family, however I have no way of doing this. It would cost nothing to Compassion or the family, and yet this is not encouraged or perhaps not even permitted. Why?

By: sosu patricia

sosu patricia — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:38:35 +0000

i want to be part of it

By: Judith Tremblay

Judith Tremblay — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:18:58 +0000

@Patrick Greene – I understand, as I was in that position too.

Thanks so much for contributing as you are able. You might consider giving to the Unsponsored Children’s Fund on occasion; this is the fund that covers the children from the time they are registered until they receive a sponsor, and in between sponsors as needed. But the Where Most Needed fund is great, too, as it allows Compassion to pull from this fund if there is a need beyond what a designated fund is able to cover.

By: Patrick Greene

Patrick Greene — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:01:19 +0000

My heart breaks to think that kids aren’t sponsored. That is why I give to the “where most needed” fund instead of sponsoring. I would hate to start to sponsor someone and have to quit. That would be just awful and terribly unfair to the sponsored child. The reason I don’t sponsor is when I was in college, I sponsored a child and then when I was done with college, I was broke and couldn’t sponsor any longer. I have felt bad about that for years.

By: Kees Boer

Kees Boer — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:03:01 +0000

@Barbara M. –

How do you sponsor the child in Rwanda? Are you saying that the sponsorship organization doesn’t have a system in place for writing to the child and won’t facilitate with it?

Kees

By: Kathy Olson

Kathy Olson — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:52:31 +0000

@Barbara M. –
Hi Barbara,
What a shame you can’t write to your little man. I am sure they wouldn’t know what to do or how to go about cashing the postage coupon. Is there not a way through the organization to write to him? I hope so, my greatest joy is writing to the kids, I write once a week to all 7 of them. How sad if you are not able to get to know him. I wish you luck.

By: Kees Boer

Kees Boer — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 06:10:16 +0000

@Kathy Olson - Hi, Kathy, I know how you feel. It would be difficult for me too, especially after I met them. Kees

By: Barbara M.

Barbara M. — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:38:10 +0000

@Kathy Olson -Kathy, I have a child in Rwanda that I wanted to write to (not connected to Compassion.) These children are so poor they have no money for postage stamps. I tried to no avail to buy Rwandan postage here to send to him. I have not found a way to do it so far. The post office will sell you an international postage coupon which you send to the child and they can cash it in for postage. My child never did this as I don't think he knew how to go about it. Does anyone know how to purchase Rwandan postage here in the U.S? Or, is anyone going to Rwanda that could purchase it there and bring it back? Thank you!

By: Kathy Olson

Kathy Olson — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:23:56 +0000

@Kees Boer –
Thanks Kees, I appreciate your insight. I have years to go, by then hopefully it will sort itself out. I have a feeling I won’t be able to let go by then. It’s only been a year for me and I already feel totally attached. I have been reading lots of your posts and appreciate your experience with this. Thank you!