Beneficiary receives
- S$450 per child S$80 for uniforms and school books
- S$370 for 12 months of food suppliers
Brief:
Children of poor families in Batam are generally undersized due to lack of proper nourishment. An 11 yr old can look like a Singaporean 7 yr old child.
Families look generally happy though not in best of health. Most have basic shacks..with little or no furniture. Families live in kampong environment..with trash strewn unhealthily everywhere.
Children in these poor families can go much further in life as some are very bright and show potential of having a bright future. Without assistance they would likely drop out of school at an early age and continue in their cycle of poverty.
How will your money help?
Aid given to each child from selected families will help alleviate stress on parents to choose between food and education.
Sponsors can provide consistent education and opportunities for the child to grow healthily and have a better life than their parents have.
Focolare will issue food vouchers to be redeemed in a Focolare-run mini supermarket. This will perhaps put a little more food on the table for the family.
Poverty need not be the price paid by a child
my world is full of possibilities with your help
*anyone who would like to communicate or visit the sponsored child they are only an hour away by ferry from S'pore
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