Help The orphans in Ethiopia

aliciahelene Posted: Mar 01, 2005 12:15 PM

Help The orphans in Ethiopia

The agency that my husband and I are adopting two Ethiopian children from is trying to raise money for the Ethiopian Orphans. Theer are so many oprhans there and not enough beds and those that wait for a bed are left on the street. My son Paulos was one of those boys, until he was taken in by a woman who cares for as many orphans as she can in her own home, until beds open up at the orphanage. Our agency is working to raise money to build a bigger, better orphange, so that all children can have a safe place to live. They have designed a quilt, it is made by hand, each square of the quilt is made by an orphan, of their own artwork. This quilt is going to be raffled off and tickets are only 5 bucks. I will post a picture of this quilt as soon as possible and will begin selling tickets within these next few weeks. If anyone is interested, and has five bucks to spare..please consider this!! This is deeply personal for me as I said earlier, one of the boys we are adopting, age 7 was one of those orphans with nowhere to go. thankfully he was taken in and eventually a bed opened up and we came to find out about him. The majority of orphans parents' have died of AIDS through faulty bood transfusions, or of poverty. These children are starving, do not have clean clothes, nor the parental love that all of us have taken for granted. Help if you can. Thank you. Checks would be sent to me but made out to Adoption Advocates International.

aliciahelene Posted: Mar 01, 2005 03:57 PM

Re: Help The orphans in Ethiopia

Here is a picture of the beautiful quilt!!!

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Sassyz75 Posted: Mar 02, 2005 01:35 PM

Re: Help The orphans in Ethiopia

I would love to help- please let me know how to get tickets. You are in Hoboken, right? I'm in JC!

aliciahelene Posted: Mar 02, 2005 07:51 PM

Re: Help The orphans in Ethiopia

Hi!! Thank you!!! Im actually in Maywood, NJ right by Paramus!!! The agency is sending me tickets and I guess I send you a ticket and you would send me the five bucks, either cash or check. If its check, it would be made out to Adoption Advocates International. I think I would send you your ticket and when they raffle it off, I would contact you with the winning number. OR..maybe I write your address and phone number on the ticket that goes to them and THEY contact you themselves. To be honest, Iam not 100% sure. They are sending me the books in the mail of tickets, so I will know more in a few days. Im sorry..I just found out about this yesterday, thats why I dont have 100% of the facts!
I hope someone I know wins this beautiful quilt. I think its gorgeous. Thank you for having an interest in this. I know there are many wonderful causes and charities out there, so I appreciate your wanting to be involved. This one is so personal to me..so thank you!!!!!!!!!!!