READ ABOUT THE GENESIS OF THE MOTHER LETTER PROJECT.
UPDATE—The Charity
As you now know, we have extended the Mother Letter Project and are trying to raise a bit of money for Compassion International's Malaria Intervention Fund (read here for more on Malaria).
Why Malaria? As if it were not enough that Malaria kills 3,000 children in sub-Saharan Africa alone, that little village in Mozambique wages war with the parasite every rainy season. And they are not winning the battle. So, it is our hope that by supporting a charitable organization that is fighting malaria, we may in some small way “bite back” at the disease that is crippling the Yao people in Mozambique.
So what is the charity, you ask? We intend to raise money for Compassion International’s Malaria Intervention Fund. According to their website, the fund provides mosquito nets for thousands of women and children with malaria. In addition, they provide life saving medication to those trying to fight the disease.
Here is how it works. We have extended the project to include a Mother’s Day Edition. For those of you who have not yet submitted a Mother Letter, you may do so before Mother’s Day. If you meet the deadline, you will get a complimentary copy of the letters to give to your mom, or your daughter, or your best friend for Mother’s Day.
If you have already submitted your letter and would like a copy of the new round, or if you would like to purchase a copy for a friend or loved one for mother's day, you can pledge $0.10 per letter to Compassion's Malaria Intervention Fund and, upon doing so, I will send you a copy once it is compiled.
Will you get behind the effort? Will you help beat the bushes for more letters? Will you pledge to donate at least $0.10 per letter to fight malaria.
We have this one lifetime to make a difference. Let’s do it.
3 comments:
I was a late comer to this wonderful project and will submit my letter for the mothers day edition. I was wondering though if I pledge to donate $0.10 per letter for each edition, would it be possible to get the original too? Thanks!
We are still praying through what to do with the first set of letters. We have had so many requests and it is quite time consuming to get the copies out (due to the volume). At this point, we are holding off on distributing the 1st MLP, but that might change.
Thanks for the question and bear with us while we try to work that one out.
I can't wait to read your letter. Please help us spread the word about the Mother's Day Edition.
Those letters are a book begging to be published--I'd buy it and so would many others, and you could donate part of the profits to Compassion. OR have you looked into this and found no interest from publishers? Really, I can't imagine that this wouldn't sell itself.
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