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[28 Feb 2013 | No Comment | 367 views]
Complete: Emergency Education Project for Abraham (9) of Honduras. $266 Raised. THANK YOU!

This Project is now completed.
Launched: February 12, 2013.
Completed: February 28, 2013.

Our goal  was to raise $246
$266 raised. THANK YOU!
Stay tuned for updates and photos.
*Special thanks to generous repeat donor, Brooke Duncan for her $92 donation that helped finish this emergency project.


Abraham, whose family was recently helped last year with a Medical and Income Generation Project, needed immediate emergency assistance in order to attend school this February of 2013. He needed the following to be able to attend school: school uniforms, shoes, backpack, books and school lunches.

Abraham (9)

Abraham’s immediate …

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[23 Jan 2013 | 5 Comments | 3,289 views]
Complete: USA Dental Project for 400 Sponsored Children – Little Rock, AR:  $6,000 Raised. Thank You!

This project is now complete.
Launched: January 18, 2012.
Completed: January 22, 2013.

*Everyone who  donated at least $10 to this project between Nov. 20, 2012 and January 7, 2013 was automatically entered in our Holiday Raffle.
The office of Children International at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock required help to purchase consumable dental supplies for preventative appointments to benefit 400 needy children in its 2013 fiscal year. We aimed to raise $6,000 for prophylaxis angles, prophylaxis brushes, prophylaxis paste, distilled water or tablets, x-ray film, flouride/flouride varnish, toothbrushes, floss, toothpaste, bags …

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[13 Nov 2012 | 3 Comments | 2,028 views]
Our Raffle is Now Closed.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
This raffle is now closed. Thanks to all who participated!  Find out who won here!

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This Holiday Season, we are raffling off a $100 Amazon Gift Card OR a $100 donation to the Charity, FirstGiving Project of your choice or a Special Gift for your sponsor child to one lucky Aura’s House donor. We are also now offering a $50 second prize (Amazon Gift Card or Donation) and an amazing third prize which is a hand-crafted sterling silver Aura’s House necklace made by artist, Jocelyn Burrows Vache.  The raffle prizes are …

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[20 Jul 2012 | No Comment | 4,299 views]
Thanks to All Who Entered Our 8th Birthday Raffle! (The Winner Will Be Announced Soon..)

On June 30th, 2012 Aura’s House turned a whopping 8 years-old and the site’s namesake, Aura Yesenia Solis Hernandez of Guatemala turned 19 and graduated from Children International’s sponsorship program. (sniff).  Learn more about Aura and all she has accomplished thanks to Aura’s House donors.
To celebrate, we raffled off a $100 Amazon Gift Card OR a $100 donation to the Charity of your choice, FirstGiving Project of your choice, or a Special Gift for your Children International sponsored child. (The winner will be announced by July 27th, 2012.)
All you needed …

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[18 Jun 2012 | One Comment | 3,496 views]
Have you had your Veggie Propaganda today?

Hello there Aura’s House Friends,
As you may or may not know, in my other life I am also an animator, and every now and then I like to make something to help draw attention to the issues I care about most. Recently, I put online a fun and sharable animated music video I made called Veggie Propaganda. (Don’t let the title frighten you. It’s actually about our animal friends, their rights, and eating LESS or no meat.)
It has screened at film festivals in North America, Asia, and Europe and has …