Dorothee Clinton won one of our recent raffles and decided to donate her prize to her sponsor child, Cristian Pila of Ecuador.

He has received gifts from Dorothee’s generous donations. Cristian and his family came to the Quito Children International office to receive their gifts. Dorothee’s gift provided some much needed food and cleaning products for Cristian and his family.

Cristian lives with his grandmother and aunt. They had very little food in the home when Children International’s local staff visited them. When Cristian came to CI’s office to receive the food and cleaning items, he asked “Where is my sponsor?” His grandmother told him that she was far away but that she gave all of this to him because she loves him very much. He told his grandmother and the staff that he “wanted to hug his sponsor.”

Hi All! Here’s an update following last week’s drawing of raffle winners.
We’ve now heard back from everyone and all the prizes have either been awarded or are on their way (as in the case of the Aura’s House silver necklace).
Here’s what happened to the prize money that was won (Choice of an Amazon Gift Card or Donation to a Charity or Project):
Raffle Winner, Dorothee Clinton
Dorothee decided to have her $50 prize donated to her youngest sponsored child, Christian (4) of Ecuador.
She writes:
Wow, this was so unexpected! I had to take …

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 …

Nsenzeni has received gifts from your generous donations for her Household Needs/Tuition Project.  Her sponsor, Barbara, recently traveled to Zambia to visit her.  Nsenzeni lives with her grandmother, Lontia in Zambia and the family has expressed their sincere thanks to all of the donors for their help.  Barbara has sent Aura’s House transcripts from two letters of thanks from Nsenseni and Lontia.  She has also included photos and an account of her experience visiting her sponsored child.  See the original Household Needs/Tuition Project for Nsenzeni.
Nsenzeni has received the following items:
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We are very happy to share photos of Jeinny with her new school uniform and supplies made possible by your generous donations. Visit the Tuition Project for Jeinny Nicole (7) of Honduras. She wrote a letter of thanks to her sponsor as well. Thank you for your support!