Back to South-Africa
Dear weblogreaders,
long time no speak! But do I have some great news to tell you:)! I am going back to South-Africa!
I will see 'my' kids again and celebrate Xmas and Newyear with them. The 23th of december my plane will touch down in Durban and I will have untill the 9th of january to give (and receive) all the love, hugs and kisses from everybody at Mother of Peace. I hope 18 days are enough for that;)
And ofcourse I will not go without a plan. December is traditionally a time of giving and receiving. And I am sure the kids and housemothers will receive lots of nice presents from the volunteers, their family and supporters of MOP. But I am not sure if the children ever had the ability to GIVE a present away. They have so little themselves that giving something away is hard. They compensate by giving all their love, kisses and hugs, but it must be nice for them to give away a present. Don't you agree?
So my plan is to collect money, and with that give the children the possibility to GIVE a present away. They will all receive a small amount of the collected money and we will for ex. join them to the mall, where they can choose and buy a present FOR SOMEBODY ELSE. So all the children will buy presents for another child at MOP. I am gonna ask them to write a little poem or make a painting attached to the present. And then on Xmas day we can all sitt togehter and they can all enjoy the spirit of GIVING!
What better present is there to give during Xmas, than to give somebody the opportunity to feel and enjoy the spirit of GIVING? We all know that is feels so much better to GIVE a present than to receive one. Why? Because of the smile on a childs face and the happiness giving brings.
Help me do this! For 5 euro you can let one child have the experience of GIVING. Please donate to:
NL:
ABN AMRO: 607567538
NO:
NORDEA: 60341088189
and write in the subjectfield GIVING.
Thank you.
I will keep you posted!
Mirjam
Reactions
Arend wrote:
14 Nov 2008 at 11:14 Leuk hoor! Ik doe mee, maar help me eraan herinneren :-) groetjesmarian wrote:
14 Nov 2008 at 12:45 Wat een leuk idee, daar wil ik wel aan geven.Jo en Elly wrote:
14 Nov 2008 at 15:03 Wat een mooi en leuk idee,Hier doen wij natuurlijk aan mee:-)
Liefs van ons.
Deon wrote:
14 Nov 2008 at 16:22 Hey MJ,Have heard via everyone at MoP that you will be visiting again. This will be great for the kids and I really love your idea of allowing them the oppurtunity to give a gift!
See you in December!
Eelke wrote:
14 Nov 2008 at 18:51 Geweldig Mirjam!!!!Ik ben jaloers.....
En wat een geweldig plan van je.
Wat zal het voor hen fijn zijn om ook eens wat te kunnen geven.
Ga je dan lootjes trekken?
oh, wat zou ik daar graag bij willen zijn!
Fred. N. wrote:
14 Nov 2008 at 20:49 Mirjam,Goed idee, er is iets onderweg als ondersteuning
Groeten
Fred.
Hennie wrote:
15 Nov 2008 at 11:46 Hoi Mirjam,Wat een mooi idee. Ik vind het geweldig en doe heel graag mee. Ik zal met Kerst aan jullie denken.
Liefs Hennie
Rik wrote:
15 Nov 2008 at 18:14 goed idee!Jonathan wrote:
17 Nov 2008 at 11:49 Cool ik ga het zeker doen!!helene wrote:
18 Nov 2008 at 10:25 Fantastisch, dat is de spirit van kerst, geven aan elkaar. Wat zal dat een fijne kersttijd zijn zowel voor jou als al die kinderen!!Paul en Irma wrote:
18 Nov 2008 at 12:05 Mooie kerstgedachte !We doen natuurlijk mee.
Groeten uit Utrecht
KaKiTo wrote:
30 Nov 2008 at 17:43 Prima actie Mirjam!Alvast een mooie verjaardag en fijne Kerst in SA!
KaKiTo
Name: Mirjam Haenen
Age: 29
Volunteered at Mother of Peace from 30 April 2007 to 30 June 2007.
About me:
After volunteering at MOP in 2007, I had to go back and see 'my' kids again. So the end of 2008 I went back and it was
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