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back on the ground…

prayer, originally uploaded by James Matthew.

{photo caption: it is an important tradition that we pray with our team and family around the foundation of their new house before we begin building. Everything stops, while we pray a blessing on the family, on our work, and on what will be their new home}
We’re home from the amazing TJ 09 drop and house build.
Wow.
This trip was mindblowing to say the least – here’s the short:
1 house build for the Maqueda family – a beautiful family – we got to spend 3 fantastic days with them… Gustavo, their middle son (the Maquedas have 7 children), is our sponsor child. We got to work, play, and even cook alongside these beautiful people.
1 Factory RESCUE – probably the most important thing we did on this trip. Thanks to some of my students from last trip, we were able to offer Ana, 14, a chance to get out of factory work, child labor, and go back to school. This was life changing! We’re so happy she said yes to rescue, and we’re in the midst of setting up her school registration…
52 Fair Trade Soccer Balls – 20 of which were given to a school for children who can’t afford normal school.
76 School Bags - hand delivered to kids who need ‘em.
40 food packs – handed out @ the river (aka ‘No Esperenza’ = no hope) – an illegal squat that is surrounded by factories. We were able to assemble 40 bags, with rice, beans, and the bags for families with children included vitamin enriched milk.
Countless other stories. We’ll try to get some up asap.
Stay tuned…
-james


Over the line!!

Hi all,

Just wanted to let you know that we’ve surpassed our house build fund!! We’re now well over our original fundraising goal to build a house in TJ this fall.

YES! That’s amazing!

Thank you to all of you who’ve partnered with us on this one. I am really looking forward to going to build that house!

We’re hoping the extra funds from this will carry over to next year’s goals…and the ideas are trickling in… just to give a bit of a hint, one possibility is classrooms in Haiti… very cool!

cheers!


Donation Info…

Some more big news…

After chatting it up with Carley, our TJ connection who works with Childcare Worldwide, we’ve been able to set up a project through their org.

That means you can get a tax receipt for donations over 20 dollars towards the Cameras With a Conscience Mexico House Build.

It’s as easy as this:

1. Write a cheque to Childcare Worldwide

2. In the memo, put a note clearly stating it is for the Cameras With a Conscience Mexico House Build

3. Stick it in the mail to:
Childcare Worldwide
PO Box 75149
White Rock, BC V4B 5L3

4. Any donation over 20 dollars will receive a tax receipt at the end of the year from Childcare Worldwide.

5. Come September o8 – we build a house for a family in Terrazas!

We are stoked about this partnership! My family signed up last year to sponsor a child in Terrazas, TJ. If you are looking to impact a child’s life – I would highly recommend it!

Childcare can also accept visa and mastercard. I’ll post the details on donating via plastic as soon as I can.

Let’s build a house!

Our Goal for Sept. o8: One house build. { cost = $5500 }

Be the example – spread hope
Cat Cora


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