Campaign for the Children of Brazil

Every spring we hold a fundraising campaign at Christ United Methodist Church.  The funds are used exclusively to help the young children at the creches in Londrina, Brazil.   This year the campaign ran for four weeks, beginning April 11.  In addition to raising money to help the children, this activity helps the church members learn about the children's needs and get connected to specific children.  We displayed pictures of 196 of the children from five different creches, and donors could select pictures to keep. Here are a few of the children:

Cesar

Paola

Diego

Anderson

Rebeca

The total of this year's donations was $7,570. Although this amount was less than the previous year total of $13,000, we are excited about the church's positive response during a difficult economy. The funds will be used to purchase learning supplies for two new classrooms at the Sao Jorge creche, enabling us to support more children from the local area.

The following video shows the Sao Jorge creche property and surrounding community. The woman in the red sweater who does most of the talking is Sueli Silva. Sueli works at the South American Theological Seminary, and she provides administrative leadership for the creche. Sueli loves the children, and we are fortunate to have such a gifted, committed Christian leader as our liaison to the creche.



You can view ten short videos from our 2009 trip to Brazil by going to YouTube.com and searching for "beyondourbordersnet", or click here.