Confident Children out of Conflict (CCC) - A visit to an orphanage.
Today, five of us from Canada House went to CCC to drop off donations from various sources. One of the donors was the Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Control Operations (CFSACO), which is where I work when I am back in Canada.
There are 29 girls ranging in age from 2 to 18 who eat at CCC. Many of them still live on the streets and come to CCC for meals. There is also one 14 month old boy living there.
For more information about CCC you can visit: http://www.confidentchildren.org/
Today, five of us from Canada House went to CCC to drop off donations from various sources. One of the donors was the Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Control Operations (CFSACO), which is where I work when I am back in Canada.
There are 29 girls ranging in age from 2 to 18 who eat at CCC. Many of them still live on the streets and come to CCC for meals. There is also one 14 month old boy living there.
For more information about CCC you can visit: http://www.confidentchildren.org/
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| Breakfast at CCC |
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| When I tried to take a picture of this little girl outside she grabbed my hand and pulled me inside then asked me to pick her up. |
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| A group of girls learning a dance from one of the youth volunteers from Oregon |
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| Benny Pong, one of our Canadian civil/military cooperation (CIMIC) officers. |
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| Jeff Leaman, one of our Canadian Staff Officers, showing the girls how the toys work |
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| David Clark, a member of our National Support Element (NSE) Staff. |
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| Carry ?, an American Staff Officer who wanted to visit CCC with us. |
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| Two of the youth volunteers from Oregon. |
Good morning how are you?
ReplyDeleteMy name is Emilio, I am a Spanish boy and I live in a town near to Madrid. I am a very interested person in knowing things so different as the culture, the way of life of the inhabitants of our planet, the fauna, the flora, and the landscapes of all the countries of the world etc. in summary, I am a person that enjoys traveling, learning and respecting people's diversity from all over the world.
I would love to travel and meet in person all the aspects above mentioned, but unfortunately as this is very expensive and my purchasing power is quite small, so I devised a way to travel with the imagination in every corner of our planet. A few years ago I started a collection of used stamps because trough them, you can see pictures about fauna, flora, monuments, landscapes etc. from all the countries. As every day is more and more difficult to get stamps, some years ago I started a new collection in order to get traditional letters addressed to me in which my goal was to get at least 1 letter from each country in the world. This modest goal is feasible to reach in the most part of countries, but unfortunately it’s impossible to achieve in other various territories for several reasons, either because they are countries at war, either because they are countries with extreme poverty or because for whatever reason the postal system is not functioning properly.
For all this I would ask you one small favour:
Would you be so kind as to send me a letter by traditional mail from South Sudan? I understand perfectly that you think that your blog is not the appropriate place to ask this, and even, is very probably that you ignore my letter, but I would call your attention to the difficulty involved in getting a letter from that country, and also I don’t know anyone neither where to write in South Sudan in order to increase my collection. a letter for me is like a little souvenir, like if I have had visited that territory with my imagination and at same time, the arrival of the letters from a country is a sign of peace and normality and an original way to promote a country in the world. My postal address is the following one:
Emilio Fernandez Esteban
Calle Valencia, 39
28903 Getafe (Madrid)
Spain
If you wish, you can visit my blog www.cartasenmibuzon.blogspot.com where you can see the pictures of all the letters that I have received from whole World.
Finally I would like to thank the attention given to this letter, and whether you can help me or not, I send my best wishes for peace, health and happiness for you, your family and all your dear beings.
Yours Sincerely
Emilio Fernandez
Emilio, your project sounds very worthwhile. Unfortunately, South Sudan is a brand new country. It does not yet have a postal system so I cannot buy a stamp and I cannot mail you a letter.
ReplyDeleteI wish you all the best with your collection.
Regards,
Kelly Barr
South Sudan