Saturday, February 7, 2015

CHANGING OUR WORLD - The Seven Continents UPDATE

GOALS ACHIEVED = $18,410.00

We have learned that the BEST WAY to say "thank you" is to share the results.  

With a total of $18,410 in donations we purchased and donated:


Christmas gifts and supplies for wounded and sick veterans and their families living at Fisher House in Honolulu, and food for the Mualoa Foundation, who helps feed and support the hungry and homeless on Oahu’s North Shore.


Clean sheets and bedding for Nuestros Pequenos Hermanos (NPH) orphanage in Bolivia.   NPH is a home for 110 children who have been orphaned or abused. Many have been abandoned or shuffled from one family member to another. Like all children, they are seeking love and security, a place they can call home. Once they arrive at Nuestros Pequenos Hermanos (NPH), they will never be asked to leave. 


We are helping to protect the endangered whale sharks from poaching and population decline in the Galapagos and surrounding areas.   Dream of a Better World has partnered with Jonathan Green and Turtle Island Restoration Network who are committed to protecting endangered animals and the environment in the Antarctica and Galapagos.  They are helping keep the world and it’s ecosystems intact and flourishing for generations to come.


For our Europe project we are working with Great Ormond Street Hospital, a hospital for children in London, England. This very special hospital treats children from all over the globe with complex medical conditions, some of which are life threatening.  We are giving them a state of the art respirator and neo-natal masks for babies.  We wish to make these kid's treatments more safe, comfortable and stress-free.


For our project in Africa we are excited to continue our work with Our Own Home, an HIV/AIDS orphanage in Jinja, Uganda. We are all very passionate about this organization, and have been supporting it for 5 years now.  Our Own Home is becoming very self-sufficient, and we want to help them continue on this path by providing them with 2 milking cows, a complete chicken farm and tons of chickens to provide milk and eggs for more protein in their diets.



Five years ago, our friends from Tennessee, Marybeth and Steven Curtis Chapman officially opened Maria’s Big House of Hope in China.  Maria’s Big House of Hope has provided a solid and loving place to live and acute medical care to over 800 Chinese orphans, most with special needs.  We are donating 2 tumbler form support chairs for disabled children and 2 new Nellcor pulse oximeters for monitoring their health in a comfortable, non-invasive way.

Dream of a Better World has partnered with KidsCan to provide free footwear and socks for children who come to school in winter without footwear or with shoes that are in bad condition. Also in New Zealand, we are assisting Diving For a Cause who will be providing  Maori community assistance in local environmental community service projects. 

THANK YOU!

All of these INCREDIBLE projects are on-going.  If you'd like to donate to any particular project, please CLICK your desired DONATE button on the right!