If you were following me a few weeks ago when I posted about sponsoring children in Niger with WorldVision then you might like an update on what we have achieved so far. After a slow start, almost 60 bloggers came together to sponsor an incredible 11 children in the Tera region of Niger. 11 girls and boys of 8 and under who have acquired ‘aunties’ (and uncle!) in the UK through the connections made by blogging, tweeting and socialising on Facebook and other online social media.
In the face of incredible numbers of hungry, desperate people facing yet another food crisis, eleven sponsorships might not seem all that much. But if you think about it in terms of almost £3000 pledged this year and the same amount for every year we keep those 11 children sponsored it becomes a great deal more money which is now working to improve lives in a country that is the worst place to be a mother in the world and one of the hardest places to be a child growing up. Understanding how sponsorship works makes it an even more valuable thing – we’ll be supporting not just the child but also the family, community and village of that child. That’s suddenly a lot more people who will hopefully experience a new and improved quality of life thanks to the determined tweeting, talking, blogging and of all the people involved under the #ShareNiger hashtag. From those two have pledge £1 to those who pledged £100 or more – thank you. You’ve done an amazing thing.
This week I’ve had the pleasure of blogging for the WorldVision website which was a real honour. Below is the roll of thanks to everyone who contributed to the effort to sponsor the children of Niger and answered my request for permission to include them.
If you’d like to know more about joining us (I’m always happy to keep grouping people up to start new sponsorships) or if you’d like to donate toward Child 11 who is sponsored mostly with one off donations, you can finds out more about our efforts at the original post here.
We’ve also created a Facebook page where we will fund raise to keep funds going for our sponsored children and share contact and information about how their sponsorships take shape.
All our Sponsored Children
Keep you eye out. In the next 36 hours I’ll be helping to launch a fun way you can get involve to help raise awareness for the West Africa appeal. It will take a few minutes of your time and will really make a difference.
Thanks to:-
Sian at MummyTips who travelled to Niger and sent back the original #ShareNiger coverage.
Beck at TheMummyAdventure
Kelly at PrestonPrecious
Chris at Thinly Spread
Helen at The Petit Mom
Clare at Seaside in the City
Aly at Plus2point4
Rosie Scribble
MyMumDom
Jax at LiveOtherwise
Molly at MothersAlwaysRight
Helen at KiddyCharts
Kylie at NotEvenABagofSugar
Nickie at IamTypecast
Cass at Frugal Family
Maggie at LifeAtTheZoo
Fran at TeensnTwincesses
Ruth at GeekMummy
Emma at MummyMummyMum
Amy at OneMoreMeansFour
Claire at Bad-Fiction
Morgan at Growing in the Fens
(I am horribly aware this list is not perfect. If I’ve omitted you or got the wrong link, leave me a comment and I’ll fix it!)
Most of all, thank you all. You have shown #bloggerpower and you have been #amazing
How can you forget moi?
But well done lovely x
Gasp!!!
Thank you Merry and to everyone involved who has created such an incredible legacy for #ShareNiger. This is the beginning of what we hope is a really special journey together. Thank you!
I love this picture, I remember when you wrote about it before and I always see Freddie in that space. Impressed about the hats too! Managed to find mine and the kids’ today for olympic torching this afternoon but Paul was offended I hadn’t found his (he came from work). Didn’t seem to occur to him he could have looked for it himself (sigh…) Think it might be time for me to get my act together and work out how to add a post to your blog hop:-)