We love children, and we raise our children to love and respect the earth. I'm passionate about children and it pains me to see children suffering in any way. For those of you with children under 5, or even older, try this simple visualisation exercise for a moment:
Imagine taking your child into a crowded street at dusk, walking away from them and never going back. Imagine the fear in that child when they realise you're gone. Imagine them wandering scared and hungry through the streets... imagine their life now, day after day.
If you can do this exercise without tears, then you are stronger than me, but for 1.8 million children in Indonesia, this is reality. Every night 1.8 million children in Indonesia sleep homeless. For most of us that number is unfathomable.
WOOT! I’m so freakin’ pumped up right now I can’t even begin to explain. At the end of last week I was really starting to get quite antsy, almost depressed at the way things were progressing… or more to the point NOT progressing. Those who know me really well usually understand that this “antsy” phase is followed by the “downright pissed off and now it’s time for some bloody action” phase, which I tend to self administer when I’m over feeling sorry for myself. This is generally when stuff starts to happen.
I was dropping my youngest son, Charlie off at day care the other day. They have this system whereby parents are asked to sort their food for each day into morning, lunch & afternoon. They also provide brown paper lunch bags for the parents to use so they don’t need to bring 3 different lunch boxes for each day. At the end of the day, the paper bags with the children’s names are returned home with the child to be re-used the next day. Not 100% the most environmental solution, but it’s “ok”.
The time has come. I’ve taunted you for long enough without revealing the plans, and more to the point, I’m terrible at keeping things secret. Especially things that I’m excited about.
Ain’t Too Proud To Beg: How bad would things have to be for you to send your five-year-old out into the crowded streets of Jakarta to beg for money?
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Family Meeting!! (Project Update): The official name will be Project 18 (Inc). Eighteen has significance to our family as we have one girl and eight boys, and the village when we are finished will have 18 homes, each housing 8 children.
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