I feel very selfish reading everybody elses' posts!:blush: Because it might seem that I think ONLY about me and my dear ones...
But "me and the mine" will be first priority; get our lives in order.
However, after that I , too, will of course help others in some way.
What I have wanted to do for a long time is join a system here that is called to be "fadder" for someone. I looked up the word "fadder" and it's translated as "god- mother/ father" or, less formal,"sponsor". But it doesn't feel like that is EXACTLY right, but whatever....
Anyway, in Sweden (I don't know if youu have it in the US, UK etc?) we can enroll as "god mother" for a child somewhere in the world. Then you pay approx. 30$/ month FOR THAT CHILD. You get his/ her picture, and you can write him/her and he/ she can write to you. The money pays for everything that child needs; food, clothes, education. Some of them live at home with their parents, but I suppose some of them live in orphaneges/ shelters.
I like this system very much, because you KNOW the money goes to the right things. (Yes, I give to SOS villages and stuff also, but this is more personal...) My parents have been the god parents of a little Phillippine girl for years now (so she isn't so little anymore!:smile: ) and it's nice to hear how she studies etc. You can also send him/ her birthday presents etc. if you want to.
I have many times thought that we should have a "fadder" child ourselves (me and my kids) but haven't dared to commit, because sometimes I don't HAVE the 30 dollars...and if you commit, you have to stick it out. I don't know how long, but I suppose until they are grown up.
But when the dinar revalues, I will DEFENITIVELY get a couple! Or more!:biggrin:
K