Children’s Charity

Last week there was a lot of activity across the street from us. Hundrends of school children dressed in their best outfits standing outside a local community organization awaiting a donation. A donation that could very well save their lives…
The winter months are fast approaching in Bangladesh; one only has to breathe the night air to taste the smoke from the countless fires cropping up on more and more street corners keeping the poor warm. A surprising number of people die each year during the winter months throughout the country from the cold. Add to this a surge of dengue carrying mosquitos and the children in one of the world’s most densely populated and poorest countries are at serious risk.
Thanks to the efforts of Sleeping Children Around the World, a $30 CAD donation provides poor children a sleeping kit which includes locally made clothing, a mosquito net and some school supplies along with a sleeping mat and a blanket. The volunteers of this grassroots Canadian charity gave away 7,500 such kits throughout the country; over 800 per day for two days in Dhaka alone.