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Amazingly, approximately $2,300.00 USD will change a “displaced” family’s living conditions
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At last count, Colombia has over Two Million “DISPLACED PERSONS" . Most of the people affected are the poor, the peasants, the uneducated, and children. The fifty-year-old war in Colombia has especially taken its toll on the women who suddenly become the "head of
household” because their husbands have been kidnapped by gorilla terrorists and forced to fight
or were killed in the fighting.
We believe the situation in Colombia is a very important cause.
As 2007 came to a close, a $30,000.00 company check was making it way to Julio Jaramillo Martinez, Director of the Berta Martinez De Jaramillo Foundation in Medellin, Columbia, SA.
As Julio Martinez expressed in his letter acknowledging the donation, “How is it possible for persons that don’t know us to associate themselves in a manner so significantly to the task that we comply with in favor of persons who have enormous basic necessities in their daily lives and that they trust in us with such warmth with such monies in strange hands”.
Through the generosity of many, so far the Foundation has been able to construct 1,012 houses. Each house is home to one family and occupies a space of about 40 square meters. Three day care centers have been added, the grade school has been expanded, workshops are being developed to teach trades to both men and women and a small church has been erected providing a place to worship.
As we see have seen Colombia recently appearing in world news, work to stabilize a country and allow freedom to flourish is not welcomed by neighboring countries that are never given that opportunity. Work being done by foundations like Berta Martinez, only proves that the human spirit thrives and craves for the basics of home, education and freedom.
We thank everyone at Shannon Sales for their hard work during 2007 and for making this generous contribution possible. Take pride in knowing that your efforts have helped others who are less fortunate.
Great progress has been made but much more is left to do!
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Photo Gallery of additional photos of actual cases of before and after living conditions in Colombia |
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Information on how “Colombian Little Houses” project was started |
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More information about Displaced Families and War In Colombia |
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If you’d like to help support this cause and
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