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Children helping children - heed The Cries of a Child

by Monica Riederer

Aug 31, 2009

If you are looking for a community service-type activity for your classroom, school or school district, we would love to talk to you about our organization, The Cries of a Child. Co-founded by a young woman originally from Winneconne, Wisconsin, The Cries of a Child is a non- profit, 501(c)(3) organization created to provide food, shelter and nurturing love to orphaned children in Burundi, Africa. The Cries of a Child seeks to build orphan homes, schools, a healthcare clinic and a trade school for the adults in Burundi, a country devastated by war, disease and poverty. While often overshadowed by its larger neighbor, Rwanda, Burundi has over 300,000 orphans, some from conflict, others from HIV-AIDS. Our mission is to help these children who have nothing and nowhere else to turn.

We are developing programs to get American children involved in our mission, including fundraising programs and unique learning opportunities. For example, we are developing a "Count Your Blessings" fu...See MoreIf you are looking for a community service-type activity for your classroom, school or school district, we would love to talk to you about our organization, The Cries of a Child. Co-founded by a young woman originally from Winneconne, Wisconsin, The Cries of a Child is a non- profit, 501(c)(3) organization created to provide food, shelter and nurturing love to orphaned children in Burundi, Africa. The Cries of a Child seeks to build orphan homes, schools, a healthcare clinic and a trade school for the adults in Burundi, a country devastated by war, disease and poverty. While often overshadowed by its larger neighbor, Rwanda, Burundi has over 300,000 orphans, some from conflict, others from HIV-AIDS. Our mission is to help these children who have nothing and nowhere else to turn.

We are developing programs to get American children involved in our mission, including fundraising programs and unique learning opportunities. For example, we are developing a "Count Your Blessings" fundraiser in which school children donate (or raise) small amounts of money for each of the many "blessings" they have in their life, like $1.00 for parents; $0.50 for each tv, iPod, Gameboy; $1.00 for their own bedroom; etc. We are also developing the idea of a "sleep out" in which kids raise money and get to experience what it's like to be one of the many homeless kids in Burundi - if only for a night.

We are also uniquely-situated to provide wonderful learning opportunities as two of the organization's co-founders are currently in Burundi and will be there for the school year. They are blogging about their experience on the internet, including photos and narratives of "life in Burundi." They are also learning the local language, culture and agriculture methods, which they post on the blog as well. Your students could also be learning the "word of the day" and unique facts about Burundi life and culture.

As we are a relatively new organization, the opportunities for working with us are endless. Please contact me if you would like to discuss. Monica Riederer - [email removed].

Thank you for taking the time to review this posting. Won't you heed The Cries of a Child?

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