Saving Poor Children

It is a shame that despite huamnity's access to other planets in the galaxy, we have millions of children on our very ownearth who are living in misery due to poverty. In response to my recent post about a poor Afghan girl being saved from a begging life by the Children Foundatiton, the customer service manager of the foundation sent me the following message. I think we agree with the coda: 'together, we can change the world.'

Ernest

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Dear Mr. Karim Khan,

Thank you very much for your kindness and support. Your article would cause a profound public awareness. I thought to share a little more in depth with you of who Child Foundation is and what we do.

Child Foundation is an international nonprofit organization that helps children in need to remain in school. As a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in special consultative status with the UN, ECOSOC. Child Foundation supports the 2015 Millennium Development Goals and is actively pursuing the following three goals:

· Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
· Achieve universal primary education
· Promote gender equality

Child Foundation believes that education and training are vital ingredients for enabling transformation and change to take place in a child’s life, especially when a family is experiencing dire poverty and has no available resources or support. By providing humanitarian relief and aid to underprivileged children, Child Foundation helps children to reach their full potential, eliminating child exploitation, such as boys entering the workforce prematurely, and girls being forced into early matrimony.

To keep you update, I will forward our monthly e-newsletter and welcome your feedback. Your readers can always visit: http://www.ChildFoundation.org or contact us between the hours of 8 am to 5 pm on weekdays.

I feel confident that together, we can change the world, .....one child at a time.

Best Regards,
Hossein Salehi
Outreach and Customer Service Manager
Child Foundation-Main Office
CF-Salehi@ChildFoundationUSA.org
Tel: 503-698-4084 • Fax: 503-297-1546
P.O. Box 463 • Portland, OR 97207
Please visit us at: www.childfoundation.org