And this year, this is the week! (Feel free to celebrate with us!)
Since the interviews in November, when we met with every child and their parent/guardian at our partner schools in Zambia, we have been working on the information gathered to create sponsor packs for every Beyond Ourselves sponsor child.
We are so thankful to everyone who sponsors a child with us and are happy we are able to send you an update on your child each year. The pack includes up to date family, school and health information and a brand new photo of the (hopefully smiling!) child.
It can take weeks (a few months in fact) to work through every child’s information, check everything is correct and create the documents and data that we need. Not to mention the time it takes to send out several hundred sponsor packs to you, our wonderful sponsors.
The good news is, this was our most efficient year yet - thanks to all who have helped make that possible. A special mention to Melissa who works so many extra hours during ‘pack sending season’ and to Karen and Celeste who helped share the load. Thanks as well to all of you who helped us interview the children back in November and input the data, without your hard work and contribution it would be a very long and daunting job for us.
The interviews were not just about gathering information for the sponsor packs. Sadly, they highlighted some serious situations in some of the children’s homes that we are now following up, working together with our school partners to ensure these children are safe, secure and able to flourish.
It’s important to remember ‘pack sending season’ isn’t all about the admin but that each sponsor certificate and photo that we send to you is a child. A child who is being empowered and has the opportunity to learn and thrive because of our partner schools.
And that’s definitely worth celebrating!
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