Dear Tricia,

Thank you for the donation! You have helped provide Shirley with her new backpack to take to kindergarten. Shirley is 4 years old she lives in Medellín, Colombia. She lives with her mother, her father and her seven year old brother. Her father is a day laborer he earns around $200 per month. Shirley loves to play with her friends and she loves her new crayons!

Thank you Tricia!

Dear Jeffrey,

Alison Toro is 3 years old and lives in one of the most vulnerable neighborhoods in her city of Medelin, Colombia.

She lives in a full house with her mother, uncle, aunt and two cousins. Her father left them when she was born, but her mother and uncle work every day to provide for Alison and her cousins.

Besides her family, there is one thing that Alison loves very much: Princess Stories!

Alison would like to say Thank you, Jeffrey! for her new backpack. She is starting preschool at Carla Cristina, and the notebooks, paper blocks, pencils, watercolors, brushes, crayons, and a toothbrush will help her start her education off right!

Scott, thanks to you, Maria can now go to kindergarten at the Carla Cristina Foundation with her new backpack. She is four years old and she lives in Colombia with her parents and cousins. Her mother is currently in school as well. Because her family has very little money, Maria was unable to purchase a new backpack to go to school. Thanks to your donation, Maria now has a backpack full of school supplies and a toothbrush! Maria is now brushing her teeth after lunch thank to your donation!

Sara is just four years old, and lives in Colombia.  She is in kindergarten at Carla Cristina. She lives with her grandmother, mother, father, uncle and little brother, who is 2 years old. Sara’s father and grandmother both work, and together they earn approximately $350 per month. With the generous support of Scott, Carla Cristina has been able to provide Sara with a new backpack, full of pencils, notebooks, erasers and crayons. This will make school more fun, and help improve Sara’s performance!

Samuel is four years old and is from Medellin. He lives with his mother and grandparents in a small home. His mother is a day laborer, and makes just $200 per month. As a result, she is unable to support Samuel’s school supplies, which affects his performance at school. Thanks to Scott, Samuel now has a new backpack for school, full of notebook, pencils, erasers and crayons!

Julian is four years old his favorite movie is Tarzan because he really likes animals and their are lots of animals in that movie. He lives in Medellín with his parents, sister and pet dog.

Thanks to a generous donation from Neil, Julian now has a new backpack and school supplies so he can learn more about animals!

Marcela is three years old, she lives with her grandmother,  mother and two sisters in Medellín Colombia. Her father is not longer with the family.

She loves to have fun and loves eating ice cream. She has a very good relationship with her sisters and plays with them everyday after school.

Neil, thank you for your donation, Marcela now has new colors to paint with and supplies to learn with.

Santiago is four years old and just started in kindergarten at the Carla Cristina school. He has already made some friends and is become something of a class clown.

He loves to entertain others and even dresses up as a clown!

Thanks to Daryl, Santiago now has a new backpack and school supplies so he can focus on learning as well as entertaining!

Daryl thanks to you, Manuel is learning the numbers with his new pencils and colors.

Manuel studies in kindergarten at the Carla Cristina Foundation in Medellín-Colombia. Manuel really enjoys learning, and is becoming very good at recognizing large numbers and will soon be able to learn math.

Diego is four years, his family recently moved from Tolima to Antioquia where his mother can better find work. Deigo lives with his grandparents and mother, his father no longer lives with his family. He just started kindergarten in Carla Cristina Foundation. Diego loves to go to school and particularly enjoys painting toy cars.

Thank you Kabir now Diego can better play with and paint his cars!