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Dream
Sponsors, Inc. is a tax-exempt
non-profit based in Wellington and
focuses on raising funds to provide
emotional support and basic need
supplies to help transform the
dreams of needy Kenyan orphans into
reality. The organization believes
that by offering youth their basic
needs, they are better able to focus
on school studies and eventually
find their way out of a pervasive
cycle of poverty by achieving their
career goals. Dream Sponsors, Inc.
believes that by offering support
with basic needs, extended family
members are able to remain together
and psychological attachments can be
maintained, despite parental loss.
Elizabeth, now
age eight, was orphaned at age three
and lives with her elderly
grandmother in the small farming
village of Bunyore, located in
Western Kenya. Before the support of
Dream Sponsors, Inc. and the local
Interact Club, she had never owned a
pair of shoes and walked in excess
of two miles in her bare feet just
to attend school. She was reported
to be very lethargic and unfocused
due to lack of food. With the added
support, Elizabeth has gained
weight, walks to school in new shoes
and is now doing very well in
school. She was recently appointed
the leadership position of Head
Prefect in her class and rose to
ranking number 17 out of 66
classmates. The Interact Club chose
to sponsor Elizabeth and continues
to be creative in developing
fundraisers to help her advance in
her academics.
In addition to
raising funds, Dream Sponsors, Inc.
seeks to raise the awareness of
local youth regarding the issues of
orphans throughout the world. Their
goal is to teach students to “think
globally and act locally”. For more
information or to coordinate a
presentation, contact Carla Neumann,
President, Dream Sponsors, Inc. at
561-795-2223. |
