It was close to Christmas and the news was covered with photos of children in circumstances that NO child should EVER have to face. My heart was completely and entirely broken. It made me so angry, sad and furious that this was actually happening and taking place because of actions made by us humans. I posed a simple question on Facebook trying to find out how I could be of help to these children? How could I make a difference? I was contacted by one of the lovely women who work for, “Support Syrian Children”. This is a non-profit organization who travels back and forth to Turkey and Jordan assisting children and their families during these horrible times. They’ve brought first aid goods to different camps once a month for the past 4 years.
I have organized several events to garner donations to Support Syrian Children but it still didn’t feel like enough. One of my missions with my Mothers Spell website is to help feed and provide for children who have nothing and nobody. After one of our meetings I was haunted by the thought of all these children wandering the streets alone, meanwhile my kids were asleep safe and sound in their beds. During these many sleepless nights, I came up with the idea of building an orphanage. I am very happy to report that this is has now come into fruition. On May 30th I will be taking my first trip with Arianna, President of “SupportSyrian Children”, to search for a good, spacious home that can accommodate as many children as possible. It is in our hopes that this will be the first orphanage of many that we raise together. We will need to find amazing people with beautiful souls to work there and give these children the love and care they so greatly deserve but have been starved of. During this trip we will also bring first-aid supplies to various camps.
So I ask of you, if you are in a position to donate please do. Or you can send us an email with any loving messages you have for the kids which we will then paint onto one of the walls in our orphanage. We need to surround them with love, care and hope. We will do our best and we would love to get you involved.
I will report back once I am home from my trip and will share photos of this process and how your contributions have helped. I believe that together we can help to support each other and accomplish incredible things, unfortunately alone we can not get as far.
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Love JM
Photo credit Andrea Palmucci