Welcome to our new and improved
West Africa Journal! Many of you know that we’ve been experiencing some technical difficulties with our email and the website over the past few weeks. As a result, things haven’t been updated as much as we’d like.
But now we’re up and running again, with most of the bugs (I hope) worked out! Our journal (here) here should be easier for you to search and navigate. If you have a news reader, we also have an RSS feed. You can even see the local time and weather in the sidebar to the right.
There are some new photos in our Gallery. The Misc DOVE photos… section has some photos of Christmas with the DOVE children. Some of these children were getting the first Christmas present of their lives! There are also more photos of children that are in need of sponsors - see those in the Children needing sponsors album (of course).
Finally, if you want some more background on some of those children you just saw, be sure to read the latest DOVE newsletter.
Thanks for visiting our corner of Sierra Leone on the net!
Filed under: Website news on February 2nd, 2007 | No Comments »
Our sponsorship program is taking off even though our website hasn’t quite got all the photos and information up! We wondered if it would have a negative impact on the kids if some of them had sponsors and some didn’t. We discussed it with them and they decided they could live with it if someone else got a letter or present and they didn’t. As each new sponsor comes on board, the kids get more and more excited. They are thrilled that people ‘out there’ care enough about them to write them and help pay for their care. All funds go into the orphanage fund so they all benefit from it, they all eat from the same ‘pot’. If you are interested in sponsoring a child, any amount, please check out the appropriate page on our site. And THANKS!!
Filed under: Children update, Current needs on January 18th, 2007 | Comments Off
Every child should be allowed to celebrate his birthday. At Dove’s Village of Hope we celebrate each and every birthday with presents,a cake and decorations. HOWEVER, our cupboard is bare and we have no more birthday candles, balloons or decorations. If you would like to help us out with any of those things, let’s try our Sierra Leone postal system and see what happens. Put your candles or balloons in a bubble envelope and address it to : Dove Orphanage, #28 Regent Road, Gloucester Village via Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa. It would also be nice if you included a picture of yourself and a letter or note telling us something about you so the kids can thank you. Thanks for helping out!
Filed under: Current needs on November 6th, 2006 | Comments Off
A strong, healthy person or persons are needed to do painting. Rainy season has taken its toll and all our buildings need to be repainted, inside and out. A minimum month of work is required but to complete everything could take up to 3 months. If you are interested please email our volunteer coordinator, attn Karol Crouch.
Filed under: Current needs on November 4th, 2006 | Comments Off