Sponsor A Child

Please consider supporting a child's education in the small community of Puerto El Morro. If you want to support a child email me the number or name of the child you want to support and I will send you detailed information and photos of them and their families. My email is . We will regularly send updates of their grades and progress reports. We will need your payment by March 15th 2010. They begin classes on April 5th, 2010. I will try and get you the specific child that you ask for but if he or she is not available you will be given another who needs your support. All the kids need to be sponsored. The list of children needing your support, as well as the cost information, is below. Thanks again for your amazing support!

List of children and teenagers

Scholarship 2010

#	Photo	Name	Age	Sponsored By
1		MORALES LINDAO KLEBER ARON He lives with his grandmother and mom. His mom is a single mother. They receive no help from his father.	10 years	Duane and Shannon Payton
2		CASTILLO MARTÍNEZ MARÍA JOSÉ She is the second of two siblings. Their father abandoned them when they were very young. Her mother Aracelly Martínez is 50 years old and works as a maid in the town Salinas. They live with their grandfather.	11 years	Heidi Hayward Urish
3		JORDÁN CRUZ GÉNESIS ALEXANDRA Her mother is Cruz Jordán and is a single mother. They live in extreme poverty. She is the oldest of 7 siblings.	11 years	Dennis and Karen Poskus
4		ESCALANTE ALEJANDRO HELLEM PRICILA She lives with her grandparents: Rocío Gaspar and Emilio Alejandro and her aunt who is a single mother with 5 children.	11 years	Mark and Priscilla Bowin
5		ESCALANTE ALEJANDRO ILIANA NICOLE Her father is a fisherman and her mother is a maid. They live with her grandmother.	11 years	Rose Peterson
6		ÁVILA DOMÍNGUEZ ADRIAN VIDAL His father is Adolfo Avila and is a Fisherman and his mother is Betty Domínguez. He has 4 siblings.	12 years	Cecil Peterson
7		HIDALGO GUILCAJANA ESTELA SOLEDAD Daughter of María Güilcajama, who is a single mother. Estela has 9 siblings.	12 years	Donna Peterson
8		FLORES MORALES JAZMÍN ELIZABETH She lives in a situation of extreme poverty. Her mom's name is Cecilia Morales. Her father, Jofre Flores is a fisherman. Her mother washes clothes. Jazmín is the first of 3 daughters.	12 years	Friends of Jazmin
9		BALÓN CRUZ KEVIN ADONY Emilia Cruz is his mother and his father is Cruz Balón. He is the youngest of 9 siblings and his father is a fishermen.	12 years	Wes and Kelsey Cotten
10		BARRETO JORDÁN CECILIA CATALINA Her father is 34 years old Pulo Barreto is a laborer at a farm, her mother Monica Jordan is 32 years old and is a housewife and suffers from chronic osteoporosis. They have 3 children: Cecilia, 13, Dayana 12 and Dulce, 8. They live with their grandfather and uncle in bad conditions.	13 years	Karen Powers
11		GARCÍA MEJILLONES JONATHAN STIVEN His mother is Angélica Mejillones and his father is John García who sells fruit for a living. He has 1 brother.	14 years	Bruce Baker
12		SOLÓRZANO ESCALANTE ALEX FABRICIO His mother is Amada Escalante and his father is Juan Solórzano and is a fisherman. He has one brother, Juan Carlos.	16 years	Clark Tarwater
13		ESCALANTE MEJILLONES ANA MARIBEL Her mother is Ana Mejillones and her father is Pascual Escalante who sells fresh crab. She is the eldest of 6 siblings.	16 years	Dawn Davies
14		KENYA LISSETTE LAVANDA JORDAN Kenya's father is not around and she lives with her mother and 80 years old grandmother who both sell seafood for a living, and her sister and little brother. Her sister is 17 and works in the house. Her 9 year old brother is the only one currently in school. She would very much like to go too. The family is very humble and their work does not allow them enough money to pay for secondary schooling for their children. Their house is brick and is not even all the way completed.	14 years	Vicki Leach
15		JULIA FRANCISCA GARCIA JORDAN Julia lives with her 10 yr. old brother and 8 yr. old sister who are in school. Julia would like to go to school also to improve the economic situation in her family. They have a very simple small house made out of bamboo and her father supports the whole family as a fisherman.	13 years	Amy and Gary Zelder
16		CECIBEL MARIELA LEITON VANEGAS Mariela's father is not around. She lives with her grandmother and mother who is 32 years old and has 6 kids.	Unsure	Kristy Blain
17		ALVARO DANIEL CRUZ AVILA Álvaro has 7 siblings. His mother suffers from epilepsy. His father is a fisherman. They live in a very small brick and bamboo house. Alvarito has physical problems and difficulty walking and it seems that the problem is in his pelvis. The family never took him to a medical center because they couldn't afford it. He would like to return to basic education.	13 years	Amy and Gary Zelder

This is what each child will need for the year:

Uniformes: $95
School supplies: $115
Transportation from Puerto El Morro to Playas: $100

Total $310
COST PER YEAR FOR EACH CHILD: $310 DÓLARES