Yulissa's health report :(

I finally got Yulissa's health report. It was quite a wait actually. Took more than 2 months. Not the best of news... Definitely not what I wanted to hear. The report says she has been diagonised with myopia and a second level of obesity. She now wears glasses and is also scheduled to see a nutritionist  it seems. Since she is sponsored, they had informed that the costs are met from 'Emergency Medical Fund'. I didn't know such a thing even existed. Few clarified that this fund supports medical emergencies and glasses (though common) is covered in that fund. I am happy to know that she is taken care of.
Even I have had myopia. It is not that great a risk if identified early and also glasses are worn regularly. And I am definitely not sure about the obesity. While I have no clue what is second level according to medical checkup, I always believe obesity is not that much of an issue as long as the person is active. One of her favorite activity is playing football. Anyways she is being looked into for that also and I am happy for that. I am not a fan of hospitals and I generally don't go unless I see blood. So this is all kinda hazy to me. I hope she gets well soon. All her letters make me feel special... I look forward to more letters and good health from her...
~ChEeRs

Nicolle's latest letter

I am totally glad to share that I have got yet another mail from my sweet Nicolle... I am finally in sync with my liftone account. I got this letter only last week. I was super excited as usual. Also I was very surprised about it because it was a reply to one of the mails I just sent a month ago. Considering CI's normal timeline this was super fast. Looks like Christmas came early for me :)... Again there was a question on the other side of the letter for which she selected all the options as always. Either she is very interested and enthusiastic or she just likes to put a tick mark in boxes :) Also a diagram was there on that side. As always I am surprised/happy to see her bold use of colors. I think she makes sure she uses as many different colors as possible :)
So here comes the sweet letter - 

Greetings Dear Mr.Manikanden
I wish that when you receive this letter you are in good health along with your family. Sponsor, I tell you that my Mom and my siblings are fine thanks God. I tell you that next year I am going to fourth grade and I am diong good in my grades. My favorite subjects are Drawing, Math, English and my favorite friends are named Dayana, Kelin, Madelin and I am glad that your friends love me. Greetings, I say good bye.
Your sponsored child that love you very much.
Nicolle"




I really really liked this letter for the simple reason that it was a direct reply. I did send a very short mail only and all my questions were directly answered. These kinda letters really make my day. And also that she is one of my super fav kids :)
ChEeRs to all...

Nicole's SNG reply

Nicole's birthday went by in September. While I got a nice SNG reply from her, thanks to my friend Macky, I got another letter in response to a cute package of gifts prepared by Mack. A big thanks to her! Of course I got it a while back. Still adding posts to sync with my LiftOne account. So here is the sweet letter - 
"Greetings Dear Sponsor
I wish that when you receive this letter you are in good health along wit your family. Sponsor, I am very happy for the birthday gift that you sent me. (Mack deserves it). Everything is fine very nice. The dolls, the crayons, the pen, the toothbrushes, the toothpaste, the soap and the cornflakes that I like very much. I am very thankful with God, for having the privilege to have a sponsor like you. God bless you along with your family. I say goodbye with affection. 
Your sponsored child that love you very much.
Nicolle"

Isn't that just adorable? To me it is :). Really, Mack sure knows what to get for the kids. I was very happy to know Nicolle liked everything. I am a total zero in selecting gifts and without her help, I wouldn't have got this beautiful letter. And I realized that her recently updated profile pic was also from the same time. She was wearing the same green tee and a great smile too :)




~ChEeRs

Suman's New Pic

Yipppeee....You would remember that they had updated the wrong photo for Suman a few days back. I called up CI and they promised to look into it. They confirmed that it was not Suman and promised to update as soon as the can. And voila, when I logged into the CI account today, I see the new picture. The good news is that he does not have that bandage above his eyes which was in his latest SNG. I was worried about the wound. He seems super fine... I have got a couple of other CI updates too on the way... Should get everything sorted out this week :)





~ChEeRs

Kulsum's educational Report

While this is also one of those catch up posts, I certainly missed this out of carelessness than anything else and saw it pretty late. My bad... So I had inquired for education reprot on Kulsum... If you remember she is sponsored for my friend... But we have a lot of common interests :) So without further a do her educational report - 

On the child's school and infrastructure - 

The child's school is a three storied building made of brick walls with concrete floor and roof. The school has proper sanitation, drinking water facilities and electric connection. It also has a courtyard which is often used as a playground by the students. 

Approximately 600 students attend her school. She goes to school by walk. She studies in grade 6.

Her overall grades are supposed to be 'Fair' while her educational progress seems normal. She is already going for tution which is supported by the family it seems. She likes to study Urdu and English. 

She definitely plans to continue her education and her family is supportive of completing her education.

Now that is a good thing to hear. And I had already requested them on the amount that the family is spending on tuitions as I thought I could help them with that. I got the reply for that too. They have already paid for the current school year and the next one is requried by March. I should be able to take care of that without any issues. So that s it with the updates. Let me see if I get anything more :)

Suman's new pic... Really???

I logged into my children's account in November after Suman's birthday knowing very well they will update his profile pic. And just as I expected, they did change the profile pic. But I couldn't believe what I saw. I could have sworn anywhere that the pic I was seeing was not of Suman. Have a look for yourself...

That to me is definitely not Suman. Except for the eyes I couldn't see a single similarity in the photo. Even that was starting to look different when I started comparing his recent SNG pics. I have already asked the CI representative to have a look into it and update his photo. The rep on call also accepted that it just did not look like Suman at all and promised to get back to me with the details. 


UPDATE:- The CI representative sent me a mail the next day and confirmed that it was not Suman and said they will upload his new pic as soon as they can.


~ChEeRs

Nicolle's record updated (A new photo)

This is still one of those catch up posts. I should have done this at least a month back. Well, it is never too late :)

As you all know, Nicolle's birthday crossed by almost two months ago, a surprise was waiting for me in my CI account. When I was checking for updates, voila... I found a new pic. She was all smiles in that pic. A sincere thanks to Mack who took time to make a package for my sweet Nicolle when she went to Honduras. I totally owe her for this super smiling pic from Nicolle as I know this is from on of those SNG photos. Also her family record was updates. As such there wasn't that great a change.Her height and weight had changed though. She was initially 4" and now risen to 4"2'. She also gained 4 pounds jumping to 54 which is a very encouraging sign... Love her smile :)
~ChEeRs

Another sweet mail from Yulissa

I know.. Time to catch up. I am still at that tortoise pace for updating all the blogs that I have already updated in LiftOne. I will sure catch up and have all the posts updated and synchronized by this weekend. I should have updated this even before Suman's b'day wish. 
So I get another super sweet mail from my super cute Yulissa :). This is for the direct package I sent to her before her b'day. Not much of a package if you realize she did not get the puzzle game I sent her. She got a book on space and astronomy and also a couple of greeting cards. As always, her response made my day :). And what's better? More photos :)
Here is the letter with my fav pic (with the dolphin card). And oh, did I mention that she drew some cute colored stars over the letter... I loved it. More Photos to follow in a separate post :)

"Dear sponsor Mani (I had told her that she can call me Mani),
Thank you for my gifts, especially for my birthday card. I loved the book but the sea card is great, how did you know that I love the sea? Especially dolphins, so you and I like similar things, don't you think? (That right there is pure innocence to me. She had stated before that she likes the sea and especially the dolphins. But I can see her excitement in this letter)
This was one of my best birthdays because I lived one more year, God let my father stay with us and you are good to me. (If that is not maturity beyond years, I will never know what is). Thank you for everything you sent me, my birthday will truly be unforgettable. 
Let me tell you that my mother gave me a cake and it was delicious because it was a cheese cake. I put candles on it and I enjoyed it very much, we ate it all in 5 mins (That s just like me - Kiddish :P). I send you my greetings and thank you again for everything. Until next time. 
Your sponsored child,
Yulissa"
A sincere, heartfelt and a special thanks to Frumor (i don't have original name), from L1 because of whom I was able to get the book too. This is like the 4th letter in 6 months.
Yulissa is my second sponsored kid, the first one I chose for myself actually. She is the best thing tat has happened to me in a while. I will cherish this letter the most for two reasons. I see her innocence and also her maturity in the same letter. She is more mature than me at her age :). I am glad I was able to sponsor her...


~ChEeRs