Kanika's Birthday SNG - 2012

As you all know that my sweet Kanika's birthday was on the 20th of Jan, I had sent her SNG and got the reply and photo back. The report said that they got a steel almirah and  school bag for the kid.The kid had commented - "I am happy to be provided wit ha school bag and a steel almirah, which are both very useful for me. Thank you sponsor for remembering my birthday"
I have hardly seen her smile. And I haven't seen one still. I hope I can get a smile out of her soon. She wrote a sweet letter with a nice drawing on the back.The drawing has a house near a lake with a boat and trees and lots of greenery.. :) The letter is as follows -

"Dear sponsor,
I start my letter with best wishes to you for the New year. I hope you are well. We are all fine. We are very happy that you are sponsoring me. With your financial support we have purchased a school bag for myself and a steel almirah. We are very happy as both the gifts will be very useful for us. We will benefit from the gifts. I thank you for the same. I end with love to you. Please take care. I pray for your well being. Yours lovingly, Kanika."


There is a good chance that I will be meeting her this year... I am all excited about it :)


~ChEeRs

Suman replies (January)

I should have updated this a month back. I got this in Jan itself. Another sweet mail from my first sponsored kid Suman... And the letter goes - 
"Dear Mr Mani
Hope you are well. I and all are well at home. We are having puja holidays. I have enjoyed heartily with my friends this year.I had got four garments. I have seen many idols of Goddess Durga. We had lots of fun. Thank you very much for supporting me so long. I pray for your well-being. 
With my love to you
-Suman"

There was a very nice flower drawn by connecting the dots and also he had colored it beautifully. They had asked him on what he likes about CI center and he had selected School, health center, Playground and Garden...
This was a short yet sweet letter... it is great to know that he had fun during the puja holidays and had a great time with friends. CI letter always remind me on how important the smallest things in life are and I am so grateful that I got a chance to sponsor such an amazing kid...
~ChEeRs

Kanika's IGP request

Kanika is the eldest kid I sponsor and she is in her last year of sponsorship. I had requested about an IGP sometime back and I got the reply. I know I am updating it late... I have already sent the amount requested for IGP. I am waiting on the reports. I thought I did update my blog at least before I get a report... :)
Long story short, the details are as follows...
Dad is a fruit seller and mom is a daily laborer and does embroidery work on clothing items. So they need the following...
Cost of sewing cum Embroidery machine - $184
Cost of Embroidery thread, scissors and other sewing accessories - $20
Cost of a van-Rickshaw - $184
Total - $388


Also Kanika is doing her grade 8 now (I wonder why only now. I might need an educational report)... And they had given the expenses for Grade 9 and 10... The kid wants to finish her schooling at least till 10th for sure (which is a good sign), but not sure after that (which is not so good a sign). I understand that they might be thinking about marriage and stuffs. But for now, she wants to do at least till 10th and I wanna make sure she gets the chance to do it. The educational costs are as follows -
For grade 9 - $88
For grade 10 - $174


So the total comes to about $650. And only while writing the blog did I notice the amount correctly. I always thought it was $600 and asked CI to deduct $600. I can be an idiot at times and mess with numbers. I live on a month to month basis. I sure will be adding the extra $50 by next month. With the disbelief still hanging on how I messed up with such an ordinary thing, I hope it helps them for now...


~ChEeRs