A letter from Bolivia

We got a letter from Fernando in Bolivia today.

He was nice enough to draw a house and a tree with the letter. He even colored inside the lines. What else would you expect from a kid who looks so dapper?

He's in a suit!

Anyway, here's the original letter, written in Spanish.

Spanish

And here's the translation in English.

English

It's such a formal letter; he signs off with "I send greetings." Would you expect anything less from a kid who wears a suit? I'm not saying he wears that suit all the time... but I'm not saying he doesn't either.

Our match program is complete, but you can still sponsor as well! Visit Save the Children to do it!

Artwork!

After a long hiatus, we're back with some new artwork!

First off, here is a really freaking cool paper airplane we were sent... but I've lost the letter that came with it, so I don't know which kid sent it!!! Still, whoever did it, was super talented. Of course, all our kids are super talented... so let's give credit to all of them.

Awesome paper airplane

Also, here are three pretty flowers from Likhon in Bangladesh.

Flowers

And an epic action scene from Fernando in Bolivia. Fernando's scene has fire and bikes and a dude with a cape. I think we've got a young Michael Bay on our hands here!

Action!!!

Our match program is complete, but you can still sponsor as well! Visit Save the Children to do it!

Holiday Party Artwork

This year's Authentic Community Holiday Party was a roaring success -- thanks to everyone who attended, and especially Authentic Community Member Ron for hosting the party at his beautiful restaurant / bar B. East.

That night, we drew so much artwork for the kids that we ran out of paper. I can't post them all, but here are some highlights.

A penguin with a guitar. Really, how can I kid not love this?

A beautiful boat on a tranquil sea.

A snowman... smiling at the sun...

I totally drew this awesome frog.

A worm in the Big Apple!

Thanks to all those who drew pictures! I'm sure the kids will LOVE them!

Our sponsorship program for these kids has finished, but you can help us with our new program: Building a school in Mali.

Artwork!

We got some artwork from the Philippines!

April-Gaye, Authentic Community Member Julie's sponsor match, sent us a new picture in a pink shirt, and a very cool picture of a house. She also sent us an info sheet letting us know her favorite color is red, her favorite food is salad, and her favorite pastime is gardening. So she can totally garden her own salads.

April-Gaye, age 9

A house

And here's another little girl from the Philippinnes, Karen-Joy, an anonymous donor's match. Like April-Gaye, she sent us a drawing (a pretty flower) and an info sheet. Her favorite color is yellow, her favorite food is chicken, and her favorite pastime is watching TV. So she can totally order her own chicken after watching a commercial for it.

Karen-Joy, age 7

A pretty flower

Our match program is complete, but you can still sponsor as well! Visit Save the Children to do it!

Artwork! Letters!

More Artwork and Letters from Bangladesh!

This week we got some correspondence from Authentic Community Member Kat's match, Pinki. Here's a nice new picture of her in a snazzy red shirt.

Pinki, age 10

She's in the fourth grade and her favorite subject is Bangla. She reads and plays and is very active. Some of the programs she's been able to take part in include annual sports, vitamin A supplementation, deworming treatment, and first aid kit management.

She sent us a letter telling us about her life. She lives with her family (parents and 1 brother) and she likes to dance and sing. She told us red is her favorite color, which totally makes sense considering how she looks in the shirt up there. Attached to the letter was a great picture of a flower.

Bangla

English

Finally, she also sent us a separate picture of several flowers, a flag, and a person. I think she must really like flowers because she drew 4 of them... and her flag kind of looks like a flower... and her person looks like it has a flower for a head. A really pretty flower for a head though!

Flowers and things that look like flowers!

Our match program is complete, but you can still sponsor as well! Visit Save the Children to do it!

Artwork! Letters!

Artwork and letters and updates!

This is from Rajani in Bangladesh.

Rajani, age 8

She's taken part in some amazing programs including vitamin A supplementation, deworming treatment, and a reception ceremony. Currently, she's enrolled in the first grade in a local primary school, where her favorite subject is Bangla. Very convenient, because here's a letter she's sent us THAT'S TOTALLY WRITTEN IN BANGLA!

Bangla

There's an awesome picture there too. I think they're flowers... you'll see why in a bit. Also, as there are people reading whose favorite subject wasn't Bangla, I've included the English translation of her letter. It's like 75% less cool.

English

Finally, she drew us these really awesome flowers. The one on the right looks very similar to the picture in her letter... so using my detective skills, I determined the drawing in the letter was a flower.

Bangla flowers

Our match program is complete, but you can still sponsor as well! Visit Save the Children to do it!

Updates and Artwork!

New updates from our kids!

First is Authentic Community Member Meg's match, Shaymali from Bangladesh. Here's her new headshot. Snazzy!

Shaymali in Oct 2009

Shaymali's update says she's benefited from Reading for Children 2, Kisholoy Pre-School, and First Aid Kit management. She's in preschool and that her favorite subject is art. I think you can tell that by the wonderful picture she drew for us.

Shaymali's picture.
A burst of love and color. And flowers.

Rasel from Bangladesh is next. He's the match for Authentic Community Member Kathy, and here's his new picture.

Rasel in Oct 2009

Rasel is in kindergarten and also likes art most. He's friendly by nature and during the day he reads and plays. He's benefited from Reading for Children 2, Kisholoy Pre-School, vitamin A suppleand First Aid Kit management.

Here's the great picture he drew for us!

Rasel's picture.
A plant, ladder, and bug of some kind.

Finally, here's Sant from Nepal, Authentic Community Member Tom's match.

Sant in Oct 2009

He's in the first grade now, and his favorite subject is Nepali. That's like English, but in Nepal. Thanks so the sponsorship, he participated in the following programs: Health Package Program (improves nutritional and health status, includes check-ups), Support of Schools Program (to promote a child-rights-based framework for education with teacher training, drinking water, etc), and Student Support Program (stationary, uniforms, tutors, etc).

Those are great programs. And here's some great artwork!

Sant's picture
Flowers and a bird.

Thanks to everyone who sponsored! And while our match program is complete, you can still sponsor as well! Visit Save the Children to do it!

Updates and Artwork!

Here's an update from Suraj in Nepal who is the match for Authentic Community Member Adam. He's cut his hair off!

Suraj, age 5

Here's a great picture he drew for us. You can't tell from the scan, but there's yellow highlighter connecting the black dots and lines. It looks like a really cool giant plant. Or maybe crop circles.

We're almost done! Just 2 more to go so please sponsor! For more information about our match program visit our "Two For One Program"!

Updates and Artwork!

We're starting to get some updates from some of the offices where we've been sponsoring kids. Over the next few days I'll be posting new pictures and artwork.

Today we have an update on Naeem from Bangladesh, Authentic Community Member Meg's match.

Here's his new picture!

Naeem, age 5

The update says he's enrolled in preschool in the local preschool, and that Art is his favorite subject. He's friendly by nature, and during the day he reads and plays.

With Meg's sponsorship, Naeem has benefited from the following sponsorship programs: Reading for Children 2, birth registration, Kisholoy Pre-school, ECD Children Cultural Programs, and vitamin A supplementation. All great things; all made possible because Meg sponsored him.

Naeem also sent us this great drawing.


I'm not sure what it is... but it's great!

We have 2 more to go to meet our match! Help us out by visiting our "Two For One Program" and sponsoring a kid!

Artwork!

Hooray for new artwork!

First, here is 3 year old Katherine from El Salvador and her happy smiling face.

Katherine, age 3 (happy)

And here's the artwork from such a happy smiling face!

An explosion

We also got a picture from Munni in Bangladesh. She's not as cheery as Katherine... but then, who is?

Munni, age 10 (not as cheery as Katherine)

And here's her lovely picture of a plant, flag, flower, and giant hot pepper.

Very nice!

We only need 4 more sponsors! Please visit our "Two For One Program"!

Artwork!

Look at these cool pictures!

First a new one from one of our new artists, Jonathan from the Philippines. A house surrounded by flying fruit and like... a parachute or something... Whatever it is, it's awesome.


And resident uber artist, William from El Salvador, gives us this fantastically blue picture of blue houses and blue clouds. I'll tell you what, I'm not blue after looking at these pictures!

We only need 5 more sponsors to reach our goal of 50 kids total! Visit our "Two For One Program" to help!

Happy Hour!

The Authentic Community had a small get together to make artwork for all of our sponsor matches. We created lots of great stuff, but I'm only picking a smattering of the finished pictures to post.

But to start off, here's a picture of our smiling faces in Bubby's Pie Company in DUMBO, NY.

Clockwise from left: Megan, Neco, Adrienne, Jon, Lily, Vikram, and Lauren (not pictured... me)

And now for the main event. Here are some pictures of our pictures!

A turtle on a road. For Likhon in Bangladesh.

A robot for Victor from El Salvador. I totally drew this.

Two people fishing drawn for Naeem in Bangladesh.

A person with a flower for Mamot in the Philippines.

A red car for Shaymali in Bangladesh.


Flowers and a note for William in El Salvador.


And here are Jon's kids Lily and Eli in a postcard they made for Rajani from Bangladesh. They took a picture and drew a note on it because they're far more creative than the rest of the adults. We promptly copied their idea and did several similar post cards.

To get more info on our sponsorship program go to: The Authentic "Two For One" Program

To find out about more great events like these visit us on Facebook: search for "Authentic Community Service"

Artwork!

Ariana from the US, Authentic Community member Bob's match, has sent us this great sponsor info form. On the back was this cool picture.


But the coolest thing on the form was Ariana's favorite game. GUITAR HERO! She is by far the coolest 8 year old to have ever existed.


For more information about our match program visit our Two For One Program!

Artwork!

Here's more artwork from William in El Salvador. He drew a great picture of a bicycle on the Save the Children stationery. He likes riding bicycles. It comes full circle.

The translation is:

"Hello Lily and Eli. I am studying in the first grade, I like to study and play ball and ride bicycles and I like to play with cars, I love them a lot."