Books for Children's Day

Children's Day, October 12th, is a very special and much anticipated holiday, right behind Christmas and New Years for most Brazilian children. But some are not so fortunate. Poverty in Brazil means watching while everyone else receives. It means seeing all the toys, comercials, and parties through the TV and down the street, but knowing they will not come to your house.

Help Living Stones celebrate Children's Day this year. Instead of giving toys, which are easily outgrown and broken, we are working with the International School of Carpina to give the children books: for many of them, the first book they have ever owned.

On October 12th, the Baptist church is overseeing a party at the Living Stones trash dump community, complete with trampoline and cotton candy. They have enlisted many people in the church, having them each "adopt" a child to give a special present to.

In the afternoon, Living Stones Cajueiro Claro is having a special children's service, where one of the members has run a toy drive to be able to give each child something special.

On October 18th, the 7th-9th graders from the International School will be going to Mussurepe to oversee a celebration of learning, where books, prizes, and games will be given as we kick off our LITERACY FOR LIVING STONES project.

Please help us invest in these children as we celebrate with them, and give them the valuable skill of literacy. $20 can provide a book and a tutor for our project. We need to raise $200 to help cover Children's day expenses: www.wribrazil.com/literacy