Festival of three religions for refuge in Bangladesh, 850 euro

A Dutch woman, Joke Wittekoek of JW Support, has taken over the full care for 54 children. She has found private resources to do this and has involved a local partner, Shalom Bangladesh Mission Trust. 

The children – in the ages 5 till 20 years - live in three different houses in Dacca. A boys home for class 1-5 (ages 6 till 12), a teenage boys home for class 6-10 (ages 12-17 ) and a girl’s home for all girls between 5 and 16 years old. The children are all brought in from a traumatised life on the streets and get basic care; a home, food and education. The homes are often asked by people in the neighbourhood or other charity organisations to take in more kids but the lack the resources to take more than the most urgent cases: this year they accepted five new children, chosen from a list of 100 kids needing help. 

The staff has had to work hard to make ends meet, and there is no money for extras. There is no money to celebrate the festivals of the children's various religions – Christians, Hindus, and Muslims – with a meal that includes meat, deserts and sweets; nor is there money to have an annual picnic, or to organise a trip, to a museum for example, every two years. For that, JW Support is asking for a € 850 donation. This will be sufficient to offer many moments of joy to 100 children (including the 39 children who have been placed with the local partner). Apart from that the children get to know and accept other religions in a very positive – festive – way. Together they celebrate Christmas, Easter, Eid, Ramadan and the Hindu Festival. 

Moments of Joy has sponsored the celebration of the religious days and the outings last year as well and it was a big success. 

Amount needed for seven “parties” : 850 Euro 

Total € 850,-- 

sponsored by haella foundation

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