Today is Monday, and it is our staff meeting day. Today we found out some crushing news: we only have enough funds until the end of this month! This is for several reasons: 1) our operating costs (i.e. rent, electricity, water) were not properly disclosed to our parent organization at the beginning of the year when we raised funds for rent and electricity and 2) with the legal transition from The Garden of Hope to Taw Saeng, there are funds trapped in an account in America that need to be transferred over by an authorized person, but we have no one in America right now to do that! So, in order to keep our doors open, we need a serious miracle of funds.
This program is so essential to the welfare of the kids who live in this red light district. Without this program, many of them would be out til all hours of the night selling flowers or in worst case scenarios, their bodies, to get food on the table for the family. Without this program, most of these kids would not be able to go to school, they would not have spiritual support for their families, a few would not even get to eat some days without the dinner we serve. We are the only line of defense for some of these kids to keep them out of trafficking and child prostitution. I shudder to think what would happen if we had to close our doors.
The saddest part is that the kids LOVE coming here. Every Sunday, they hang out for hours, because there is no place they would rather be than at Taw Saeng. Taw Saeng doesn't just mean Shine. It means unconditional love, safety, acceptance and most of all, hope to these kids that don't have a lot of any of that. If you want to help keep these kids off the street, it's simple. Because of the bank trap in America at the moment, the best way to transfer funds is through Paypal. If you send money to my Paypal account between now and the end of June, every penny will go to keep the doors open, the kids fed and hope alive. Please consider donating today.
This program is so essential to the welfare of the kids who live in this red light district. Without this program, many of them would be out til all hours of the night selling flowers or in worst case scenarios, their bodies, to get food on the table for the family. Without this program, most of these kids would not be able to go to school, they would not have spiritual support for their families, a few would not even get to eat some days without the dinner we serve. We are the only line of defense for some of these kids to keep them out of trafficking and child prostitution. I shudder to think what would happen if we had to close our doors.
The saddest part is that the kids LOVE coming here. Every Sunday, they hang out for hours, because there is no place they would rather be than at Taw Saeng. Taw Saeng doesn't just mean Shine. It means unconditional love, safety, acceptance and most of all, hope to these kids that don't have a lot of any of that. If you want to help keep these kids off the street, it's simple. Because of the bank trap in America at the moment, the best way to transfer funds is through Paypal. If you send money to my Paypal account between now and the end of June, every penny will go to keep the doors open, the kids fed and hope alive. Please consider donating today.
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