Spread the Love Sponsor a Child!
Sunflower Blogsite:
Our sunflower blogsite provides communication and updates for child sponsors. Volunteers post weekly updates with experiences & stories from the interns, expedition participants and board members.
Sponsor Wall at the Sunflower Orphanage: 
A United States map is on its way to the Sunflower Home. Our February education expedition will be hanging the map on the wall and showing the children photos of their sponsors. Stay tuned for the actual photo at the Sunflower. The children want to know who you are and who to thank!
Sponsorships Provide: Your child sponsorship is more than providing food and shelter for children. Sponsors include the necessary medical, educational, psychological care to create a sure foundation upon which to build a positive and productive future.
Currently the following children need sponsors:
Edi- Team sponsors
Maria- Team sponsors
Marisol- Team sponsors
Purfita- Team sponsors
Wilfredo- Team sponsor
Yudy- Team sponsors To help feed, educate & care for one child, or hundreds with Drop-in Center sponsorships, simply download a sponsorship form, mail it or call 801-397-5578 and give us the info over the phone. Please feel free to email Ken@sxhu.org for more information.
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Spotlight:
My Life at The Sunflower
By Mayda
(Dictated to & translated by Summer School Teacher Colleen Burns)
Who am I?
My name is Mayda, and I am ten years old. My birthday is in May and for my birthday, I want to eat cake. I like chocolate chip cookies and ice cream. I am a friendly girl. I like to sweep my room and I want my room clean. When it is clean, I feel happy.
Before The Sunflower
I was born in Espinar where I lived with my brother and sister, mom, and dad. Something happened and then I went to Urubamba to live with my Uncle Carlos. Then, I went to The Sunflower.
Now
I live at The Sunflower with my new mom, dad, and other children. They take good care of me. I have all the things at the orphanage. I have a room and my room has clothes and a wardrobe and a bed. I have a teacher who teaches me to write, read, and draw. It is good to draw.
What is The Sunflower?
The Sunflower is a home where boys and girls live. There are parents named Delia, Juan, Papi Leonidas, Mami Eunice. They care for us with affection. We have aunts and uncles. The home is beautiful and in the country. We have bedrooms, wardrobes, and other things.
My Future
I want to be a doctor when I am finished with primary school and high school. Later, I want to go to the United States. I want to have a mom and dad and I want Aunt Colleen to visit and many of the people I know from expeditions.
To learn more about
sponsoring a child, please visit our website at www.sxhu.org, call 801-397-5578 and/or email Ken@sxhu.org. THANKS!
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Sila, Maria 1, Dayana, Lisbeth, and Yeison (brother to Jhoel) sat outside and practiced their English with me. Lisbeth is very proactive about learning it. She watches my lips and tries to say the sounds clearly. She finds me wherever I am and asks, How do you say...? Then she runs off to practice it with her friends. The highlight of the evening was when Maria 1, Maria 2, Wini, Lisbeth, Ebalin, and Almendra were all playing on the grass. The girls brought out their blankets and they were asking me how to say, "Play with me. Read to me, etc. Then I taught them to say, "Tickle me." They did such a fabulous job, so of course I .....
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Southern Cross Humanitarian: Helping street children in Latin American through sustainable homes providing food, medical & psychological care, education and opportunities for positive futures.
Laura Chabries - President
Cameron Smyres - V.P. & Project Director
website: www.sxhu.org
email: laura@sxhu.org
phone:(801)-397-5578 fax: (801)-397-5579
Address:
1492 South 800 West, Suite A
Woods Cross, Utah 84087
For copies of past newsletters, you can go to www.sxhu.org.
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TO DONATE BY CHECK:
Mail to: Southern Cross Humanitarian
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Tax Information (Please check your tax adviser regarding your personal tax situation)
Expeditions:
·If over half the time is spent at the orphanage (which our expeditions do), the entire airfare is deductible.·Cost of side trips should be deducted from the expedition total, since only expenses related to the voluntary portion are deductible. (For Machu Picchu & Lake Titicaca the cost is about $400.) General Donations: · For donations to Southern Cross Humanitarian, you can use your thank you letters or canceled checks for your tax files. If you would like a separate letter, please contact laura@sxhu.org |
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"In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love." Mother Teresa
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Important
Sunflower Home Updates!WATER - We've had trucks haul water to the  Sunflower home, had rain-catches constructed, looked for independent water sources, all with the hope of the municipality finally building a new waterline which included the Sunflower. We've had to wait to finish the new dorm and bring in new children until we had an increased water supply. Seems like for almost 2 years we've been anticipating a consistent water source and it's finally happening! Our last expedition worked digging the lines, and water should be flowing within the next two months!
Current Progress with Interns:
Introducing Kristin Robrecht, a new intern at the Sunflower with a Masters in Education, and Colleen Burns with a Masters in Education, certification in teaching ESL with an emphasis on immersion classrooms, and doing her 3rd internship at the Sunflower. Both have been helping the children with their schoolwork, creating dream boards to help the children make goals for their future, enhancing writing skills and putting together educational assessments for each child in preparation for the Educational Expedition next week. This will be a huge bonus for incoming interns so they can immediately see where each child is at and move forward more quickly with skill development. (Of course rocket launching is also a must!)
 
To read more about the progress of each child, see:
http://thesunflowerorphanage.blogspot.com
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Leo's Corner
We're all excited about the older boy's intern opportunities this summer -notice the grins at the airport! Thank you to Leo, Eunice, Alberto, Carlso and Don Alejandro to help make this happen. Leo sends the following salutations to all:
"Estamos felices y satisfechos de firmar el convenio de cooperacion interinstitucional con SCHU en favor de los ninos trabajadores de las calles del Peru y del hogar Girasol , en nuestro gran objetivo comun de brindarles el bienestar y la formacion integral a este grupo de ninos y adolescentes en situacion de riesgo y exclusion social. Igualmente estamos emocionados de tenerlos y contamos con ustedes en nuestras proximas expediciones este ano."
(We are happy and pleased to sign the cooperation agreement with SCHU for child workers in the streets of Peru and the Sunflower home in our great common goal of providing welfare and training integral to this group of children and adolescents risk and social exclusion. Also we are excited to have them and have you on our next expedition this year.) - Use Google's Translate Tool to translate Spanish to English
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Upcoming 2009 Expeditions
(Check the website for Early Bird Specials!)
Peru: June 13-23, July 22-August 1 or Dec.28-Jan 3
Whether it is your first time or you're a veteran, come join us to serve the children of Peru. Both
trips will include the Sunflower Home and Macchu Pichu. In June we'll also head north to work in our new funded home/orphanage in Trujillo (see above), July will include more time in Cusco and the Sacred Valley and December is the best New Year's ever!
Ecuador: July 1-12
It is going to be a fun summer in Ecuador with the celebration of Darwin's 200th birthday. If you've ever wanted to see and swim with sea lions AND help many in need, this is your chance. Now is the perfect time to explore the beauties of the Galapagos.
Colombia: 5-13
Come on! Join us! Cartegena is beautiful and the people are wonderful! We'll get up early to beat the heat, work in our Drop-in centers, and be back for a nice mid-afternoon siesta and dip in the pool. Evenings will include either other service projects or exploration of the walled city. Be careful though, once you meet these children it will be hard to leave.
For more information about upcoming expeditions, please visit our website at expeditions and/or email cameron@sxhu.org. Individuals signing up 10 new Drop-in Center sponsors (minimum $30 a month for a year) will receive a free 2009 Southern Cross expedition.
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Albertson's Re-Registering all
Preferred Cards & Lucky's Stores!
Albertsons is re-registering all their preferred cards with non-profit organizations. Linking your preferred card to Southern Cross provided donations of over $4k in 2008. All those who sent in forms with your preferred cards we have re-linked your card. If you registered your card on your own, or would like to register your preferred number during this re-registration period, please email your Albertson's preferred card number and phone number to kenmano@comcast.net. THANKS! These cards are a tremendous help.
If you live in California and shop at Lucky's, SAVE Mart, FoodMaxx or S-Mart grocery stores, get your Southern Cross S.H.A.R.E.S card, earn 3% of your purchases for Southern Cross. Its easy and a no-cost way to donate for our children. The SHARES program has recently gotten easier, just show the card. Send an email to kenmano@comcast.net with your name and address and we'll send you a card. Get cards to give to your friends and neighbors who shop at these stores
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Heartbeats!
"When people donate their time, they are giving of their valuable heartbeats."
· Sunday School children at the Highlands Presbyterian Church, in Allendale NJ, made donation banks and dedicated them during worship to help continue sponsoring Yosimar and provide books, going down in February's Educational Expedition, for the Sunflower children. Our warmest thanks for all the congregation's support and their continued kindness.
· Excited thanks goes to Carlos Tejeda Blua and Don Alejandro of Porcon for the kindness and partnerships they are creating regarding internship opportunities for our children.
· This is the 4th year in a row Sherry Swinnerton's level III Spanish students, at Overlea High School in Baltimore, Maryland, raised money for the orphanage in Peru. Thank you teacher & students!
· Joy Mano & friends, in SLC, UT, all got together last month and made a "ton of matching games for the kids" good for the interns use and also for the upcoming expedition. Thank you Joy and friends!
 · December's Expedition group couldn't wait for a summer banquet,
so they had a reunion this past weekend! They flew in from all parts
of the country to share the love. Thanks for all each of you do for
Southern Cross and for your sponsorships!
Thank you all for your support and for communicating your desires and efforts in helping Southern Cross Humanitarian. THANKS! laura@sxhu.org.
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Here is How to Make a HUGE Difference with No Cost to You!
Register your Albertsons Preferred Customer card with Southern Cross Humanitarian as your charity.
By doing so, Albertsons will donate 1-3% of all your purchases to
Southern Cross. Each person who uses their Preferred card on a regular basis contributes an average of $100 a year to Southern Cross.
All you need to do is email your name, address, phone# & Preferred Card#, to Ken@sxhu.org or complete the registration form on our website on our "How Can I Help" page.
This is a great service opportunity for high school &
church youth groups as well as a qualifying Eagle Scout project:
register people in front of a local Albertsons store - for more
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