SPONSOR A SUMMER PROJECT!  100% of project donations go to supporting children. Build a kitchen or bathroom for a school this summer in the comfort of your own home by simply donating to Southern Cross Projects. This is a picture of a current school kitchen....let's help these children gain access to food in school so they can get a big portion of eduction instead of thinking of filling their empty bellies. Communities are benefiting thanks to your schools, families and individual child sponsorships.  For long term sponsorships and/or one time project donations, please click here! NEW DIGS! Thanks to Bennett Law, Southern Cross now has sponsored overhead! Please make note of our new contact information: New Address:  10542 S. Jordan Gateway, Suite 200, Sandy, UT 84095 New Phone Number: 801-285-7922 Our new office includes use of a spacious room for packing meetings for which we are very grateful!  Help children Shopping On-line! Simply designate Southern Cross as your charity of choice on either Goodshop or IGIVE and your searches and shopping could sponsor a child each month! Put GoodSearch or igive on your Toolbar today! Please tell your family and friends! Southern Cross Humanitarian: Bridging cultures to provide long-term solutions for children-at-risk in South America.   Laura Chabries - President Cameron Smyres - Project Director Mike Bennett - Chairman of the Board   Contact Information: website: www.sxhu.org phone: (801) 285-7922 fax: (801)  285-7923 email: laura@sxhu.org Address: 10542 S. Jordan Gateway, Suite 200 Sandy, UT 84095 Southern Cross donations!!  DONATE BYVisa, MC, Amex or Discover Credit Cards using PayPal. DONATE BY CHECK Mail to: Southern Cross Humanitarian 10542 S. Jordan Gateway, Suite 200, Sandy, UT 84095 SOUTHERN CROSS HUMANITARIAN Helping More & More Children Thanks To You! Semillas de Amor (Seeds of Love), serves 50 to 100 children each day. Most of the children at this center have disabilities and their only meal is at this home. Children at Semillas de Amor, typically have a caretaker, but one who is unemployed and struggling to provide the basics for themselves as well as others. Three sisters volunteer their time, every day, to travel to the home to provide food and care for the children in this part of town (Cartagenia) called "New Colombia". Thank you to all Southern Cross sponsors! YOU are providing food and a new chicken industry to create self-sufficiency for this home.   For more information on projects please email Info. SUMMER EXPEDITION FUN! Come construct school kitchens, finish a permanent shelter, build bathrooms, and/or work one-to-one implementing a children's art project in the Sacred Valley. Pick one of the expeditions and let's go have some fun! PERU: June 12-21: El Bichito, Cajamarca  & Machu Picchu July 1-10: Sacred Valley & Machu Picchu July 11-20: Yantalo, & Jungle Adventure ECUADOR: August 2-12: Otavalo, (surrounding villages) COLOMBIA: September: (Call for more details): Cartagena, "Alegria de Vivir" & Semillas de Amor December 26-January 4 - TBD based on greatest need Together we're changing the label of "children-at-risk" to "children-of-promise" with a new life free of starvation, disease and fear to one of hope for a positive future.  Join an Expedition today! Expeditions My Experience at the Aldea in Peru by Mitchell Beazer (A full account can be read by going to our children's blog)   " Life changing. That is how I can most accurately describe my experience in Peru. I went, as many probably do, thinking about the difference that I could make in some children's lives, when in reality, what I gave is small compared to what I received. My love for others has grown and hopefully I can further develop a child's love, a love that has no bounds or reserves and is shared with all. As soon as we walked through the Aldea doors, children were offering to help us with our bags and holding our hands as they accompanied us to our casa. They had no idea who we were. We were a different color than them. We spoke a different language; and yet, they immediately loved us. I want to love as they loved. Peru has also taught me that it is not so important what is done together, but rather the time that is spent together. Many children just wanted to talk with you, walk with you, or simply sit beside you. I have vowed to spend more time with those I love. Peru has taught me to share. I saw countless times people who had so little, give so much. Many people are so willing to offer their home, food and resources to help others. While traveling on the bus once a lady who we were talking to invited us to lunch and, if needed, offered us her place to stay the night. A couple of times at the Aldea, a kid brought me some fruit that he had just picked off of a tree. Two kids at the Aldea gave me their bracelets 'cause I mentioned that I liked them. I need to be less concerned with what I have, but concentrate on what I can give.....  Heartbeats "When people donate their time, they are giving of their valuable heartbeats." · A warm appreciation for the winter term interns at the Aldea: Mitchell Beazer, Shelisa Goates, Cori Hoffman and Brianna Skates.  Thank you for sharing yourselves with the Aldea children. · Another thanks to Mitchell Beazer & Paramount School children for donating funds to buy the Aldea a washing machine. Can you imagine washing 70 children's clothing without a machine??? · Big shout-out to Starcom Worldwide, a media company from Chicago, Illinois and their matching grant program! We appreciate your generosity for humanitarian work. · Sincere thanks to the love, time and energy Pam and Wayne Merrill have devoted to Southern Cross. We wish them well in their new pursuits in Saint George!