Drawing by Libuseng

Last August, I started to sponsor a Hope Child on World Vision. The Hope Child program supports children growing up in HIV/AIDS affected community around the world, especially in Africa. What brought me to do this? Well I was watching CNN and the news of the famine in Niger was making headlines then, so I thought maybe I should do something. I got to know about World Vision sometime after the Sumatra tsunami.

You could search for kids that you want to sponsor by the region they live in, gender, and/or birthdate. And not knowing where to start, I searched for a child that was born on February 25 and specifically a little girl. And I found Libuseng from Lesotho. She was born on Feb 25, 2002, so she’ll be turning 4 soon. It’s funny, there’s so many kids and how do you decide which one to sponsor? The cutest one? The saddest one? I chose Libuseng because the name sounded chinese…hahaha. Libuseng…Li Bu Seng.

Few days ago I received a letter from Libuseng, written by her mom, and then translated to English by WV workers. This drawing came with the letter

I have to send her a belated birthday gift and I’m thinking of sending some ribbons. Last year I sent her a picture of me and some stickers.

Oh..it’s almost time to buy a cheesecake, write “Happy Birthday 2-Lo”, take a picture of the cake, and then have a nice big slice. But due to time and mobility constraints, I might just bake a nice big batch of chocolate chip and peanut butter cookies instead.