Helping the kids of Costa Rica

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greenleaves

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I normally don't pimp charities, but a friend of mine is getting hands on with something. He is doing something really special for a group of about 64 kids in Costa Rica. Any money is going directly to kids who have come out of the closest thing that I believe is hell: incredibly abusive households.

I donated a little, but if some of you guys can chip in, it'd help a lot.

Here is his message:

There are 8 houses with about 8 kids in each one, they have all been taken out of abusive households and about 60% of the kids are special needs and have urinary incontinence issues. Like most of these children's homes they need to get their vitamins which usually comes in the form of a shake type supplement similar to Ensure.

Their playground is also in rough shape in quite a few places and pose a risk to the kids in a couple places (exposed screws, rusty nails, hooks etc) and they are missing nets off their Soccer and Basketball courts. One thing that stood out for me was that the baby swings looked like torture devices, since there was only a couple babies I went ahead and got replacements today out of pocket. We are shooting to fix the rest of the playground by mid January and hopefully one day of reaching our goal of keeping these kids supplied with dry diapers and a healthy diet year round.

On top of the playground we are going to renovate for them and in my opinion the most important part of this drive here is what the kids need on a monthly basis:

7 Large cans of PROTEINEX ( Vanilla Only)
2 Large Cans of ENTEREX
1 Large Cans of DUOCAL
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PM me for the paypal account. If you want to bitcoin donate, that is acceptable also (it'd be a bit of work for me, but I'd do it) - If you are in Costa Rica and want to donate the materials directly, I can hook you up with my buddy.

I can vouch that not one penny will go to anything other than the materials the kids need.
 


Awesome guys, thanks for the help. The amount doesn't matter, every little bit can make big differences. PMs have been sent/replied to.

My buddy posted an update:

First of all I just want to thank everyone for their generosity and give an update of the current situation. Since this a community project that you are all a part of I want to completely open the books for you guys so you can see exactly where your money is going.

Amount Pledged so far $4,290
Playground cost -$3,000 *
Repairs/materials -$1,000
Formula Diapers -$2,556 *

Amount short of goal: 2266*



More Info:


*Playground cost - At this time I only can provide an approximation of playground cost at the moment, I apologize for that but I am waiting to hear back from a couple companies. I could easily be under-estimating the cost of this part of the project but probably not by more than 500-750 USD.

*Repairs Materials - The repairing of the basket ball goals, tether ball installation, swing repair, buidling of new soccer goals and light maintenance on the existing playground. This is also an approximation, hopefully it will cost less, every dollar will go towards the kids if there is anything left.

*Formula Diapers - The budget quoted above is based upon a 6 month goal, if enough support is gained we would like to do a years worth, here is the breakdown:

Item: 1 month 6 months 12 months
formula 210 //// 1260 //// 2520
diapers 216 //// 1296 //// 2592
TOTAL 426 //// 2556 //// 5112

*Amount needed - Things could run a little higher than my estimates, but if the amount isnt raised I will come out of pocket to make sure all projects are completed.

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Unfortunately due to schedule conflicts things are not happening at the rate that I hoped, since this is a government institution timing is critical. Having said that things are moving along at a decent enough rate and things are looking very good so far.


Things already accomplished:

• 2 month supply of Formula and dietary supplements dropped off
• 2 month supply of medium sized adult Diapers dropped off
• 2 New basketball nets purchased and ready for installation
• 2 New Little Tyke baby swings purchased and installed
• 1 Tetherball set up purchased
• 1 high quality Soccer ball purchased
• 1 high quality Basketball purchased

Things that need to be done:

• Purchase Another 4-8 months supply of diapers and formula
• Install tetherball
• Bring in a welder to fix basketball and soccer goals
• Install hoop nets/repair 1 broken goal
• Build new soccer goals
• Purchase and install new wooden playground
• Repair existing swingsets and playground areas




More info to come as it becomes available. Thanks again for everyone’s support.
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