Nassaka Esther - the sponsored child.

How child's sponsorship is helping to change the future for a child like Esther as well as making the difference to the children around her

This newsletter is dedicated not just the Whisper's friends who donate to our organization on monthly or other regular basis but also to the lovely couple from the UK who decided to sponsor Esther almost three years ago.

I would like to also share this newsletter with those who are thinking of child's sponsorship but who would like to get more information on how it works and how important this life-changing commitment or if you want - a life-changing decision - that you make, means for our children at Whisper.

ESTHER'S LITTLE STORY AND HOW CHILD SPONSORSHIP IS CHANGING LIVES

Esther once was a girl who was dumbed by her father onto her HIV positive uncle and auntie. We met her uncle Silvester in February 2011 when he brought to our home Esther's cousin Rachael, who's mum died after the Cesarean birth.
We found Silvester being a very humble and loving person who despite his weakness and condition tried to develop his own business with making a juice to support his family.

During our work with his family we got to see Esther sitting next to Rachael on the floor and questioned why she wasn't going to school. We didn't know much about her but offered Silvester that he can be taking Esther to our nursery school at the home too, for free. Esther's cousin Rachael was one of the lucky ones who got her sponsor right from the beginning as she was the very first child that we took to the home. Thanks to the sponsorship of Rachael, and other two children that time at the home, we could have afforded to educate Esther too. Esther as well as other children studying at our nursery school (either the resident children or non residents) get a warm breakfast at 7.30am, then 10.30 milk and snacks, at 13:00 they get lunch and at 3pm they get fruits.

One day Esther came to the school very late on her own. It was raining heavily and she came totally wet and without any shoes.
She was freezing and shaking, we wrapped her to the blanket and she just whispered "thank you". That day we realized we need to find out much more about this girl and why this time she was coming to school on her own in this condition. It was raining and she made such an effort to come.. on her own, in cold.

We found out the truth from Silvester who didn't want to pressure us with another child as we already helped him by taking care of her cousin.

Esther was a very very sad and unconfident child at first. She felt every unloved and unwanted.
Silvester tried helping her as much as he could but having his own other 6 children, he could only offer her the minimum care by feeding her with the vegetable from his garden and letting her to sleep on the floor but under the roof.

We accommodated Esther at our home from that rainy day and she got so lucky that a lovely couple offered to sponsor Esther on monthly basis.

Esther's attitude and personality totally changed. She was one of the brightest girls at the school. She never complained about anything. She is very much hard working, always ready to help the mamas and other children with cleaning and organizing the rooms.

Monthly sponsorship for Esther, whilst she was living and studying at our children's home, had helped us to improve her uncles' home. We cemented his flooring in the house (used to be just a mud floor), instead of having one bed, they ended up with 5 beds, new beddings and blankets so one day, the girls will be big enough to return to his family home for their school holidays so they come back to the comfort and safety.

Since January 2014 - currently with the new term, Esther was promoted to Primary 2 class, which we are unable to offer at the home. Her age and recovery also means that she will be re-united with her extended family in the nearest months. Thanks her monthly sponsorship, she is assured that she will be able to study outside of the Whisper home as well as financially supported for any personal and educational needs.

Esther's monthly sponsorship also has helped to other children in the similar situation that Esther came from.

Whisper has rehabilitated tens of children for the last five years, and unfortunately 80% of the children Whisper is and was taking care of, do not have their individual sponsor.

Esther's monthly sponsorship has been shared to also offer free education and medication to those who were once neglected, abused or found in deadly condition. Some of those children do still study and live at the Whisper home.

Today Esther's financial needs have increased and we won't be able to share her sponsorship with the rest of the children but we are still able to support her with anything she needs to secure a safe future for her.

I am very happy to share with you some of the photos from Esther's life with Whisper.

They are still so many children who are waiting for caring and loving people to make that "life-changing" decision! It only takes couple of minutes in the day to set up monthly child sponsorship!
Check our website www.whisperorphans.org.

We do accept sponsorship outside of the UK, however they need to be set up via PayPal sponsorship platform only. People who do not have a PayPal account STILL CAN set the monthly sponsorship or donate via their Debit/Credit cards.

I will be updating you with other stories of the children being sponsored as well as updating you with the children who are benefiting too.

I would love to say big thank you to Mark & Alpana for helping Esther and I truly hope that one day, they will be able to meet her in person.

Thank you to every rest of you, who have decided to support Whisper with monthly or one off donation because you are the ones who are saving lives and providing the future for the rest of the children - the children who deserve nothing just the best!

With all my heart

Veronika
The Founder.

PS: Please any questions, or information you have, do get in touch with me and I will always respond to you as promptly as possible. veronika@whisperorphans.org