Tonight I am writing to you from my hotel in Miami, as I wait to meet my fellow travelers who are arriving from all over the country. Tomorrow we will fly on a charter plane to Havana Cuba, to be part of the history that is being made now on this island nation.
I am bringing sets of violin, viola, cello and guitar strings for musicians we will meet there. Our travelers are also bringing various gifts and donations for supplies that are hard to come by in Cuba. Last time I brought a few dozen shears and needle packets. Art supplies are also welcome!
This week we said goodbye to the last batch of donated quilts for Nepal’s earthquake victims. The local CU Boulder chapter of Engineers Without Borders is traveling to Nepal to build new water systems in remote villages, and they offered to hand carry the last 30 lbs of quilts. 200 lbs of quilts were shipped to Nepal a few weeks ago, to be distributed in another devastated village. Many thanks to the quilters who sent these donations!
Mission of Love is in Guatemala with the team of surgeons this week, performing dozens of cleft lip and palate surgeries for children who live in poverty there. We are proud to support this amazing annual surgery trip.
The NASA chapter of EWB is wrapping up the opening of the home for street children in Maua Kenya, gathering up kids who were living on a dump and sniffing glue, and giving them a new chance for a good life and education.
Thank you for supporting eQuilter and our charity program. Because of you, we are able to do so much good in the world, to help children living in poverty, who need disaster relief and medical services. We are so honored to be a channel through which this aid can flow.
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