{"id":117,"date":"2008-08-08T21:57:40","date_gmt":"2008-08-08T21:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/2008\/sponsor-a-child\/"},"modified":"2009-04-06T10:36:58","modified_gmt":"2009-04-06T10:36:58","slug":"sponsor-a-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/2008\/sponsor-a-child\/","title":{"rendered":"Sponsor a Child"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Butterfly Tree charity believes that every child has a right to education and by introducing an orphan sponsorship<\/a> program\u00a0we have given 120 children a chance to be educated through our charity.\u00a0There are\u00a0over 710,000 children orphaned in Zambia,\u00a0primarily as a result of Aids and in the area where I am working the statistics are particularly high; with one in six adults being HIV positive. Every visit I make to Mukuni<\/a> I hear of more children loosing their parents and having to drop out of school due to lack of funds.\u00a0There are over 450 orphans in Mukuni Village<\/a> living with grandparents, guardians and teachers. This puts a\u00a0huge burden on the extended family; when you sponsor a child<\/strong> this can ease the situation and give a child hope. Education is the most important thing in their life as Annastasia Matengu Mutongo writes:<\/p>\n

“Informing you that I am a girl, aged 15 years and was born on the 18th April 1993. My father died when I was one year and six months old and my mother died when I was three years old. Am a person who likes going to school and I like playing netball, singing and dancing. I live in Zambia’s Southern Province in Mukuni Village<\/a>. At Mukuni I live with my grandmother. At school I am doing grade\u00a0nine\u00a0and my hobby is singing gospel music. <\/em><\/p>\n

When I was in grade six life was very miserable\u00a0but since I came under The Butterfly Tree sponsorship life is now better. I wish to complete my education and be a better person in future. I like joking with people who encourage me about life and education. In November I will have my final examination. My hope is just based on education and I hope I will be fine at the end of the day.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Sponsor
\nSponsored orphan: Annastasia with Victor Simango<\/em><\/p>\n

These children at Mukuni and other rural villages need an education to overcome the hardships they have to endure. We desperately need\u00a0your help to give these children a chance.\u00a0To sponsor a child<\/strong> it\u00a0costs only \u00a385 (US$170) a year or \u00a37.50 (US$15) per month. If you would care to sponsor a child like Annastasia please email\u00a0The Butterfly Tree\u00a0now: jane@thebutterflytree.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Butterfly Tree charity believes that every child has a right to education and by introducing an orphan sponsorship program\u00a0we have given 120 children a chance to be educated through our charity.\u00a0There are\u00a0over 710,000 children orphaned in Zambia,\u00a0primarily as a More details ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebutterflytree.org.uk\/pages\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}