Comments on: Delivered: 250 Goody Bags

By: kirsten

kirsten — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 23:41:24 +0000

wow! what an amazing experience for you – probably more so for you than the children. life changing, i imagine. your photos are fantastic and a joy to behold. thank you for sharing on-line.

By: Miss Dot

Miss Dot — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:50:20 +0000

Great pics! it must have been a very humbling experience to hand them out. I imagine the love and joy felt palpable. well done.

By: Diane

Diane — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:56:19 +0000

It is amazing to see these beautiful childrens’ faces, that are so happy with so little. I think a lot of American children could learn from these children.

By: carrster

carrster — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 19:51:08 +0000

Wow – ditto on the tears factor. Thanks, Kelli for giving us a way to help out. It means a lot…to us, to them…..

It was great to see the pictures too. !

By: Colleen

Colleen — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:37:39 +0000

So glad they enjoyed the goodie bags. Glad you are home safe. We missed you!

By: jessica

jessica — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:02:11 +0000

well, now i’m sitting at my desk ready to start the day in a puddle of tears! so heartwarming & heartbreaking at the same time.

By: Marnie

Marnie — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 01:26:50 +0000

I have been absolutely enthralled with your posts from Africa. I am so amazed by the work you are doing and so sad for these children’s plight but I feel really lucky to be able to make a very small contribution. Those smiles are so touching.

By: Aimee

Aimee — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 23:35:47 +0000

I love these photos! I am so glad to see the smiling faces, and it is heartwarming to know that so many people got together and made this happen. YOU are amazing for thinking of the idea, and I hope you know that I admire you. So glad to have “met” you through blogging, you truly are inspiring.

Hope you are feeling better now that you are home!

By: Mary

Mary — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 22:02:59 +0000

Oh, Kelli,

I hope you can come home one day with your child. So many, many children the world over need help. I thank you that we were all able to join in and help a little with the bags. My next set is almost ready to ship to you. Hope you are feeling ever so much better.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 19:17:02 +0000

Thank you Kellie,

It’s wonderful to see the smiles on the children’s faces. It was a lot of fun for me preparing the little goodie bags and now to see this.. It was so simple for me to do yet, it seems to have brought such joy!

Keep up the wonderful work!

By: Sonya

Sonya — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:35:11 +0000

I was just looking at your flickr photos and they are so beautiful and so upsetting. What you are doing is so important, so immediate and necessary. Thank you so much for bringing this dose of stark reality home.

By: June

June — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:01:26 +0000

This makes me cry–I cry for the joy of being able to help in some teeny-tiny way; I cry for there having to be any reason at all for children in Mozambique or anywhere else having to be placed in orphanages. I hope your dream of being able to take home your very own child comes true soon.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 16:41:21 +0000

Kelli like everyone else I couldnt help but shed a tear at these photos, thanks so much for sharing this wonderful work that you do.

By: Julia

Julia — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 16:25:33 +0000

Aw, they are so healthy and happy looking! What great orphanage! I’ve seen so many pictures of orphanages where there are no smiles, and the children are so dirty. This one looks beautiful! It looks like there are a couple of much older kids in those pictures too…wow. There lives are so different from ours, I can’t get over it. I really want to participate in the world and help others throughout my life!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 15:15:11 +0000

A disgrace or a shame to put a child in an orphange! If they have that mindset then they are over halfway there to changing the system to foster care! I wish the same could be said for Ukraine!

Thanks for these photos and sharing what you do! I know how hard it is to walk in these home and then come back out empty handed and processing the emotions of it! Keep up the good work sharing about these little one’s lives. Every single one of them is important!