Comments on: Why No Chicken Challenge in 2008?!! http://www.orphansknowmore.com/2008/01/31/why-no-chicken-challenge-in-2008/ Orphans Know More is a relationally based partnership working to give orphans a Face, a Family and a Future. Our pilot project assists Ugandan families caring for 135 HIV/AIDS orphans and vulnerable children. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:15:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: frankie stoner http://www.orphansknowmore.com/2008/01/31/why-no-chicken-challenge-in-2008/#comment-1180 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:45:45 +0000 http://www.orphansknowmore.com/2008/01/31/why-no-chicken-challenge-in-2008/#comment-1180 I am so impressed that you consider all aspects of the donation process. I learned this lesson the hard way when I was sending large amounts of necessary items to a village in the Congo without knowing that they had to pay the tariffs. I am sure the gifts were appreciated but I was completely unaware of the burden of tariffs. I think it is very wise and considerate of you to take in to account the cost of raising chickens. There are times when good deeds have far reaching ramifications and those ramifications are not always 100% positive. It is heartening to know your organization is taking all of these things into consideration. I am so impressed that you consider all aspects of the donation process. I learned this lesson the hard way when I was sending large amounts of necessary items to a village in the Congo without knowing that they had to pay the tariffs. I am sure the gifts were appreciated but I was completely unaware of the burden of tariffs. I think it is very wise and considerate of you to take in to account the cost of raising chickens. There are times when good deeds have far reaching ramifications and those ramifications are not always 100% positive. It is heartening to know your organization is taking all of these things into consideration.

]]> by: Siuyin http://www.orphansknowmore.com/2008/01/31/why-no-chicken-challenge-in-2008/#comment-1175 Sat, 24 May 2008 10:55:53 +0000 http://www.orphansknowmore.com/2008/01/31/why-no-chicken-challenge-in-2008/#comment-1175 What about if you ended up receiving hundreds of chickens????? I think all the better for it - after all they couldn\'t really be anything but a blessing especially in a place where food can be scarce but rightly shouldn\'t be - the more chooks the better, the more eggs you\'ll have to sell and the more chooks for the dinner table!!!!!!!!! (Editor says: If only it were that simple! For starters, raising chickens needs funds for chicken feed, chicken houses and fencing to ensure they are not stolen, finances for various treatments that hens need etc. This year we have been running Pounds for Pairs, provding school shoes and uniforms for the families\' children. We hope to raise enough to also go on to assist with other educational needs.) Of what I have read about OKM ministries from the Harpenden YWAM site, I am very pleased to hear that these projects are flourishing - they must not be allowed to diminish - as it is a wonderful thing to hear about the family adoption program as this is genuinely Biblical and shows that people are willing to truly offer their hearts where they are needed most. I hope that at some point in the future I will be able to contribute to this ministry in a way that truly makes a difference. (Editor says: Thanks for your encouragement.  We are determined to touch the lives of more and more orphans and vulnerable children.) Siuyin What about if you ended up receiving hundreds of chickens????? I think all the better for it - after all they couldn\’t really be anything but a blessing especially in a place where food can be scarce but rightly shouldn\’t be - the more chooks the better, the more eggs you\’ll have to sell and the more chooks for the dinner table!!!!!!!!! (Editor says: If only it were that simple! For starters, raising chickens needs funds for chicken feed, chicken houses and fencing to ensure they are not stolen, finances for various treatments that hens need etc. This year we have been running Pounds for Pairs, provding school shoes and uniforms for the families\’ children. We hope to raise enough to also go on to assist with other educational needs.)

Of what I have read about OKM ministries from the Harpenden YWAM site, I am very pleased to hear that these projects are flourishing - they must not be allowed to diminish - as it is a wonderful thing to hear about the family adoption program as this is genuinely Biblical and shows that people are willing to truly offer their hearts where they are needed most. I hope that at some point in the future I will be able to contribute to this ministry in a way that truly makes a difference. (Editor says: Thanks for your encouragement.  We are determined to touch the lives of more and more orphans and vulnerable children.)

Siuyin

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