Asociación JennyStar is a Non Governmental Organization (Organización No Gubernamental), registered by the Guatemalan authorities. The purpose of the NGO, aside from giving work to me and Guatemalan staff, is to donate ALL profits to support poor disabled children in Antigua and surrounding villages. By renting a DVD, you agree that your money, after deduction for our costs, will be made into a donation. Click for details of the NGO.
| In 2006, JennyStar ONG started sponsoring local children, through Familias de Esperanza in Antigua. JennyStar ONG is paying, monthly, for their education, clothing and healthcare for them and their families, dental care for the children, and a certain amount of help with their families' houses. In the case of Brandon, our support is going toward his nutritional supplements and intensive healthcare, and for Rosa and Nelson, for special education classes. | ||
|
 |
 |
| Rosa Angélica, 15 in 2010 | Nelson Edilson, 14 in 2010 | Brandon, 8 in 2010 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Rosa Angélica, 15, lives with her parents in a small house at La Candelaria. She is deaf/mute and attends special classes at the Escuela Especial Hermano Pedro in the afternoons. Rosa likes stuffed teddybears and coloring books. Last Christmas, Jenny gave Rosa a game of Scrabble. |
Nelson Edilson, 14, lives San Cristóbal El Bajo with his parents, his older brother, 26 and his sister, 21. Nelson is retarded following a serious illness, meningitis, when he was 3 months old. Like Rosa, he attends the Escuela Especial Hermano Pedro. He likes to play football in front of his house. |
Jennifer with Brandon, 8, who has cerebral palsy. Our help pays for nutritional supplements and physical therapy. In the past year his health has been more stable and he is gaining weight, in 2010 he is up to 38 pounds. Jennifer likes to visit him, in San Luis Pueblo Nuevo, near Parramos. Brandon smiles almost all the time. |
 |
|
|
| Rosa and Jenny communicate by writing each other details of their families, pets and favorite foods. Jennifer has visited several times to teach Rosa how to play Scrabble in Spanish. | Jenny delivered the first of several food bags of 2010 and a gift certificate for the other bags. Jenny visited Nelson four times since she started sponsoring him in May 2008. | Jennifer delivered the first of several food bags for Brandon's family. Their house has much improved and grown by an extra room since we first saw them in May 2008. |
 |
 |
 |
| Jennifer is delivering the first food bag of 2010 at Rosa's house, bought with money donated by our clients at Christmas. | Jenny, with Nelson in front of his house in San Cristobal el Bajo. | Jenny with Brandon and Lesbia, the social worker from Familias de Esperanza. His older brother also has cerebral palsy and in a single-parent family, their mother has a big job taking care of them. Their middle sister is doing well at school. |
 |
 |
 |
|
Jennifer delivered gifts in early 2007, 2008, 2009 and again in 2010, that were donated in the shop by our customers the previous Christmas, including a supply of food bags for each family, which we bought from Familias de Esperanza with the money donated by our customers. Many thanks ! This is in addition to our monthly support for the children. Jennifer is extremely proud of "her children" and we are glad to see that all the families and their houses seem to be improving with each visit we make. Familias de Esperanza is helping a lot of poor families help themselves. We are glad to be able to help a few of them. |
||
| Between 2006 and the end of 2009, we also supported Marvin, who lives in San Cristóbal El Cerrito, a small Antigua village high up on a hill, where a steep footpath is the only access. He has helped his father rebuild their house from the stone found nearby. During the three years we supported him, the house improved significantly. He likes mathematics at school and hopes to go to high school in Antigua. Marvis is doing well at his school. |
 |
 |
| Between 2006 and May 2008, we also
sponsored Yanira, who lives in San Pedro las Huertas.
She decided to discontinue her schooling, which we believe to be the
most important feature of Common Hope's program. We visited her in
January 2008 and encouraged her to continue school. In May, when she
stopped attending, we changed our support to two other children, Rosa
and Nelson, who benefit greatly from attending their special education
classes.
Education is the most important aspect of our sponsorship, paid for by money coming from your DVD rentals. |
 |
 |
We will continue to publish details of the progress of the children whom you are supporting by your DVD rentals. Visit our website again to read more.
