 St. Vincent's Home, Sri Lanka |
A testimony to the willingness to help of numerous citizens from town and country – and a wonderful success story – is the model child sponsoring program launched in the pre-Christmas period of 1986 supported by the daily paper Main-Echo.
One hundred and twenty-nine "godparents," mainly from the area once covered by the District of Lohr, declared themselves willing to support a child in a children's home or orphanage by donating at least DM 40 (EUR 20.45) a month. The donations which totalled DM 77,000 (EUR 39,369.50) in 1987 provided extra financial aid for a number of orphanages in South Africa, Brazil, Pakistan and Uruguay.
In 2006 the number of sponsors had risen to 1,060. In the first 20 years of this child sponsorship program they have donated the almost incredible sum of over EUR 3.3 million for children in the Third World.
Our sincere thanks go to all "godparents" for their generosity and their unfailing support over the years.