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14 July 2010

#195 Sponsor a child

This isn’t what the world’s grumpiest sponsor child looks like. Not in a single picture. But he might become great at soccer.

This isn’t what the world’s grumpiest sponsor child looks like. Not in a single picture. But he might become great at soccer.

The world’s grumpiest sponsor child wants to become a professional soccer player when he grows up. I think he can be. I think he has enough pent-up energy within himself. He can channel it to keep the discipline long enough to outperform the other Cambodian boys. He will be the world's grumpiest soccer player. Then I hope he will remember the large padded envelope he received from Sweden. That he opened the envelope and thought that maybe he would get bags of soup and an inflatable football. But instead, he found a drawing pad and some colored pencils. Perhaps that made him even grumpier. Which would be good. That way he’d have more energy to fuel the fire of his future football career.

What the world's grumpiest sponsor child does not know is that customs probably would have stopped the mysterious soup powder, and that the football would have been "accidentally" lost in transit. Right now he’s probably angry, drawing in his pad, somewhere in Cambodia and he fully intends to kick someone in the shins. Someone sent him a fucking drawing pad and pens when all he wanted was a football and soup.

Required time: 
1 hour or less
Cost: 
About €20 a month
Cons: 
You might need the monthly €20 for yourself if you are a student or short on money for other reasons.
Pros: 
You will help someone get a better life. You're doing good.