NOVEMBER 2014

IMPACT

Many of you have expressed interest in purchasing Unbound T-shirts, mugs, bags and other gear. We listened and last month launched our very own online store.

REGISTER ONLINENeed to update your address but don’t have a chance to call during the day? Or maybe you want to send a Christmas greeting to your sponsored friend, but it’s too late to send it by mail. You can accomplish those tasks and more by setting up your online account at unbound.org/register. All you need is your name, member ID and zip code.

FAMILY RAISES TURKEYS TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE

Gratitude. It’s what Thanksgiving is

all about, and it’s what one mom,

Doña Jesus, expresses when she talks

about how her son’s sponsorship helped

restore her fami-

ly’s livelihood.

Doña Jesus said

she started rais-

ing turkeys at her

home in Guate-

mala seven years

ago “out of the need to feed my children.”

Her husband was a mason and couldn’t

work after a health condition left him

without the use of one arm.

OPPORTUNITY

(continued)Doña Jesus tends to her turkeys.

“Our family was left without a source of

income,” Doña Jesus said. “Things were so

bad we were only able to eat once a day.

“My husband said, ‘We have to do

something, why

don’t we raise tur-

keys?’ I don’t know

where he got this

idea, but he was

right. We had to do

something.”

Doña Jesus sold a small piece of land

her father had given her. She used the

money to get medical treatment for her

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“Things were so bad we were only able to eat once a day.“

— DOÑA JESUS, MOTHER OF DIEGO

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husband and buy their first few turkeys,

which quickly multiplied. Her son Diego

became sponsored through Unbound

about that time.

“Everything was going well and then my

turkeys got sick and started to die,” Doña

Jesus said. “All of our turkeys died.”

The family was discouraged but the local

Unbound staff urged them not to give up.

“They gave us seven small turkeys for

our monthly benefit and we started our

business again,” Doña Jesus said. “These

seven turkeys grew and multiplied, and

this has been my business ever since.

“Unbound also helped me by giving me

food for my turkeys as part of our monthly

benefits. But most importantly, they

helped us by encouraging us to continue

our business.

“Their support was very important for

us to continue.”

The family sells turkeys live or butchers

them for meat. A full-grown, live male tur-

key is worth about $38 US while a female

goes for about $20 US.

Diego, 17, helps with the business on

weekends. He grinds corn to feed the tur-

keys, gives the turkeys water and cleans

their pen.

Want a way to spice up this year’s Thanksgiving fare? Doña Jesus, mom of sponsored youth Diego in Guatemala, shared her recipe for turkey stew. She makes the stew for her family every Christmas. Go to unbound.org/turkeystew to get her recipe!

“They are very noisy but I like them

because they are helping our family move

forward,” Diego said.

Diego enjoys his high school informa-

tion technology classes and wants to go

to college to become a computer systems

engineer. He’s grateful for the educational

opportunities sponsorship affords him.

“It has given me the chance to con-

tinue my education and I thank my

sponsor for that,” Diego said. “I always

do my best in school so that my sponsor

can be proud of me.

“My good grades are the only way I can

repay my sponsor for his kindness.”

Doña Jesus, for her part, dreams of one

day having a farm with thousands of tur-

keys and seeing Diego and her younger

children complete their educations.

She also wants to share what she’s

learned. She belongs to an Unbound moth-

ers group of 14 women who encourage and

support each other, and she got a chance

to give a workshop on raising turkeys to

mothers in another community.

Doña Jesus gives thanks for such oppor-

tunities and for Diego’s sponsor in Oregon.

“We always pray for our sponsor, and

we thank him for encouraging us and

especially Diego,” she said.

TRY TASTY TURKEY DISHFROM GUATEMALA

“I want to say thank you to the sponsors and Education donors for their support of young people, like me, that have a desire to move forward.”

- Erika, sponsored youth in El Salvador

“Thankful for the situations that made me what I am today, the prayers that are heard of many that I may fulfill my responsibilities sincerely, and the work that makes me feel content at the end of a long day.”

–Sarita Mendanha, coordinator of Unbound’s program in Hyderabad, India

“I wanted to say thank you to all the staff of Unbound locally and internationally and to my sponsors. You opened up a lot of oppor-tunity for me to succeed in life. …”

– Cieleto, former sponsored youth in the Philippines

Support helps family recover from setback

“I am glad my family will eat today with a smile on their faces because this food is very sweet and comes by quite rarely. We thank Unbound for all the support.”

– Elizabeth, mother of Josephine in Kenya, referring to a holiday meal made possible by

her daughter’s sponsorship

Giving THANKSIn honor of Thanksgiving, we’re highlighting a few of the many messages of gratitude shared this year by members of our Unbound community around the world. On behalf of the entire community, thank you for walking with us on this journey of love and limitless possibility.

Doña Jesus dishes out turkey stew from her kitchen.

“I want to thank Unbound for giving us hope. Now we have hope for our children.”

- Jeaninne, mother of Diamondra in Madagascar