By Simona Fontana | Childrens Home Coordinator
EMOTIONAL counts
Another year of school is almost over. Many things have happened and our little girls have grown up. So I’m here to let you know what we have done thanks to you. Are you ready? Sit down, relax and open your heart.
Magui (the eldest) is studying at college with very good grades (wow! she had an average of 9 !) . Karla, the one who is studying gastronomy also had an average of 9 and has already cooked for us very good meals! The other little girls have passed their exams so they can pass to the next year. We are very proud of them, and of you. You make this possible, our girls are very thankful because thanks to you they are changing their life. Through knowledge they are changing their destiny. They are making their dreams come true as as we have been able to pay for their school fees, school supplies and tutorial support.
Knowledge makes your mind different, knowledge makes yourself more connected with your emotions or, like we say, helps to give voice to your emotions. You learn to tell others how you feel and this is really important in the path of becoming a better human being. School is also this: emotional intelligence. So once again we have to thank you. Because in these three months our little girls have experienced a very strong separation. One of our staf had to move to another country, and they felt lost and sad. As you can imagine, because of their history, our little girls don’t live separations in a very good way. Obviously, we were very worried about their reactions. Obviously, they felt terrible, but the good news is they found the way to express how they felt. We are very surprised because instead of closing their hearts (like they usually did in order to protect themselves) they wrote a lot of letters to this person. They wrote and wrote, a river of letters. They spoke about being angry because of the separation, then they went through sadness and now they are experiencing the other part of the history: having a long distance friend to whom telling everything, knowing that even though of the distance this person will allways be ther for them!
Maybe you can’t imagine how important your help is, but please do believe me. You are giving to these girls the opportunity to have an education in a traditional way and in an emotional way; together we are creating functional girls. This means young people able to think and feel. Young people able to build their future and to believe in it. Together we are working to make a world’s heart beating in unison. Thank you, dear Donor. Not only for believing in our children but also for believing in changing their lives by giving them a part of your emotional intelligence.
We still need you. But I’m sure you know: change needs time and you are the most patient person I know.
With all our love,
Puerta Abierta I.A
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