Blogging for Charity – Help the Orphans of the World

6-year-old girl in Zambia,
with her infant sister

Most of us bloggers and blog readers are so fortunate in all the blessings we have been given. So I believe it is only right that we should stop once in a while to help out those who could really use our help.

As part of ProBlogger’s Birthday Bash, he has a contest going on where the prize is $1,000 donated to your favorite charity, sponsored by FreeMoneyFinance. FreeMoneyFinance is a great personal finance blog, and they give all the money they earn from their blog to charity.

I am actually working on a project to help out my favorite charity, Mothers Without Borders. My project is not ready to roll out yet, so in the meantime, to take part in the ProBlogger contest, I am writing this post to introduce my charity.

I first became aware of Mothers Without Borders a few years ago through an article in Family Circle magazine.

What really struck me was that this charity was started by one person, Kathy Headlee. She started the charity when she went to Romania to adopt a child and saw first-hand the great need of the orphans there.

It just goes to show what one person with a lot of determination can do. Since I first became aware of it, the charity has really grown. It helps orphans and vulnerable children all over the world.

There is so much need right now, because there are so many more children being orphaned. Because of AIDS, there is a huge crisis in Africa, with millions of children losing their parents and having no one to care for them.

A neat thing about Mothers Without Borders is that you can volunteer to go on a trip to help the children. Surely this would be a life-changing experience for anyone who is able to go.

There are a lot of ways to help Mothers Without Borders, for example:

• Make a donation. You can do this right now – just click here.
• Volunteer. If you can’t go on a trip, volunteer to help children in your local community.
• Start a Mothers Without Borders Support Club. This involves getting people together in a local club, to help children locally, as well as to raise funds and awareness for Mothers Without Borders.
• Become a member.
• Give an honor gift. Give a gift in honor of a friend or family member for their birthday, Christmas, etc.

  Or, give a gift in honor of a deceased loved one. I did this when my mother passed away. Someone gave me a gift of money in honor of my mother, and I thought of Mothers Without Borders. I donated the money in my mother’s memory, and I am sure she would have approved. MWB sent me a beautiful card in thanks.

• Donate supplies. Here is a list of items they need.

As a mother myself, my heart goes out to all the orphaned children. I wish I could help every one of them. This post is just my small part to do something. I hope you will be inspired to do something as well.

Check out the Mothers Without Borders website to learn more, or make a quick donation now (even a small amount will help).

- Pat Doyle