Each card cost £5 and will feature a photograph of CH Trust activity in Honduras
with text to explain the purpose of the card and the identity of the sender.
(Given name) has purchased this gift from CH Trust on your behalf.
It has bought a banana tree and an orange tree for a poor family in
Honduras. The trees will provide food this year and, hopefully, an income
for the family in future years.
Although many rural people in Honduras know how to cultivate banana
and fruit trees, they do not have the resources to buy stock for themselves.
As a result they cannot grow them on their own land for food or as a cash
crop.
A gift to others at Chistmas:
(Given name) has purchased this gift from CH Trust on your behalf.
Like the rest of the world the people in Honduras are subject to the current
rising food prices. Most families rely on the morning school meal to help
supplement their child's diet, which at the best of times is often meagre and
inadequate.
During the long Christmas holiday (from November-February) when the
children are not at school the families are under increased pressure to try
to ensure their child will receive one meal every day.
Your gift has purchased the following food:
4.0lb of rice
1.5lbs of tortilla flour
2.0lb of dried red kidney beans
2.0lb of sugar
Three small packets of coffee
Ten stock cubes
This will last a family of 4 for 2-3 days.
Christmas Party for an Underpriviledged Child:
This card has paid for seven children to attend a Christmas party at their
school. The children belong to poor families living in small mountain side
villages. Children of all ages are included in the party, not just those who
are primary school age.
The money will pay for a meal of chicken, rice, bread, drink, and fruit.
It also includes Pinatas filled with sweets and lollies, which feature as a
game in many Latin countries.
Without the money raised by the sale of these cards, there would be no
Christmas party for these children. Their parents are too poor for
Christmas time to be special. Rather, it is just another period of struggling
to feed the family.
Thank you for giving to these children a party experience, a good meal and
memories for the future.