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[karmabreeze]

I just sent my five year old Chilean goddaughter, Vania, a Viewmaster and some Disney picture reels for her Christmas present. I liked this idea a lot because it doesn't require that the child know English, it doesn't require electricity or batteries, she can easily share it with her sisters, it's inexpensive and lightweight (which are good things

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[aimees]

Thank you for this post. For the past couple years, I wanted to sponsor a child - but as a full-time student with limited income, I decided to wait until I graduated and got a full-time job. Graduation is creeping up on me and I decided to join this community now in order to get some feedback on foundations that help communities through child sponsorship.

Reading this post made my decision easier and I plan to go with CI. Although my boyfriend and I haven't decided where we want to sponsor, we're definately excited about starting!

Do you send your gifts through UPS? DHL? I'd like to send my child (and hopefully future children) gifts :)

[karmabreeze]

I always ship via parcel post. It takes about six weeks to get there, so I make sure to plan ahead. Sometimes CI can take awhile to deliver the package on their end, but it always gets done. Vani's Christmas package arrived in Chile on 12/28, but wasn't delivered to her until mid-February. I think the field office just gets overwhelmed.