THANK YOU for your life changing support through International Children's Network and it's Matsiko World Orphan Choir!

SPONSORSHIP FOR DROPPED CHILDREN Many times sponsors reach a point in their lives when they are no longer able to continue sponsoring their child due to financial changes or other situations. What happens to a child when their sponsor is no longer able to help?      One of the unique things about ICN’s sponsorship program is that sponsorship money is dedicated to each child individually. Support is not “pooled” and used for other children in need. A sponsor is truly the financial lifeline for the child they support. And their sponsorship is a complete educational support that allows the child to attend their nation’s highest university or vocation system and become anything they want!      When a sponsor does have to drop their support, ICN works very hard to find a new sponsor for their child. Receiving sponsorship is the first time many of these children have ever dared to dream before, and we do not want them to experience the devastation of false hope. We currently have approximately 100 children in our system who have lost their sponsor. Would you be the answer to this problem by either sponsoring one of these dropped children or helping us find a sponsor for one of these children? Finding a new sponsor would be the greatest gift ever for these children! Email sponsorship@icnchildren.net today if you are interested in helping meet this need.  ICN GRADUATES - SPONSORSHIP SUCCESS! International Children’s Network works hard to allow your love and support through sponsorship to empower many of our world’s orphaned and at-risk children! Our program is unique because we continue supporting each child in our program through the university or trade school level. To show the impact of your support, we want to highlight just a few of the success stories of children from the Matsiko World Orphan Choir who are now in university. Ezekiel is from Liberia and was a part of the first Matsiko World Orphan Choir in 2012. He was able to travel with Matsiko again in 2017-18. Ezekiel spent many years in ICN's after school programs learning how to read, write and excel in mathematics. He was only able to attend school because of his sponsors, and thanks to their support, he graduated from high school this year! He has been accepted to university and will begin his program in mechanical engineering soon. Leydi has been a part of the sponsorship program in Peru since she was 12 years old. She traveled with Matsiko in 2013. Sponsorship has changed her life and given her family hope. Because of the support from her sponsors, she was able to graduate from high school. Leydi is now studying econonmics at a university in San Augustin and is working to achieve her goal of owning her own company.   Ezekiel and Leydi are just two examples of the many wonderful and talented children who have worked hard to overcome the threat of child trafficking, destitution, hopelessness and a past of utter disregard to be where they are today. Because of sponsorship support, these children now have hopes and plans to help their families, villages, nations and even the world! Each of these children are now a part of the answer to the hopelessness of our world’s 600 million orphaned and at-risk children!  MATSIKO 2018-2019 TOUR COMPLETE! The 2018-19 Matsiko World Orphan Choir Tour is complete! The tour was a resounding success as Matsiko traveled across the US performing in 31 states. Nearly 1,000 orphaned and at-risk children from Nepal, Liberia, India, Peru and the Philippines were given hope through sponsorship as a result of this tour! All of the children returned safely home to their countries on September 12th.

LOVE FOR NEPAL In September, the small and remote village of Nepaltar receieved proof that they are loved and supported. ICN sent a team of volunteers including dentists from Southern California and Las Vegas and sponsors from Plains Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh on a labor of love.   During their visit, children and adults who had never seen a dentist received dental services, work was done on the septic system that ICN recently donated to Green Hill Academy, and construction work was done on the new church building. The team also delivered back packs to a school in Nepaltar that teaches some of the poorest children in the area.   This visit lifted the spirits of all those living in the village. The team made hope come alive for the people in the village, and they also committed to find sponsors for the children in the village who need the most support. Now that they are back in the US, they continue to work to bring hope to over 30 children through sponsorship support! We cannot thank this group enough for all their work in Nepal!

GIVING TUESDAY - GIVE HOPE FOR THE HOLIDAYS THIS CHRISTMAS! Many of us here in the USA are so fortunate to have everything we need. We can easily spend $50 or more each month on coffee, fast food and other "extras". This seems like nothing to us, but this same amount could literally change the life of an orphaned or at-risk child! This holiday season, please join us as we work to place a gift in the hands of as many of the world's 600 million vulnerable boys and girls as possible. Many of these children have never received a single gift or even seen anybody give a gift. YOU can change this and provide real hope for the holidays by giving a gift to a child who would never expect it! For the past several years, ICN has joined the GivingTuesday movement. Every year GivingTuesday takes place on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving for a global day of giving that harnesses the collective power of individuals, communities and organizations to encourage giving and to celebrate generosity worldwide. The goal is to create a massive wave of generosity that touches every individual on the planet. Join us on Tuesday, December 3rd and give a gift to touch the life of an orphaned or at-risk child. Here are just a few of the things your gift can do: $25 gives clothes or shoes to a child in need $50 gives food staples for one month to a family in need $75 gives school supplies for one year to a child in need $100 gives books for children to read at their local ICN center $210 gives half a year of sponsorship to a child who lost his/her sponsor or who has never been sponsored $420 gives one year of sponsorship to a child who lost his/her sponsor or who has never been sponsored $35/month gives the gift of sponsorship to a child and provides them hope for the future through a complete education $1000 give BEYOND THE DREAM! Give the gift of medicine -- $1000 provides urgent medical care for 20 children Give the gift of education -- $1000 provides land for communities to build schools Give the gift of family -- $1000 allows a family separated by poverty to reunite for Christmas Visit https://www.matsikochoir.com/giving-tuesday to learn more!

If you shop on Amazon, you can now visit http://smile.amazon.com and select International Children's Network as your charity. Anytime you purchase eligible items through Amazon Smile, %.5 of the price will be donated to ICN.

Thank you for your love for the forgotten children around the world!   We are extremely grateful for your support as we work to empower as many of the world’s 600 million orphaned and at-risk children as we possibly can.   Thank you for working with us to accomplish this mission!

International Children’s Network |  Matsiko World Orphan Choir PO Box 7695, Covington, WA 98042    253-632-8181 | www.matsikochoir.com | icnwoc@gmail.com