I told you, on Saturday, that I wanted to do something after seeing God Grew Tired of Us. And this is what I’m doing. I’m coordinating a fundraising effort on behalf of the John Dau Sudan Foundation. I’m asking for your help.
After watching the documentary, God Grew Tired of Us, I wanted to do more than shed tears while watching the movie as I was moved by the story of Sudan’s Lost Boys. If you haven’t seen this film, I highly recommend it!
My blog gets around 200-250 visitors a day. With that in mind, I created a goal of donating $2500 (that’s only $10 per visitor!) to the John Dau Sudan Foundation. John Dau is one of the Lost Boys followed in the documentary. He is committed to making a difference for his family, friends and fellow Sudanese. Out of that commitment, he began this non-profit foundation to transform healthcare in Southern Sudan. The foundation has already built a fully-functioning health clinic to fight serious health threats to the people there including: malnutrition, malaria, trachoma, guinea worm, HIV/AIDS, cataracts, river blindness and more. The clinic sees and helps an average of 75 people a day! In the first year of operation, it saw over 200 pregnant women and were the first women in Southern Sudan to ever receive prenatal care.
This is all great work and helps move the country toward sustained peace. But much more needs to happen. That’s why I’m coordinating this fundraising effort and will give to whoever gives the largest donation or refers the largest amount of donations (just have the people your refer write your name in the comments section of the donation form!) will be the proud new owner of my 12″x24″ original abstract painting, Sun’s Set.

Donating through the firstgiving website is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to support my fundraising efforts.
Many thanks for your support — and don’t forget to forward this to anyone who you think might want to donate too! Fellow blogger friends!! Blog away and link to: http://www.firstgiving.com/helpalostboy
THANKS!