Ways to Give
There are so many ways you can help the children of the Hogar de Amor or the Jungle School. Please take a look at some of the needs we have and help us help the kids! Please click on the Donate box to the left and donate today!
Jungle School needs
- Children's Vitamins - urgent (we give out 240+ each day to the school kids)
- A complete set of books, uniform & shoes for an impoverished child - $ 150 (set of books $85/Uniform and shoes - $65)
- School Uniforms - $35 ea
- School & Tennis shoes - $25 ea
- Dry Erase markers and erasers (Blue, red and black)
- Student desks - $35/each
- A teacher’s salary to teach underprivileged kids for one year at the Jungle School - $ 375/month
- 1 English & Computer teacher - $375/each/monthly
- Food donations or funds to feed children daily
- Notebooks for each child per year - $1500
- All kinds of school supplies
School Items
- Children's size and regular scissors
- Black, blue and red pens
- Art and craft materials, all kinds, including coloring books
- Flash cards – math, English
- Erasers, scissors, pencil sharpeners, glue sticks,
- Dry Erase markers - wide tip, black, blue & red
- Dry Erasers
- Voltage regulators (UPS) and surge protectors for computers
- PCs, monitors, computer speakers and laptops, flash drives, extension cords
- small laptop notebooks - $300/each
- CD Players
Hogar de Amor needs:
- Household Supplies:
- Extra large Cooking Pots
- Kitchenware – flatware, baking pans, plastic dishes, cups, soup bowls and glasses
- Extra large bath towels
- Pillows and twin bed sheets (cotton only)
- Good quality rechargeable flashlights
- Hand soap, deodorants for boys and girls, razors, toothpaste, shampoo & conditioner - always needed
- LOTS of children’s’ vitamins & Adult vitamins for school mothers
- OTC children’s’ medicines – cough, fever, colds, sore throat, diarrhea, etc
- batteries – D, C, AAA, 9v, lg square 6v
- Rubbermaid storage bins, all sizes
Clothing: Ages 6-16
- Black school shoes and white socks – boys/girls, all sizes
- White, short sleeve, button down shirts – boys/girls, all sizes
- Navy blue school skirts and pants, all sizes
- New and good quality used clothing and shoes (tennis, flip flop, girls sandals, etc) – boys/girls, all sizes to include shorts, T-shirts, tank tops, jeans, skirts, bathing suits, pajamas
- Light sweaters and jackets for the winter months
- Childrens tennis and sandals, all sizes, ages 8-16
- Bras up to 36B for older girls (training bras - 28, 32 & 34) Regular sizes - 32A, 34A, 34B, 36B
- Flip flops all sizes
Toys
- Basketballs, tetherball sets, large rubber balls, Frisbees, soccer balls, pumps for balls
- Legos, puzzles, Lincoln Logs, dollhouses, dolls and doll clothing, puppets, cars, trucks, jacks
- Games – cards, Board games - the kids love these!
- Handheld Computer games (Spanish where possible)
- balloons, glow stix, bubbles, party supplies
- Toys for babies 2 -3 years old
Other
- $1235/monthly for 24/hr guard salary
- $250 provides for the care of a child for a month in the Hogar de Amor
- $75 provides food for a day at the Hogar
- $600 provides food for a week at the Hogar
- $2550 provides food for a month at the Hogar
- $375 provides a house mother for a month at the Hogar
- $5-10 provides a new outfit for the children in the Hogar - (second hand store)
- $1,200. Yearly Dental exams and basic fillings treatment for 23 children.
- $3000/year - Medical costs
Outings for 23 children
- Movies - $67 for 20 children
- Kentucky Fried Chicken - $ 63 to feed 23 children
- Trip and lunch to Porvenir Beach - $91
- Helen Beach and Pool - $ 150
