Helping Those In Need
If anybody has noticed, I have a link to a site, www.thehugsfoundation.com. I would like to tell you all about it and what it is the H.U.G.S. Foundation does.
The H.U.G.S Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) non-governmental, humanitarian organization specializing in helping disadvantaged and destitute women and children- especially in third world impoverished countries. Our objectives are to provide food, clothing, medical aid, shelter, ect., to abandoned, disabled, abused, and impoverished women and children world-wide. Their is a GREAT need for program’s like this and of course your support!
Most children residing in mountains, jungles or inner cities do not receive medical care. Our H.U.G.S center in Iligan City, Phillipines provides free medical aid to hundreds of these precious children. Millions of children are disabled as well. The potential of these physically challenged children is overlooked in many nations due to negative attitudes existing toward persons with disabilities.
Also, due to the AIDS epedemic in Africa, 12 million children have been orphaned. Traumatized by the death of parents, stigmatized through associations with the disease and often thrown into desperate poverty, this growing army of orphans is reaching catastrophic proportions.
Thousands of childrens lives are cut short due to starvation, disease , and lack of medical treatment. While the majority of Western children are safetly tucked into bed each night by loving and caring parents, millions of children lie on the ground, tired and hungry with no one to care for them.
In addition, the attitude toward women in many third world countries is inexcusable! Countless women are severly persecuted, both mentally and physically, by their husbands or in-laws; producing lives with no purpose or satisfaction, and often resulting in premature death. Left to fend for themselves due to abandonment or death of a spouse, countless millions of women are left destitute. Gender inequality puts a severe burden on women that they cannot shake off on their own, including the responsibility of caring for their children or other family members. Most of the women are too poor to feed their own families. They often go without eating so their children may live.
Here are our programs and services:
1) Support of abandoned children through provision of food, clothing, medicine and orphanages.
2)Help given to abandoned, abused, and impoverished women through financial aid, motivational materials and seminars, and encouragement to assist them in living a meaningful life.
3) Physical therapeutic rehabilitation for indigent, crippled children and inborn or accquired handicapped adults.
4) Medical, surgical and hospitalization for indigent, differently abled children, and inborn or accquired handicapped adults.
5) Provision of assisitive devices for indigent, differently abled children and adults including: crutches, artificial legs, walkers, orthopedic shoes, orthoprosthesis, hearing aids, wheelchairs, ect.
6) Inclusive special education for hearing impaired, visually impaired, physically impaired and mentally challenged clients.
7) Provision of practical skills training and capital assistance for livliehood programs for adult differently abled persons.
8) Financial support for sports activities, exposure trips, and group camping related to disability.
Your donations go a long way!!! We have had success already in touching the lives of the the needy in the Phillipines, India, and Africa..but there is so much to be done! As Americans, we are very blessed and I know that EVERYBODY can afford to contribute something; even a little makes a difference. ALL donations go directly to these programs and our overseas volunteers, so it is a worthy investment.
Please find it in your heart to help! We can’t rescue everybody, but we can make a real difference to somebody and touch their life in a very positive way. I encourage everyone to visit the H.U.G.S. site to see the pictures and get an even clearer picture of the impact we can make
Thank you for your tax deductible donation to H.U.G.S.
Please make all checks or money orders payable to
H.U.G.S. Foundation, Inc. 6650 Lakeview Drive, San Antonio, TX 78244
