My dear friend, Suzanne, has been waiting many months to bring home her beautiful daughter, Matilda. She's even been to visit her in Kyrgyzstan TWICE, but a long line of bureaucracy is keeping mother and child apart. It is heartbreaking. It is inhumane. I could not imagine going through this in order to bring Myfanwy home. I don't think any of us could. Please do this for Matilda, do it for the other Kyrgyz children waiting to go home with their mamas, do it for Myfanwy, and do it for all the other children out there in care without someone to advocate for them.
To help out, please go here and visit Suzanne's blog. If you don't have access, here's the post minus the picture of baby Matilda, the author of this letter. She's a smart cookie, that kid, and much better looking than this cartoon kid:
I WANT OUTTA HERE! I want go to California and live with Mama! Other baby friends want go live with they Mamas, too. My baby friend, Shelby, says her Mama making special photo books to give to Kyrgyz Officials next Friday. Books has photos of all happy Kyrgyz babies who live with they Mamas in America already. This books make Kyrgyz grown-ups smile. This books make Kyrgyz grown-ups see America Mamas good Mamas and Kyrgyz babies loved and happy in America. So maybe Kyrgyz grown-ups let my Mama come GET ME OUTTA HERE
But photo books very spensive. Cost 10,359.12 soms.* Shelby's Mama need help paying for books. My Mama help Shelby's Mama. Can you help, too? Easy to help. Go here: http://www.jcics.org/Donate.htm. Choose "other" in place where ask "Please apply my donation to..." Then, in comments box, write "For happy Kyrgyz babies books!!!!!!! :-)" Any leftover soms help nice people at JCICS keep working hard to GET ME OUTTA HERE!
Shelby says you donation tax duckable. I not know what 'duckable' means, but I think good, because ducks good.
Hugs,
Matilda
10,359.12 soms = $240.00
You can also do this to help out--Suzanne is one of the mothers who will be giving a presentation:
As noted in Joint Council's President & CEO's communication yesterday Joint Council has worked closely with the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI) to secure a 15 minute meeting with Congressional Staffers and the six families traveling to Washington D.C. to represent the group.
The meeting will occur just before the Kyrgyz delegation meets with Congressional staffers. In order to ensure that as many Congressional Offices are in attendance at the two meetings Joint Council is initiating a Call to Action requesting the 65 families contact their Senators and Congressmen. Joint Council requests that all families contact their U.S. Senators and Congresspersons on Tuesday, May 26th.
The purpose of your call is to request they attend the meetings on Friday, May 29th. Please note that Friday, May 29th is during a Congressional Recess.
On Tuesday, May 26th we request that you do the following:
1) Call both of your U.S. Senators and your representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives:
You can find your Senators' phone numbers and email address at www.senate.gov
You can find your Representatives' phone numbers and email address at www.house.gov
2) Include the following in your calls and emails:
"As constituents, I/we urge the Senator/Congressperson to attend the meeting with Kyrgyz officials hosted by Senator Landrieu and the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute on Friday, May 29th."
If they have not heard about the meeting, ask them to contact the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute at (202) 544-8500 or Joint Council at (703) 535-8045.
3) Send an email to everyone you called:
The email is important, but the phone call should be placed first.
Additionally, feel free to forward this request to your friends and family, asking them to contact their Senators and Congresspersons requesting they attend the meeting.
