A First Letter
I recently sponsored a child in the developing world. Yesterday, I got a letter back from him.
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Dear Mr Craig,
I am writing to thank you for generously donating two pounds a month or whatever you could to me, and to introduce myself. My name is Jalab, I am 12 years old and I am the president of my country, Kualatumba.
I'd like to tell you a little bit about my country, Kualatumba. We are a small, central African nation, near the centre of Africa. We possibly have a population of several thousand, but from official figures based on those registered to vote, there are nine people living in my country, Kualatumba. Our capital is a lively and exciting hut, which is a beehive for culture as well as for some actual bees in the early summer months.
The two pounds you donated to me helped pay for a moderately successful election campaign for the first democratic elections of my country, Kualatumba, and as a result I was voted in by a margin of seven votes to two against a local pig who was standing on a pro-vegetarian ticket, because the pro-vegetarian who should have been running had dropped it on the floor and he couldn't move the pig to get it back.
Kualatumba is not a country without problems. We currently have half of our labour force unemployed. The unemployed man, whose name is Laco, has been trying to find a job for several months now, but the employed man, Riki, is proving to be very valuable as an Employed Man. I believe that by encouraging growth we may one day be able to claim that both members of our entire workforce are in work.
I am very ambitious with regards to Kualatumba's immediate future. I think it is important we open up our borders to the rest of the world and let others see how we do things here. To do this, we first need to establish exactly where our borders are. I have recently approved plans to improve communications between the more densely populated areas of Kualatumba, and as soon as Riki has finished with the chickens, work on the first road in Kualatumba will begin.
Many thanks for you time
Jalab Rumadumanana
President of Kualatumba
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Dear Mr Craig,
I am writing to thank you for generously donating two pounds a month or whatever you could to me, and to introduce myself. My name is Jalab, I am 12 years old and I am the president of my country, Kualatumba.
I'd like to tell you a little bit about my country, Kualatumba. We are a small, central African nation, near the centre of Africa. We possibly have a population of several thousand, but from official figures based on those registered to vote, there are nine people living in my country, Kualatumba. Our capital is a lively and exciting hut, which is a beehive for culture as well as for some actual bees in the early summer months.
The two pounds you donated to me helped pay for a moderately successful election campaign for the first democratic elections of my country, Kualatumba, and as a result I was voted in by a margin of seven votes to two against a local pig who was standing on a pro-vegetarian ticket, because the pro-vegetarian who should have been running had dropped it on the floor and he couldn't move the pig to get it back.
Kualatumba is not a country without problems. We currently have half of our labour force unemployed. The unemployed man, whose name is Laco, has been trying to find a job for several months now, but the employed man, Riki, is proving to be very valuable as an Employed Man. I believe that by encouraging growth we may one day be able to claim that both members of our entire workforce are in work.
I am very ambitious with regards to Kualatumba's immediate future. I think it is important we open up our borders to the rest of the world and let others see how we do things here. To do this, we first need to establish exactly where our borders are. I have recently approved plans to improve communications between the more densely populated areas of Kualatumba, and as soon as Riki has finished with the chickens, work on the first road in Kualatumba will begin.
Many thanks for you time
Jalab Rumadumanana
President of Kualatumba
