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Huize Campagne needs donors

PARAMARIBO – The delivery of bread to the children at Huize Campagne will most likely stop next Friday. For the past month Stichting 1 voor 12 which...

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is run by Louis Vismale delivered 125 breads to the children’s home. So far no donors have been found to finance the bread project. Vismale therefore urged local businesses, social organizations and private individuals to adopt this project so that the children can go on receiving bread every day. Vismale, chairman of the foundation, explained that he has supported bread projects for more than 10 years. Although he had already stopped the deliveries, he decided to once again lend a helping hand to the children at Huize Campagne but without financial support from others the foundation cannot go on delivering bread. Vismale hopes that the children’s home will find donors. Nesa Roosblad, director at Huize Campagne expressed her concern over the lack of funds for the bread project. “What are we going to eat?” Roosblad urges the government to give Stichting 1 voor 12 financial support again so that Vismale can continue his projects.She explained that she applied for subsidy but that the application has not been approved yet. Roosblad pointed out that many children’s homes are currently in financial trouble and that some of them will have no other choice than to close their doors. All of the children’s homes need financial support to stay afloat. “When the homes with children who have nowhere else to go have to close, it becomes a big problem because they will have to seek shelter elsewhere. We must prevent such situations