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New beds for 20 children for the house in Mbale! Please help and spread the word! Thank you!! http://www.gut-fuer-hamburg.de/projects/43077  

Due to a very sad event, the planned trip to Uganda unfortunately had to be postponed. However, we sent the children a large package with all the wonderful things you have already donated. The gifts are now traveling ahead of us. And we hope Ralf and Ines will follow in December.   Here's the photographic proof. The package has already arrived! :)    

Irene and Dickson visited the children at school and also brought along the necessary school supplies, such as notebooks and pens, as well as food and hygiene items like sugar, toothpaste, and toilet paper. Irene and Dickson are very grateful for the help and financial support and write: "Great thanks to all our friends of HFAS for the money you sent that enabled us to take children to school. We always appreciate all your efforts to see that...

THANK YOU!! Thanks to your great and reliable support, donations, and membership fees, our little Help for a Smile family can continue to grow. Starting in 2016, we are able to provide financial support for two more children. Rashida and Beatrice can now attend school regularly and long-term. Irene from Uganda cheered loudly when we gave her the news over the phone. We are now supporting a total of 9 children! THANK YOU!   Steffi took the...

Dear friends, attached is the newsletter and some wonderful pictures from Uganda. Thank you so much for your help and all the best to you.   Newsletter I 2016 (in German) Download Pictures from Uganda (in German) Download SEPA direct debit mandate for Help for a smile eV (in German) Download  

Attached are the messages and photos from Irene. Wonderful, grateful words, beaming faces, laughing children. These are images that bring happiness. Thank you so very much for your help!!   Dear HFAS friends, Happy New year to everyone of you. I hope God has kept you well and strong. We are fine and all the children are ok. We were so blessed last year because of your great support and generosity. Thank you for the gifts that you sent for...

We wish you a wonderful and peaceful holiday season from the bottom of our hearts, and a happy, healthy, and peaceful 2016. We thank you for your great and reliable support in 2015! Together, we were able to achieve so much—more than we ever could have imagined. We look forward to the future of the children in Uganda with great anticipation! Ines, Thomas, Anette, and Bettina – Your Board of Help for a Smile e.V.   Our Highlights: A Review...

Just a few weeks ago, we were busy collecting and wrapping gifts for the children (see the picture above) and—believe it or not!—after only three weeks, the Christmas package arrived in Kampala, Mukono, filled with many beautiful and practical gifts and items for 15 children and 4 adults. In the bottom picture, you can see little Amon, who—as helpful as ever and surely excitedly happy—is helping with the carrying. The package arrived...

By purchasing this unique desk calendar (see the April example and the attachment), you are supporting the children featured in the photos. You can pick it up immediately for €10 at the general meeting, or we can mail it to you. Please email us and let us know how many you would like! The calendar is a wonderful small Christmas or St. Nicholas Day gift for your loved ones (or even for yourself :)) and, at the same time, a "gift" for our kids...

We would like to cordially invite you to our 2nd General Meeting. It will take place on Sunday, November 15, 2015, from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM at the JHZ Jugendhilfezentrum Eimsbüttel (Hamburger Kinder und Jugendhilfe e.V.). The address is Gärtnerstr. 13 in Eimsbüttel, 20253 Hamburg. Please let us know by October 6 if you are able to attend. Any motions for the agenda, suggestions, or requests are welcome and should also be sent to us by October...