My Nonprofit Reviews

I have been involved with Unbound for so many years, I can't recall when it started. I know it was called CFCA at the time. I went on a mission awareness trip (and then a second) to check them out. There are so many scams out there that one worries. I don't have that much money but was willing to share with less fortunate. I was overwhelmed at the level of poverty these children live in and the amazing work of such kind, underpaid staff do. Their caring level is beyond imagining. I read in another review that the person was unhappy that the Christmas and Birthday money was pooled. I saw first hand what happens with this money. I was at a birthday celebrating at an area they run for the children of lepers. They are so abandoned by their society that they are worse off than the other deeply poor. These children mostly didn't have sponsors but all were given the same birthday gift of a metal dish and cup and a piece of cake. That's how poor. Being excited about a metal plate. And a piece of cake. And a loving touch from the few people on the awareness trip. How can one not want to share that birthday money rather than see their "better off" sponsored child get a special something. Every single employee I met along my 2 week stay was loving, kind, and gracious and seriously underpaid. Doing this because of the desperate need of the children. This organization is so needed in this world. We Americans have no idea of poverty. We have food pantries, clean water, no polio or leprosy. I am not a letter writer so I feel guilty that my 2 children, I have had 3 others over the years also, do not get encouraging letters, but I know that they have the basics and their families are being taught "to fish" not just being given "fish to eat". They may not hear from me often but I love my children, worry about them and wish I was a better sponsor.