My Nonprofit Reviews

SCM is amazing. It gives me the chance to help load containers with medical equipment and supplies. I can bring my daughter to help load too -- and to teach her how to be a better citizen of the world. I know that SCM is getting every single supply and dollar donated to people who need it the most: to refugees in Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon. I have known Rita, head of SCM, for 30 years, and no one has a bigger heart or a better ability to network and tap into everyone else's big hearts. She gets us donating supplies, she gets a truck driver to donate his time to bring his container and drive it to the port. She gets the container on a ship bound for Turkey. She gets someone to drive the container/truck to the border with Syria or to Lebanon or to Jordan. I don't how she does it, but she does. And I know people who have gone with her to the centers she has set up in Jordan ,and those people have helped to distribute the clothes and medical supplies and hand-knitted baby hats to the folks who need them and wear them. So I personally know that all the supplies I've loaded in Seattle have gone to people in need in the Middle East. No overhead, just the biggest hearts in the world. I love SCM.

We have been sponsoring two children from Dew Drops Little Flower since 2019 when our daughter volunteered there for a month. While we enjoy getting monthly pictures and progress reports on the two little ones, we are most grateful that the sponsorship money gets evenly divided with all the children to keep them healthy and happy. Necessary medical procedures are arranged as needed. We followed the early outbreak of Covid-19 in China closely and were relieved to see that many loyal nannies lived for months at the orphanage without going home so that they could more safely care for the little ones in the most dangerous months of the pandemic. We are also happy to hear about the exciting “foster family” program where the children live in a family grouping of several children with 1-2 caregivers. This seems like a wonderful opportunity for the children to form strong attachment bonds, getting the best possible start in life. We are so grateful to Little Flower and their partnership with the Chinese orphanages!