The Raining Season

I haven't blogged about The Raining Season in a while. And I am feeling a responsibility to do so tonight. I was all excited about blogging about our day at the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame - which was inspiring to say the least. But we just arrived at our hotel for the night and I watched a new video on the Raining Season's website.

The Raining Season is an organization that was created by some friends of mine. It was created to support, sponsor, care for, and save the lives of orphans in Sierra Leone, Africa. They began as a very small organization... and sort of stumbled upon their connection to Sierra Leone when they first visited to adopt their little girl.

What started as a group of people visiting Sierra Leone, providing food and water to an impoverished shelter they discovered... has - within a year and half - turned into a thriving orphanage of their own. We now have over 80 children in the orphanage. And jobs have even been provided for the care givers, cooks, a nurse, and even former orphans. Over 30 new children just arrived in the last week. TRS wasn't quite prepared for that many arrivals, but the incredible staff and care givers have been pulling double shifts to take in these beautiful children. A ferry accident left an entire village, Shenge, in ruins last year, and TRS was notified by the City Council of Shenge because there were so many needy children left homeless from this accident.

To read more details and see pictures about the children that were brought in, visit their blogspot site:
http://www.savetheorphan.blogspot.com/

They had to choose the children most in need of immediate medical attention. Even though the orphanage wasn't quite equipped to handle so many new arrivals, they were not about to turn away the children.

The Raining Season relies strictly on donations to help keep the orphanage going. It is truly amazing how little it takes to make a HUGE difference. There are so many opportunities - ANYTHING helps. You can even sponsor a specific child, which you will receive updates on! And from personal experience, I can tell you that it is extremely fulfilling to see the difference you are making in these children's lives!!! James and I dream of visiting soon. There are constantly trips being planned to visit the orphanage, and you can even look at the packages to go on a trip yourself on the website!

Check out this video of a new arrival that just had me weeping. Sherrif is only 6 years old, and he was working in a rock quarry before he came to The Raining Season!

The Raining Season's Arrival of Sherrif

Child Sponsorship from The Raining Season on Vimeo.

If you are interested in seeing another short video... here's one that shows the progress made last year - finding the building for the Orphanage, mattresses, building beds... all because of OUR donations!!!

Year End Accomplishments of The Raining Season

YEAR END Accomplishments! from The Raining Season on Vimeo.

Peace. Love. Fiddle.
~natalie