{"id":9364,"date":"2024-12-25T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-25T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/?p=9364"},"modified":"2024-12-17T12:35:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T11:35:24","slug":"merry-christmas-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/en\/merry-christmas-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Dear Friends<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><em>Christmas is on its way. On behalf of all the children and staff at Kids of Africa, I wish you a blessed holiday season, rest and relaxation, and a wonderful celebration.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><em>Recently I read the moving story of Janusz Korczak, a paediatrician and director of an orphanage who, even in the direst of circumstances, sacrificed himself for his ideals and his charges. It is a story of light in the darkness and of the love that gives life its meaning. Is it therefore also a Christmas story? Read for yourself.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"549\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/janusz_korczak.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/janusz_korczak.png 549w, https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/janusz_korczak-300x219.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Janusz Korczak, whose real name was Henryk Goldszmit (1878\u20131942), was a Polish paediatrician, children&#8217;s book author and important educationalist. After Germany&#8217;s invasion of Poland in September 1939, he became the director of an orphanage in the Warsaw ghetto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On 6 August 1942, 220 children were to be deported from there to the Treblinka concentration camp. Korczak decided to go with them to their deaths. He could have saved himself, but in his diary he rejected the idea of a false sense of sacrifice. He wrote: \u2018Anyone who says they are sacrificing themselves for others is lying. I like children. But I don&#8217;t see them as victims. I don&#8217;t do it for them, I do it for myself. I need it. All this talk of sacrifice is nonsense. It&#8217;s nothing but lies and hypocrisy.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With his diary entry, Korczak makes it clear that love gives the word \u2018sacrifice\u2019 a new meaning. Those who love no longer think in terms of loss and weighing up. The other person has been given a place in their heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even those who do not share the biblical hope can enjoy Christmas as a celebration of love, family, friends and peaceful coexistence. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you and wish you a Merry Christmas. Stay healthy and enjoy the quiet time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kind regards and thank you.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Always yours, Burkhard Varnholt<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our prot\u00e9g\u00e9s wish you a happy holiday, too!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"christmas video boys\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oqqHhnOHx0Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"christmas video girls\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J-j6TZ0hgv4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Giving life with every drop:<br>our water projects in Uganda<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"549\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wasser-spenden.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9311\" style=\"width:549px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wasser-spenden.png 549w, https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wasser-spenden-300x219.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<table style=\"width: calc(100% - 40px); margin: 0 20px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #333; table-layout: fixed;\">\n    <thead>\n        <tr>\n            <th style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #eaeaea; padding: 8px; text-align: left; width: 25%;\"><\/th>\n            <th style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #eaeaea; padding: 8px; text-align: left; width: 25%;\">Cost<\/th>\n            <th style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #eaeaea; padding: 8px; text-align: left; width: 25%;\">Benefit\/Potential<\/th>\n            <th style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #eaeaea; padding: 8px; text-align: left; width: 25%;\">Durability<\/th>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/thead>\n    <tbody>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #eaeaea; padding: 8px; font-weight: bold;\">A Well<\/td>\n            <td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #eaeaea; padding: 8px;\">Approximately 25,000 CHF<\/td>\n            <td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #eaeaea; padding: 8px;\">For up to 1,000 people<\/td>\n            <td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #eaeaea; padding: 8px;\">Ensured by a Kids of Africa school<\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #eaeaea; padding: 8px; font-weight: bold;\">A Water Tank<\/td>\n            <td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #eaeaea; padding: 8px;\">Approximately 10,000 CHF<\/td>\n            <td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #eaeaea; padding: 8px;\">15-20,000 liters<\/td>\n            <td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #eaeaea; padding: 8px;\">At least 30 years<\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #eaeaea; padding: 8px; font-weight: bold;\">Pumps and Pipelines<\/td>\n            <td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #eaeaea; padding: 8px;\">Approximately 15,000 CHF<\/td>\n            <td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #eaeaea; padding: 8px;\">For schools, communities, and agriculture<\/td>\n            <td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #eaeaea; padding: 8px;\">Up to 20 years with good maintenance<\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n        <tr>\n            <td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #eaeaea; padding: 8px; font-weight: bold;\">Sanitary Facilities for a School<\/td>\n            <td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #eaeaea; padding: 8px;\">Approximately 25,000 CHF<\/td>\n            <td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #eaeaea; padding: 8px;\">For a school with 1,000 students<\/td>\n            <td style=\"border-bottom: 1px solid #eaeaea; padding: 8px;\">At least 20 years<\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button custom-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/donate.raisenow.io\/yrmwf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donate water and help now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I read the moving story of Janusz Korczak, a paediatrician and director of an orphanage who, even in the direst of circumstances, sacrificed himself for his ideals and his charges. 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