MILK BUEN SAMARITANO


(GOOD SAMARITAN) CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER SERVES CHILDREN AND


FAMILIES IN A VERY POOR COMMUNITY IN AZUA


DISTRICT, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, WHERE HOUSES LIKE THIS


ONE—THE HOME OF A


CHILD WHO ATTENDS THE CENTER—ARE COMMON. PHOTOS PROVIDED BY NCM CARIBBEAN


TESHA THOMPSON


STANDS WITH THE CHILD SHE SPONSORS OUTSIDE OF BUEN SAMARITANO. THOMPSON, WHO HEADS


THE NCM CHILD DEVELOP- MENT PROGRAM IN THE


CARIBBEAN, VISITS MANY CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR PROVIDING


LEADERSHIP AND TECHNI- CAL SUPPORT.


THROUGH A CRACKED JAR by


Tesha Thompson, NCM Caribbean, Child Development Coordinator


When I saw the place where the child that I sponsor lives When I saw poverty dressed up and standing smiling


When I saw the dried coconut leaves used for the house’s ceiling I thought, “How could I not give?”


When I saw beautiful children, hope of today and tomorrow When I saw the desperation of families, so much sorrow


Energy suddenly left me like milk flowing through a cracked jar Poverty trying to leave an ugly scar on a community so grateful to NCM and the CDC Where their children can get to learn their ABCs


My eyes swelled up with tears As poverty lingers on, causing fears Tearing people down Children cry out without a sound Yet, I’m determined to help even more To encourage the world to give, give, give! So that children may get hope and live, live, live! This is for sure. n


22 NCM MAGAZINE


SPRING 2009 15


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