Need List

AMANDO A LOS NIŅOS - ¨LOVING THE CHILDREN¨ ORPHANAGE NEED LIST

Thank you for your interest in becoming involved in this ministry to girls ages 3-7 years old. Bethany Christian Services and Amando a los Niņos are partnering to provide quality social services to abandoned, neglected and orphaned children in Guatemala. The following list gives ways you can be involved in this children’s ministry.

Amando Newsletter June 2007


Urgent Needs:
Ensure
Diapers – small and medium size
Baby Wipes
Boys Clothing: pants, shirts, socks (dark colors, if possible), pajamas, shoes (101/2) and underwear, sweater or jacket
CD Player for School
2-3 Electrical Fans
Stroller

For the Girls
Clothing
Socks
Pajamas 4 to 8 years
Slippers
Hand Soap
Soap
Moisturizing cream
Shampoo/Conditioner
Christian family movies
Children’s Bibles

Educative games as
Cranium Caddo
Master Mind for kids
Basket and Basket Ball
Roller Skates
Dolls and doll clothing
Trampoline with protection
Swing set for garden
Educative Movies (In Spanish)

Medicine: cloth, Burn cream, Sun block

For the Home
1 Industrial blender (not a domestic one because in Guatemala it is very useful to liquefy beans),
Medium Teflon pots, pans and cake molds.
Kitchen knife set
Tupperware
rechargeable lamps for home.
Towels for kitchen and for hands Medium Rugs
6 Entrance rugs
Decorations for the home
Photo Albums
Big plastic boxes to keep in the warehouse
2 Awnings - 12 Foot


Food: Some food can be purchased more cheaply in the U.S. than in Guatemala or donated by U.S. businesses and carried to Guatemala.

Peanut butter
Drink mixes
Soup mixes
Milk
Cookies and crackers
Snacks and treats
Candies
Popcorns

School:
Multi-region DVD Player
Fans,
Drop Ceiling
Chalkboard
Stave for floor (flat) primary colors
Lego’s
Liquid glue
Scissors
Different kinds of paper
Stickers
Construction paper
Special material for preschools and first grade.
Water colors
Wood
Face paint
Temperas
Play-doh
Finger paint
Disguises
Reading books
Tape recorder with CD
Bible DVD’s (music and movies in Spanish)
Educational DVD ( in Spanish)
Audiovisual, three-dimensional, material: cloth, foamy, wood, etc., or set games about (in Spanish):
-Days of the Week
-Months of the Year
-Seasons
-Alphabet and numbers
-Geometric shapes
-Colors
-Farm
-Alphabet
-Domestic, aquatic, wild,
-farm animals, insects, etc.
-Supermarket, Beauty, Public Servants: Fireman, Nurse, Doctor, Policeman, etc.

Office
A Twin-pack, inkjet print cartridges
EPSON Stylus C87
-0631
-0632
-0633
-0634

A twin-pack inkjet print FAX
HP Officejet 5610
All-in-one
22,27,56,58

Cannon projector to do presentations
Loader for batteries,
Rechargeable batteries Paper (Roll) bond, size I inform,
Paper (roll) bond, size letter
folders, size I inform,
folders, size letter
Markers
Permanent Markers
Stapler
Hole Punch
Accordion folder or files in box
Paper to print photos
Paper cutter
Tape

Construction Supplies: Basic construction supplies, hammers, screwdrivers, level, wrenches, etc. electrical drill,110 volt.

Items that can be purchased in Guatemala Cost estimates pending- if a group desires to raise money for a specific item, money can be brought to Guatemala for purchase in-country).
Air Filter (Q3,500.00),
Gates to guard stairways (baby gates) – 2
2 tall mirrors with base, for the school
Light bulbs (specific energy-saving that are found in Guatemala)
Beater
Food processors
Floor lamps (2) and table lamps (2)

Volunteer needs
-Electrician(s) to complete rewiring of the home and supplies for rewiring
-Continue with renovation of school building,
-equipping of medical/dental clinic.
Carpenters
Plumbers

If you or your church are interested in becoming involved with the ministry of Amando a los Niņos, please contact Susan at 616.224.7467