It’s a common debate for many parents: is my income worth the cost of childcare? For many families in Puerto Rico, this question isn’t even worth asking: minimum wage is $7.25 an hour, childcare enrollment is $250 or more and ongoing costs add up to $300 per month. Many jobs
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ReHace: Rebuilding Communities with Hope
It is a joy to share with you the following letter, from one of our Diaper Drop partners, ReHace (Rebuilding Communities with Hope), a community outreach program of the Methodist Church of Puerto Rico. Through your generous support, we’ve been providing ReHace with cloth diapers for persons of all ages.
Hurricane Maria Update: Villa Esperanza
It is an amazing thing you have done. Thanks to your generous support, the children of Villa Esperanza have cloth diapers. The day we distributed the diaper kits was one I will never forget. The people we met were so loving, so caring, and so appreciative. They’ve lost so much,
What Stands in the Way of School for Teens in Developing Countries
“A child’s life is a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark.” This Chinese proverb fits well with conversations this week as we celebrate the United Nation’s International Youth Day (August 12) and align with the organization’s 2018 theme: Safe Spaces for Youth. The theme recognizes that
Poverty, Period Supplies and Staying in School
This article originally ran in recognition of the United Nation’s International Youth Day. As our period products program has expanded, we updated this article in January 2020 with local information. Providing period supplies reduces stress, provides confidence and dignity for young women. We all probably have one: that embarrassing moment from
Thanks for Helping Stanley!
It’s an amazing thing you’ve done! Thanks to your generous support, our Diaper Drop, Real Hope for Haiti now has blankets and cloth diapers to help care for the children in their care, like Stanley. When Stanley arrived at the Rescue Center, he weighted just twelve pounds. Being so skinny,
Save Babies Like P.I. On July 18, 2018
As a supporter of Jake’s Diapers, you have personally helped enable families in Haiti to rise out of poverty and raise healthy children, overcoming their need to choose between food, clean water, or diapers. Take “P.I.” for example, whose mother suffered from seizures when she was 5 months pregnant, leading
Update: Mexico City Earthquake: Helping Children Survivors
It’s an exciting time here at Jake’s Diapers! We’re excited to share with you our relief work for persons impacted by the Mexico Earthquake is growing. We have partnered with a network of missionaries and churches in Mexico City and beyond to help Mexico City, Morelos and Puebla residents who suffered
Sweet Josie
Brittany is a foster mother to thirteen children in India at our Diaper Drop Sarah’s Covenant Homes (SCH). Thanks to you, we’ve been providing diapers to SCH for the past three years. She wrote the following, and it’s an honor to share her words with you. I often find myself
Hope at the Children’s Shelter
“Graci, muchas gracias!” ~ Judith It is an amazing thing you have done! We delivered the diapers you helped to fund the Children’s Shelter. At the children’s shelter, there are 14 children, aged infant to seven, and they live there. The children either have parents that are imprisoned, or they