Help An
Orphan Project
Checklist
- Assemble items for the child you are “helping” by using the standard needs checklist as a guide. Please remember that it takes up to 6-9 weeks to ship your items overseas so the season may be changing when the package is received.
- Write
a letter to the child (preferably typewritten for ease of translation).
Include your letter inside your box and it will be translated by our
volunteers when it is received by the child. (Galya will translate for the
children in Sevastopol and Kristina will translate for the children at
Children’s Hope.) Pictures are also a very good way for
the children to connect to you.
- Pack
your box(es) as if
fragile and generously seal with at least 3 layers of packing tape at ALL
seams and sides (more tape if box is heavy). The boxes not only have to survive U.S. shipping
to Portland, but also overseas shipping, and then shipping to the child’s
location. That involves a lot of
handling and you don’t want your boxes to break open at any seam or side.
- Print out the Life2Orphans shipping form off of the website and fill out all information. (It is mandatory to have a shipping form for each box for our record keeping and also for customs.)
- Weigh
and measure your box.
- Use
the online shipping calculator from the website to calculate the shipping
cost of the box(es).
For Sevastopol please add $6 for door-to-door delivery for each box.
- Write
a check payable to “Life2Orphans” for the shipping costs of the box(es).
- Put
your Life2Orphans shipping form and your check in an envelope and tape
securely to the outside of the box.
- Label
and mail your box(es) to this address:
Nazarene Ministry of Help
Vitctor
Vityukov / Megan Fordenbacher
Life2Orphans
5805
If you live outside of the USA contact lynnk@life2orphans.org for more details on how to send your package.