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A Lorry full of Rice
Four in fact- Four large trucks that held a total of one thousand bags of rice, each bag is about 10 kilos (about 22 pounds). Lets just...

RaeAnn-FOCI Founder
2 min read


Reshma, tell me about your mama
Reshma is 8 years old. She just had a birthday on February 22. She doesn't have any brothers or sisters. Reshma is one of the new FOCI...

RaeAnn-FOCI Founder
3 min read


Generosity and Gratitude
This photo has absolutely nothing to do with what I want to tell you about, but I couldn't resist. This is baby Rhiya, she is Sopia's baby.

RaeAnn-FOCI Founder
3 min read


There's always a back story
You know a bit about the Charity I oversee, called For One Child of India (FOCI for short) but I don’t often tell people just what...

RaeAnn-FOCI Founder
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We
The collective "we" does not exclude others. The stars never say to each other, "I, but not you". Everything belongs.

RaeAnn-FOCI Founder
2 min read


The Great Christmas Card Fiasco of 2019
It was an excellent idea! really, everyone said so!

RaeAnn-FOCI Founder
2 min read


As my mother used to say, "it takes all kinds..."
And now I believe it! FOCI has been a fortunate little organization. We have many supporters with many talents. I often get lots of...

RaeAnn-FOCI Founder
3 min read


Sebastin this probably sounds easy butttt...
Just another day of trying to refine the process. Wait, what now? We do a lot of improvising on the day of the FOCI gathering. As For...

RaeAnn-FOCI Founder
1 min read


Feathers
“Hope” is the thing with feathers - (314) BY EMILY DICKINSON “Hope” is the thing with feathers - That perches in the soul - And sings the...

RaeAnn-FOCI Founder
1 min read


Iravu Vannakkam, God Bless You.
Our American children have returned to school. They have been studying for almost a month now after three wonderful months of summer...

RaeAnn-FOCI Founder
2 min read


Filled with Gratitude
The excitement and anticipation of another Christmas has passed. Now, we begin to look back over the year just behind us. We can't seem...

RaeAnn-FOCI Founder
2 min read


Start small, go slowly
When we started this journey as For One Child of India, we said many times, "We will just start slowly. We are small and we will go...

RaeAnn-FOCI Founder
3 min read


Veronica wipes the face of Jesus
Every Sunday morning I go to church and sit in the same place. I sit about halfway up -on the left. I sit by Veronica. She is up there...

RaeAnn-FOCI Founder
3 min read


"Give. and it will be given to you.
"Give. and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put in your lap. For with the...

RaeAnn-FOCI Founder
2 min read


Hope is the thing with feathers
Emily Dickenson, an American poet from the 1800's wrote... Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul, and sings the tune...

RaeAnn-FOCI Founder
2 min read


Our name says it all For One Child. What would you do for one child?
t's almost summer time. Our school children will have a long awaited summer vacation. That is true for the children of Eleanganny India...

RaeAnn-FOCI Founder
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For it was just one child who changed the world
Today I heard a homily about Advent. Advent is about the waiting. Advent waiting is a hopeful waiting. It is waiting in excitement! I...

RaeAnn-FOCI Founder
2 min read


Epiphany. Follow the Star..... Have you thought about that? Really? Follow a "Star"?
I have been thinking about that star. Maybe that star means something different to each person. The star that the wise men followed meant...

RaeAnn-FOCI Founder
2 min read
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