Joy This Christmas (JTC) - Reaching out to the Needy and Orphaned Children this Christmas

Christmas is here again!!!!

I am sure you are as excited as I am about this beautiful season of love, giving and sharing! If you haven't yet caught the Christmas spirit, here you go *catch* I'm sending you some from my overflow

At this time, a lot of people have put plans in motion of what they would do to celebrate this special time of the year - spend time with family, give and receive presents, eat a variety of food (well, more like stuff your face, lol), go for Christmas carols and hang out with friends generally.

While Christmas is traditionally a season of joy and celebration, this may not be the case for everyone as for some - especially disadvantaged people, Christmas is a sad reminder of what they do not have as their lack becomes even more glaring.

YOU CAN do something to make a contribution to changing that this year and bring joy, hope and laughter to an orphaned child's life through the 'Joy this Christmas' (JTC) project.

Some of the beautiful children with their gift boxes

This wonderful project was launched in 2012 by the Place of Victory Church, a registered charity in UK and Wales (Charity no: 1146646) in a drive to reach out to as many orphaned children as possible in Nigeria and ultimately across Africa through the participation of many interested people/parties like yourself.

With a contribution of N1500 or £5, you can pay for 1 gift box containing a variety of essential items such as personal effects (toothbrushes, slippers, t-shirts, pencils) and food (biscuits, food packs, candies, juice, water) for a child this Christmas and you can pay for as many boxes as you want to!

The first JTC outreach was done in December 2012 with 100 children beneficiaries. Last year, we went to 4 orphanages in Benin, Lagos and Ogun state. The joy and excitement on each child's face was wonderful to behold and they were full of gratitude at the generosity of the sponsors.

Bouncy Castle Time! Aunties and Uncles weren't left out :-D

The desire and aim is to make this year even better by reaching out to more children in orphanages across different cities in Nigeria and I would like to invite YOU to be a part of it!

You can sponsor 1,2,3,4.... as many gift boxes as possible and have the great privilege of being a part of the smile on a child's face - that's Christmas in action!

If you would like to be a part of this please visit the POV website http://www.placeofvictory.org.uk/?page_id=122 to learn more and make your online donation or contact any of the numbers below to get involved!

Nigeria
+234 805 678 6601 0r +234 817 960 0442

UK
+447944 701 400 + 447944 702 400.

You can also leave a comment or send a message to oneplustheone@gmail.com to get involved! (Deadline to give is this weekend please!)

We look forward to a truly Merry Christmas!