Why I Posh

Name: Why I Posh
Brand: be the change
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This closet was created to raise money for charity :) it’s currently undergoing some changes but will be back on track soon!

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42 Comments

magpiemaven My Heart!! She is Special...🙏✨💞✨💞✨🙏

Aug 14Reply

whimsicalbeast @magpiemaven 💕I adore her 💕

Aug 18Reply

rancesm Omg amazing!

Aug 24Reply

whimsicalbeast @rancesm 🙏🏽🥰

Aug 24Reply

uniquelysherrie @whimsicalbeast You’re the epitome of HELPING and CARING for HUMANITY. 🥰😍😘I shared!

Aug 26Reply

whimsicalbeast @uniquelysherrie oh thank you for the shares!! I feel lucky to be able to help- I just wish I could do more. But I like to remind myself that it’s all raindrops in the bucket of water — eventually the bucket fills :)

Aug 26Reply

uniquelysherrie @whimsicalbeast 😘🥰😍😇😇😇😇😇😍

Aug 26Reply

soulofanangel01 I love your closet and You are Amazing! Thank you for giving these sweet girls a chance at life! 💜💜💜

Sep 01Reply

whimsicalbeast @soulofanangel01 cheers for the compliment- I like my closet, too! LoL I’m so blessed to have these beautiful things that can be used to help others- thank you for the positive reinforcement. It’s much needed. Blessings to you!

Sep 01Reply

mcncheese Can you be more specific about how your $ gets to her?

Sep 15Reply

whimsicalbeast @mcncheese every month I make a donation to CI, for her basic sponsorship. And then I do a “special needs” gift. The last few months, because of Covid, the gifts are not allowed to be more than $50… but I have two sponsor children in the program (I don’t have a listing up about Khusi yet) & Kyla, who is in the Philippines, and has started college.

Sep 15Reply

whimsicalbeast @mcncheese right now I’m just putting the extra funds aside, (there’s a special account for my sponsor girls) & once things ease up there I will send an EG for education for each child. This will be a lot of money, and I expect it to wipe me out lol omg Because School is pretty much paused across the world, we are all in a holding pattern. Anyway- once I send the funds, then the staff at Children International help the parents navigate the rest.

Sep 15Reply

whimsicalbeast @mcncheese All the funds are administered through CI, although the family, of course, makes decisions about how it is spent. In Afifa & Khusi’s case, the staff will pay the schooling fees, book fees, etc for the school. Then the family will be taken on a shopping trip to buy uniforms and school supplies. It’s all so complicated when I try to explain it, but it’s all been done before, many times, by this organization.

Sep 15Reply

whimsicalbeast @mcncheese However, this will be the first year for both girls in India, so there will be some decisions to make, for sure. Schooling is tricky, because they are Dalit, so it’s important to find a good fit where the education is good, but they won’t be shunned. Also, a tutor gets sourced for each child & contracted, and I do send extra funds for nutrition, dental care, & vision. In Khusi’s case, especially, it looks like she may have need of an operation on her eye, but nothing is set yet.

Sep 15Reply

whimsicalbeast @mcncheese twice a year I also send physical care packages to each child containing a variety of educational things, art supplies, etc... I would dearly love to have more sponsor children than I do, but as you can imagine this all gets pretty pricey. Right now the costs have been especially high because the cost of food in Kolkata has gone up by 6 times!!! What a world. So far this year I have donated $1,215. I know that’s a lot- I hope it helped and I hope I didn’t over-explain!

Sep 15Reply

mcncheese What do you recommend as the best avenue to support this cause?

Sep 16Reply

whimsicalbeast @mcncheese there are so many ways to help. If you want to sponsor a child you can go to children.org and choose that route. My oldest sponsor child is 19 now - I’ve been her sponsor for 15 years! One thing I really like about CI is that we build a relationship over time with letters, and you can visit the children. I have found it to be a richly fulfilling experience.

Sep 16Reply

whimsicalbeast @mcncheese you can also donate directly to Children International, or even directly to a specific child like Afifa :) they have to be in the program already, so you can get the child I.d. Number from a sponsor or choose to help an older teen who’s in the program. Your best bet is to go to the site and look around. It’s amazing (!) how much info is there. I’ve also done a lot of trawling around on youtube, which has been interesting.

Sep 16Reply

whimsicalbeast @mcncheese and, of course, you can purchase from one of my closets, and then the funds go to Khusi, Afifa, & Kyla. If you want, go to “kyetaka” on Posh - theres a Post about Kyla :) Someday soon I’ll get the other two up. I just seem to always be behind. Kyla is awesome- shes in school now to be a sports medicine therapist, & Khusi is too cool— she’s such a little art chick!!

Sep 16Reply

whimsicalbeast @mcncheese I hope all of this helps. Thank you for being interested and asking. I don’t get to talk about it often- I don’t want to bore people, but it’s important to me. And I should add- every sponsor is different. If you go into the “myCI” section you’ll see bulletin boards of folks who are invested in this cause. Some have, literally, a dozen sponsor kids! There’s this one man who built a school!

Sep 16Reply

whimsicalbeast @mcncheese but the folks you see active on the site are the ones who are in it to win it, for sure. Most sponsors never write their kids, yet some spam them, some pay for schooling & more, and some just pay the monthly sponsorship bill and that’s it. Some people start with very little children (like I did Kyla, she was 4) & some focus on teens. It’s so individual. The sky is the limit. I encourage you to go to the site & look around. It’s pretty awesome.

Sep 16Reply

whimsicalbeast @mcncheese PS: by “spam” I just meant that they write their sponsor kids a LOT- and that’s not necessarily a bad thing! I love writing them. When Kyla & family would evacuate in times of natural disaster (about once a year there, alas) they would take the box of letters with them. The kids cherish them.

Sep 16Reply

onegirlforever Yay Afifa!

Nov 11Reply

symplywytchy @whimsicalbeast 🤲❤

Nov 12Reply

whimsicalbeast @onegirlforever lol *Muah!*

Nov 12Reply

whimsicalbeast @symplywytchy 💕🙏🏽

Nov 12Reply

muthaluvvintage She is adorable.... Thank you for being the change in the world. My precious husband passed away recently and I am sponsoring a young girl in Scotland in his memory. This makes my heart sing !!! One person can make a change !!! I'm Alicia....so glad I found you !!

Nov 14Reply

clairefornia God bless you. There is no better reason for working hard at selling things on PM.

Dec 13Reply

shophotdotcom Amazing!

Jan 07Reply

lunatickle 🙏💖

Jan 07Reply

youshinestudio yes, yes, yes!!!! this is amazing!

Apr 24Reply

vintage_country @whimsicalbeast ......amazing soul, you are. ❤🤟🙏

Apr 25Reply

whimsicalbeast @clairefornia Thank you- so true! Actually, when I don’t want to sell something I go and look at her photo. It helps!

May 02Reply

whimsicalbeast @shophotdotcom thank you for being so encouraging!

May 02Reply

whimsicalbeast @lunatickle 💕💓🥰

May 02Reply

whimsicalbeast @youshinestudio I feel so lucky to be able to help!

May 02Reply

whimsicalbeast @vintage_country you are so kind!

May 02Reply

whimsicalbeast @muthaluvvintage I’m so sorry- I missed a lot of comments!! I’m so sorry about your husband. I hope you’re doing okay. I didn’t even know you could sponsor in Scotland! What organization do you go through? Are you madly in love with your sponsor child? Tell me everything!

May 02Reply

muthaluvvintage @whimsicalbeast She actually isn't a child. She is a young woman that I hired at my former job. She worked there to raise money to make her trip. I watched her work hard, give of herself and all with the sweetest disposition. I have to be honest, I am not a religious person but very spiritual. Her mission is religion based. I decided no matter her mission, it was for the good of humanity.

May 02Reply

muthaluvvintage @whimsicalbeast I don't have to believe the same way she does in order to help her. She runs a small school in the middle of nowhere in an old house. I grew up going to "church". Even though I don't do that now I still believe in being a good human and a lot of my beliefs and morals are based on my upbringing. Whatever she teaches those girls will help build a foundation to grow and be good women. Many of them are orphans.

May 02Reply

muthaluvvintage @whimsicalbeast So I actually feel like I am helping an entire village of little girls that otherwise would have lives that would go untouched by love and understanding. I give monthly and I also send special gifts during the year. They love arts and crafts. She has to order everything online so I use my credit card for everything and donate the Amazon dollars to her. Jessica is an amazing role model for these girls. And for me....

May 02Reply