ICBIE Helps the Minha Vó Flor Orphanage

It’s hard not to have a soft spot in your heart, when it comes to the Minha vó Flor orphanage. The sight of all the beautiful children would be enough, but then come the wrenching stories from the valiant director Florenice Gomes Macêdo, who has battled for the last eleven years, just to keep things going. For years, her decrepit building has needed restoration, while she dreamed of restructuring, including building a stairway, so as to create another bedroom on the second story.

Fortunately, the network of ICBIE supporters solved her problems. Our founding crusader Yvonne Fluckiger Righi was able to find a R$7000 contribution from a wealthy lady in Switzerland (who wishes to remain anonymous), and the construction work is now well underway. The facade has been restored and repainted, as these pictures show:

New walls have been built, both inside and out:

and the new stairway is under construction:

Thanks to the generosity of one anonymous donor, the children of Minha vó Flor will have a more spacious and more salubrious home. And the ICBIE is proud to have acted as the conduit, the channel for this important assistance.

More photos of the renovation work at Minha vó Flor are posted in the ICBIE Photo Gallery