12-year old donates pay cheque
A 12-year-old girl has decided she has enough money in the bank and is donating her hard-earned money to disadvantaged children overseas.
On Thursday nights and Friday mornings Susan Stanger and one of her three daughters trek next door to clean the Levin golf course.
Naomi, 12, Hannah, 10, and Rachel, 15, take turns and each get $20 amonth for their hard work helping to clean the course.
Naomi decided she did not need any more money and asked her mother if she could make monthly payments to the Christian Blindmission.
So far Naomi has donated two months worth of pay cheques and said she would continue to donate for as long as she could, forever even.
She said she wanted to help people who were suffering.
‘‘I havemoney in my bank now, I don’t really need it.
‘‘I can give it to other people who need it.
‘‘I want to help other people and to be compassionate towards them.’’
The family had been donating to the Christian Blindmission for about three years and the girls
‘‘I want to help other people.’’
Naomi Stanger
would make donations at Christmas.
Theywanted a Christian charity to support and liked that it was mostly children who received treatment.
The charity sent pamphlets to the family chronicling the experiences of particular children, noting their struggles and how the money was helping them.
In 2019, the Christian Blind Mission helped 496,324 people to break the cycle of poverty and disability and supported 21,591 people with medical and rehabilitation services.