Por Los Ninos donations

Understandable confusion.

Carol's email began the process. The $3,000+ usd donations were in response to her plea. It was certainly more than we expected and should be sufficient to outfit 100% of the students; 2 or 3 uniforms/gym clothes (depending on age), school/gym shoes, backpacks, socks & underwear, school supplies including calculators. etc)

I posted on Rob's site in response to the question, "How may people in the U.S. donate?" because it provided an option for those who might wish to use it.

Por Los Ninos (founded in 2005) and Los Ninos, Inc(founded in 2004) are financially independent, government-registered charities that work in partnership with the city government, Rotary clubs and individual donors. Each files annual tax returns in their respective countries.

When one clicks "donate" on the Por Los Ninos website, one is forwarded to
the Los Ninos donation page where the PayPal account lives. Educational donations are wire-transfered to the Por Los Ninos bank account in Zihua. Donations designated for other purposes are deposited in the Los Ninos account in Portland and are withdrawn via ATM in Zihua.

Once the budget for the students is confirmed, all other donations received will go toward the recovery of the families in consultation with DIF.

Carol and I serve on the board of directors and executive committees of both charities. The activities of Los Ninos, Inc are also monitored by the Oregon Department of Justice (as are all Oregon charities). We are proud of our 14-year tradition of transparency.

Have I cleared everything up? Or just made it more confusing?

p.s. We are now approaching $5,000usd in donations with additional donations promised.