**DK** Da jeg så denne mail kunne jeg ikke lade være med at sætte den her på hjemmesiden. Jeg er godtnok den type som er træt af at man skal høre om julen helt fra midten af oktober, men denne mail fik mig alligevel til at skifte mening. Mailen er på engelsk og i meget korte træk er det en amerikaner som rejer til Bogotá til jul og gerne vil dele mad og gaver ud fra en kirke til fattige børn. Han spørger efter små gaver hvis nogen kommer forbi Bogoá inden jul.

EDIT: Link til fotoalbum fra sidste års gaveuddeling:
http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=109fjelp.12redhgt&x=0&y=b1q9wa

Her er hans mail:

"Hello all.

A small church in a poor part of Bogotá runs a scheme to help some
of the displaced children most at risk who live (if we can call it
that) nearby, making sure they get at least some milk and something
solid in their stomachs each day.

Last Christmas my wife and I asked them to get these children and a
number of others together in order to hand out small gifts: a little
toy or two, some biscuits, and some sweets.  Nothing too expensive:
about half of the toys we bought at a local wholesale market in the
centre of Bogotá, the others came from three daughters of a
colleague of mine where I was working then in DC.  Little toys,
burger restaurant give-aways, those kind of things.

This was great for the kids involved, but unfortunately word had got
around and there were so many outside we were unable to give
anything to.

This year we're going to be in Bogotá again for Christmas and we're
going to see if we can improve on last year.  We're hoping to invite
more kids and planning to supply some sort of food for them as well
as give them some little gift.

Can you help? 

If you're going to be in Bogotá between now and Christmas could we
ask you to consider bringing with you anything suitable you might be
able to find?  As we found, parents love to cull their
children's  "junk toys" collection and this is in a good cause:
what's junk to them makes a lovely present for a child who has
nothing! We found that even things that are a little damaged, or
with parts missing can be pressed into service, though obviously
badly damaged, fragile, or dangerous items are another matter.

If you'd like to help, and are in Bogotá, passing through, or know
anyone who is, please get in touch ( Denne e-mailadresse bliver beskyttet mod spambots, du skal have Javascript aktiveret for at se den ) and we'll
let you know where you can drop them off.

Hope you can help.

Thanks,

Ian
...

ps.  We did have some photos of last year uploaded and ready to show
you but the Kodak Gallery appears to have deleted them.  We're
working on uploading them again.