Testimonials

Operation Dreamseed,

I would like to personally thank Operation Dreamseed for your more than generous donation to our humanitarian efforts in Nicaragua. Not only did you provide the 500 children of La Ceiba school supplies, but you instilled in them the precious commodity of hope, and the knowledge that there are people in this world that truly care. There have yet to be words invented that could possible come close to convey and describe the looks on these children's faces as they received their individual school supply packets; it's these very looks and expressions that will be engrained our my minds and hearts for eternity, and for that we can never thank you enough and are forever indebted. Your organization has inspired our entire delegation to do better, and most be importantly, to be better. Just to reiterate, thank you so much again. We are extremely proud to be affiliated with such an amazing philanthropic organization and hope that the relationship established between Operation Dreamseed and The Albert Schweitzer Institute continues to grow and flourish.

Truong M. Nguyen

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Dear Operation Dreamseed,

I wanted to thank you for your generous donation of school supplies to the children of Nicaragua. One of the highlights of the trip was when we had the unique opportunity to personally deliver the packages to the students and watch as excitement quickly filled the classroom. Your organization’s donation provided these students with tools for their education that they would not have been able to afford on their own.

Thank you again for making donations to Nicaraguan schools.
Kristin Zeto

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Thank you so much for your very generous contribution of school supplies. The day that we handed out the school supplies to all the children was one of the most memorable days of the trip. I can remember handing one student a bag of supplies, and he asked me if they were for him? It was as though he had never received a gift before, and was shocked that they were all for him. He had never even seen some of the supplies that were in the bag, like a glue stick. I welled up as the young boy explored all of the supplies in his bag with a huge smile on his face. Thank you again, for making a difference in my life, and in the lives of hundreds of students in Nicaragua, like this boy.

Jennifer Ellsworth

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The donation that Operation Dreamseed gave of school supplies truly brought a smile to so many Nicaraguan children. The experience I had of handing out these supplies to children was truly a memorable one. I can still remember the eyes full of excitement that were staring back at me with wide smiles on their faces. So many of the children in Nicaragua have so little and something as small as paper, glue, scissors, pencils and crayons truly made them feel like they were given the world. They showed their appreciation immediately by drawing us pictures and writing thank you notes to us. I was so amazed by their generosity. I thank you all from the bottom of my heart for helping me put a smile on so many young children’s faces.

Alissa Pacheco

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Operation Dreamseed,
Thank you so much for your wonderful donation of school supplies. With your help we were able to change the lives of more than 500 children in Nicaragua. It was a great feeling to be able to hand a bag of pens, pencils, crayons, and paper to someone and understand that they truly appreciated it. The bags of supplies that you donated might be their only source of school supplies for an entire year – but it will help them none the less. The light in a preschooler’s eyes when they realize that a box of crayons is really their own personal item is just amazing. Each child felt like they were important when we gave them a bag of school supplies – it was such a great experience. As a leader of this delegation, and a member of the past 5 delegations, I can honestly say that with your company’s help we – the Nicaragua Delegation – were able to reach out to so many more students than ever before. On behalf of all the Nicaraguan school children, thank you so much!

Kelsey B. Ives

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Dear Operation Dreamseed-
I was not present when the supplies were distributed unfortunately, because I was at a conference teaching the students’ teachers. Nevertheless, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for supplying these students with not just supplies, but with hope for a better future. I can help train the teachers as much as I can, but if there are no supplies for the students then my efforts are in effect, of little use.
I had the opportunity to sit at the tiny wooden desks with students and participate in their lesson. They were so eager to learn and so open to share with me. Some of the students noticed I wasn’t writing any notes, so a little boy Luis, age 6, handed me his only emaciated pencil to write with. Of course, I didn’t accept it, but to hold that little tiny sprig of a pencil in my hand made my heart hurt and I couldn’t bear to think what would happen when the sprig turned into nothing.
Thanks to your amazing efforts, two days later Luis received more than just a new pencil and I cannot express in words how much of an impact that makes on the students’ lives. Since I have no words to express the magnitude of the situation, I think the words of a student, Agueda Matute, say it all. Thank you again and please enjoy the poem!

With Much Appreciation,
Alison Marsh

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“De la Bondad y el Corazón”

De la bondad y el corazón
Nace una tierna canción
Dar la mano a un hermano
Y compartir una ilusión
Sentir que no hay Distancia
Ni Mares, ni continentes
Y Sentir que hay mucha gente.
Unida por el amor.
De la bondad y al vida
Nace un hermano, un amigo
Que con cariño y confianza
Puedo estrechar su mano.
-Agueda Matute, hija de Maestra Sonia Matute

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“From the Kindness of the Heart”

From the kindness of the Heart
A tender song is born
To touch the hand of a friend
And share an illusion.
To feel that there’s no Distance
Nor Seas, nor continents
And feel that there’s many people.
United by love.
From kindness and life
A brother is born, and a friend
That with care and trust
I can stretch to touch his hand.
- Agueda Matute, daughter of teacher Sonia Matute