In Reply to: Both posted by tracy on Saturday, 17. February 2007 at 08:11 Bali Time:
your gift to your sponsor child doesn't sound excessive to me, and the donations you were able to make to the school as a whole are wonderful.
I'm thinking more along the lines of the really extravagent gifts to individual sponsee children i've read about on BTF.
Angela's answer is also a solid one.
Also i think that it might be just as well to pass onto the on the ground sponsor organisation any extra money a sponsor may wish to donate for eg blankets, mattresses, pillows , bikes, medical, dentist, as the organisation will know which home & person has the greatest need?