How can we stop the tears of an abandoned child?

How can we care and comfort a mentally handicapped youngster?

How can we relieve the pain of a sick and lonely old person?

Although we may not have complete answers for these questions,
we must not ignore them.We can certainly help in alleviating the suffering
of many orphaned, abused, abandoned and handicapped children, as well as
many adults and senior citizens with urgent needs of social and medical care.

With this in mind, a group of Portuguese-Americans decided to
create the American Foundation for Charities of Portugal, with only
one objective-improve the quality of life of those most in need in Portugal.

Fortunately, with the support of the Portuguese-American community
and our American friends, this Foundation has been very successful
in achieving its goals. Over the last Twenty years, 78 institutions
in Portugal were the recipients of our donations, totalling $1,864,071.44.

However, we cannot stop here. Critical requests for help keep coming.

We must not turn our backs. We must not make excuses for not cooperating.
Our support must be unconditional.