June 17, 2023
I saw that post and if cost is the issue and they won't go back to actually forwarding the physical letters to their destination countries, then I think there is a better solution. The batch of letters I sent last month (letters for 6 sponsored children in separate envelopes with 11 photos each all put into a larger envelope and mailed to CIKC) cost me about $11 to send and they told me at the post office that it could take a while to get to Kansas City. (I'm in Toronto.)
If CI is just going to scan those letters and forward them electronically to the field offices, then it would make more sense for me to scan the letters at home and e-mail them to CI rather than physically mailing them which takes more time and costs money. I already scan my own letters before mailing them out and keep the scans on my computer for reference, so it's kind of wasteful to mail them if the scans are what CI really needs in order to transmit the letters to whatever country the children live in and then they will print them locally.
I'm not sure what CI is going to do with the photos I mailed, but I could send those to CI in digital format as well, since they were taken with a digital camera, rather than getting them printed (costs money) and mailing them to CI (also costs money) only to have them scanned back into digital format. LOL
At least if I scan them at home I can make sure the quality is good enough, because I've gotten scanned letters from CI that were barely legible.
I realize this current "mail letters to CIKC to be scanned" process was developed with sponsors who could not send stuff digitally during the pandemic in mind, but if it's going to be implemented on a wider scale then it may be worth looking into adding a feature on the website where sponsors can upload letters/photos (within reason) if that would be a workable solution. If that's not feasible then I would be happy to e-mail them in. I just feel like the current process may save CI money, but on the sponsors' end it's kind of wasteful. If CI is going to digitalize what I mail in then I would rather send it to CI digitally to begin with.
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