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Past projects

Wells in Thailand

We are just completing raising money to provide wells in Thailand organised by Bryan Massingham of the Maekok Village Resort. The main focus of our fund raising has been a fashion show put on by Bonita Leung at Island School in Hong Kong. For more information see http://www.wix.com/trunkaid/vivacity.

Uganda - pigs

Another project where people are aiming to provide their own funding is Literacy Aid Uganda. We are helping to set up a piggery

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Kenya - self sufficiency

We are pleased to say that students from Island School in Hong Kong raised the money to help set up a small scale poultry enterprise to provide an income for the Christian Hope orphanage in Eldoret.

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Burma - Thanks

Many thanks to those who contributed to our Burma appeal. The money raised went to a group called IDE (http://www.ideorg.org/). Here's a brief report they sent:

Oh I wish I had the time to write about all that is happening these days in Yangon and the Ayeyarwaddy Delta. We have lots of staff coming back and forth and the stories they tell are just heartbreaking. The conditions are unspeakable… three weeks after the cyclone swept across the delta. We are reaching villages, mostly by small boat, down swollen rivers or across flooded fields. So many people are just hovering in makeshift shelters. We are providing plastic tarps, over 14,000 families at last count (that was last week) and over 1,000 clean water systems. These are two items that everyone is really appreciative of. So many people who get a tarp say they will now be able to get a good nights sleep – protected from the rain.

We are now mobilizing for the immediate need to get rice farming going again. Many (over 150,000 ) farm families not in the absolute direct path of the cyclone, lost their rice seed for the monsoon season that begins 1 June. Without seed, they won’t be able to grow rice… which will mean they won’t have food or income starting in October. So it’s a race against time to help these farmers out. We’ll provide rice seed and some food to over 20,000 families (over 100,000 people).

Project roundup

See below for brief summaries of some of the projects that need support:

Working holidays in Thailand

The Maekok River Village Resort provides accommodation for students who work on a variety of projects supporting the local community.

Orphanage in Nepal

We have connections with the Katja House orphanage in Kathmandu. They tell us that they are always in need of bedding. If you have any you can spare, depending on where you are we may be able to arrange to take it to Nepal.

Pigs in Thailand

The Wat Don Chan Ethnic Minority Orphanage supports the local community in developing low-cost agricultural projects. For US$2380 you can provide a complete pig-pen complex.

Physiotherapists in Borneo

Are you a physiotherapist looking for an excuse to have a holiday in Borneo? The Bukit Harapan Children's Home would love someone to give the staff some guidance.

See progress report on Bukit Harapan.

Students in rural China

Around the world education offers a way out of poverty. In the mountains of northern Guangdong province in southern China is the village of Baiwan. For years we have been involved in helping students obtain a decent education.

Youth help

Cities may be exciting places for young people to grow up but they also put considerable pressures on them. The Kely Support Group offers peer support training to help young people cope.