Tara Children’s Project – Trek 3, December 2010
In December 2010, Footsteps for Good team supported Tara Children’s Project in India. The team managed to raise over $50,000 which will pay the running costs including food, medical and clothing for a 2 year period!
About Tara Children’s Project: Tara Children’s was started in 2009, thanks to a bright little spark named Pyal. Pyal was 5 when she was orphaned after her parents died in a road accident. She is HIV positive.
A project of Root Institute of Wisdom Culture, Tara is committed to providing a safe and loving environment where children such as Pyal have access to eduction, holistic health care and phsyco-social support. One of the primary goals is to integrate the children in to mainstream society by reducing the stigma and discrimination associated with aids.
The construction of Tara Children’s Home is almost complete, and they foundation are now seeking funding for on going running costs for the next 2 to 3 years. The home can hold 30 – 40 children.
Room to Read – Trek 2, December 2009
In December 2009 the Footsteps for Good team raised just SGD$29,900! The money is being used to fund a pre school at Carmal Matha in the Mannar District, Sri Lanka. The plans have been approved and it is hoped that the construction will be completed in early 2011. (written Sep.2010)
About Room to Read: Room to Read was founded on the belief that “World Change Starts with Educated Children” - and that education is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty. We strive to provide children access to education, one child at a time, one school at a time, and one village at a time. Through partnerships with local communities we work to create educational opportunities and establish educational infrastructure. Our efforts are currently focused in Bangladesh,Cambodia, India, Laos, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, South Africa, and Zambia – all countries with a desperate lack of resources to educate their children. In addition to these countries, we continue to research expansion into new countries and new projects each year.
The Room to Read story begins in 1998 with Founder & Executive Chairman John Wood. In 1998, John was an overworked Microsoft executive looking for the quiet solitude of a trekking vacation. While backpacking in the Himalayas, John met a middle-aged Nepalese man who invited him to visit a school in a neighboring village. Hoping for a chance to see the real Nepal, rather than his tourist’s trek, John agreed. Little did he know this short detour would change his life forever.
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Buddhist Fellowship Singapore (BF) – Trek 1, January 2009
At the beginning of 2009 Footsteps for Good ran its first walk and raised SGD$27,000! The money raised was used to build a school in the village Chaung Gyi, Myanmar, about 3 hours drive from Yangon. The area was devastated by Cyclone Nargis in 2007. A solid concrete structure, the school was completed in mid 2010, and can hold 200 children between the ages of 5 and 12.
About BF: Buddhist Fellowship (BF) is a Buddhist organisation in Singapore that is actively involved in local community project as well as overseas humanitarian work. The flexibility of the organisation in terms of putting teams together and mobilising people very quickly has meant they are very effective at disaster recovery in those first few weeks after a tragedy has happened. When Cyclone Nargis hit in 2008 BF co-ordinated the first humanitarian aid mission in to Myanmar from Singapore delivering much needed supplies to victims deep in to the delta region.
For more information and to make donations directly to Buddhist Fellowships humanitarian project visit www.buddhistfellowship.org
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