December 21, 2010 • 11:55 am 0
With 3 more days till Christmas, I am upping the ante. If you’ll partner with me in supporting these projects (http://sittingonmytoilet.com/2010/12/13/christmas-gifts-and-celebration/) to get kids off the streets, equipping them with education, and end the vicious cycle in this generation, I will match dollar for dollar up to $1,000.
We’ve only got 3 more days till Christmas, and I’ve got some money saved up. Will you do this with me?
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December 13, 2010 • 12:49 pm 0
For this year’s Christmas, I’d like to celebrate with you by asking you to instead of giving gifts and leaving ‘Merry Christmas’ on my FB wall, I’d like you to consider sponsoring one of these projects.
Computer Literacy Learning Center: http://www.mirascholars.org/project-detail?id=233
- Youth, disabled persons, and orphans will benefit most from an education and IT skills. We learned that the children have great motivation to express their creativity. By project based learning, they will be able to develop and express this creativity, advance employment opportunities, promote positivity and have their voices heard through a sustainable way. Through collaborating with Mira, KYSD aims to begin a three-month IT literacy class, with funds going to purchasing another computer, paying for internet connection, and hiring a computer teacher. Our classes will be from Monday to Thursday every week from 9h00-11h00 and 3h00-4h00 p.m.
On The Pitch and Off The Streets: Soccer!: http://www.mirascholars.org/project-detail?id=227
- We started soccer for children in 2009 with kids from the slums who were at high risk of never seeing the inside of a classroom, and higher risk for trafficking and exploitation. Our soccer team is well over 40 children now, with 18 on our top team and competing locally. Three promising Riverkids students were spotted and sent through HFCA (Happy Football Cambodia Australia) to Italy for an inter-Milan scholarship and Australia for the Homeless World Cup last year, and four players from Riverkids went to Brazil to represent Cambodia in the Homeless World Cup this year! While training is provided free, we need to pay for transport from the slums to the soccer fields for the weekly training. We also need to buy boots and shin guards for our top team so they can take part in matches.
Teacher & Uniforms for Remote Village Children: http://www.mirascholars.org/project-detail?id=234
- In the village of Duk An Doang, Kampong Speu province, there is a small farming community where 5 families cultivate a plot of land together. They’ve built a wooden structure with cement floor to serve as a one room school house. Children from the surrounding area are invited to attend classes, taught by volunteer teachers. This is their only access to education, as there is no public school within reach. We at FCC have assisted this community for the past 3 years by presenting special classes and learning activities for the children, providing an annual Christmas/New Year’s celebration and channeling supplies to them as often as we can. At present there are 60 children divided into 2 groups of older and younger students. In order to provide a regular education program we aim to raise funding for a salary of $50 per month to employ a fulltime local teacher. Many of the children are so poor that they attend classes barefoot and dressed in dirty, ragged clothing. We would like to provide each child with a new shirt and pants/skirt. We will kick off the new school year with a special New Year celebration feast, presenting each child with the gift of new school clothes. This project will provide the children with basic education in Khmer literacy, basic math, and English.
When you sponsor, unlike many other charities which you don’t know where your money is going to, Mira Scholars will send you periodic updates, photos and you’ll be informed how lives are changed because of you! Anything from few dollars to hundreds, please consider giving it to children needing it most.
I’ve got lots of gift cards, gadgets, toys and everything I need. But these children don’t.
PS: You can still write Merry Christmas on my FB wall 
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December 9, 2010 • 8:26 pm 0
Over the last three years, it’s becoming more and more clear to me that what projects I ended up working, or what cool product I get to create, are important but not the ultimate thing. When I survey the past jobs I’ve held, what made the waking up in the morning easy and exciting to go to work was the people in my team (some projects certainly sucked).
Being able to work with great team of people who are; committed, passionate, joyful, full of integrity and share the same beliefs is such a blessing. This is something that going forward, I will make sure to build into the requirements of what I build. The structure determines the outcome.
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