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YAYASAN TAMBUHAK SINTA 2005 REVIEW
In its fourth quarter newsletter, YTS reviews its new program which hands over control and responsibility for planning and management of village development to villagers themselves. Other news includes an appeal for the 2006 Kalimantan Kids Club scholarship program, which sponsors local youth to continue their education. Seventeen students received support in 2005 and seven of these completed their studies. To contribute to this program, go to the Donations page and earmark “Kalimantan Kids Club.”
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LATEST NEWS FROM INDONESIA RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT NETWORK [IRDN] (December 2005)
From Marmitasari, Project Leader
IRDN is securing funding to provide a clean water facility in a transmigration village in Kalimantan. This project improves the community’s health by educating residents on personal and environmental hygiene and encouraging community leaders to maintain development of clean water policies. Susila Dharma USA has provided all but $1000 needed for this effort.
The Woman-to-Woman micro credit scheme managed by local women is funded to maintain current levels – but additional funds would expand the program and allow more women to participate. As little as $70 provides a woman with the means to establish a small enterprise to increase her family’s income for food and children’s education.
Proposals were made for the IRDN malaria control project for six villages near Rungan Sari, where 60% of the residents suffer from this disease. Additional funding will allow for an expansion of the program which includes medical tests and treatments, spraying, insecticide-treated bed nets and education on the prevention of malaria.
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MOZAMBIQUE ORPHANS NEED SUPPORT (December 2005)
From Rukman Hundeide, Project Leader, International Child Development Program
According to the reports from Mozambique, there is progress in the ICDP work in the orphanage. Thanks to the donation from SDI, we can now hire one person to work with the most neglected infants there. It is so painful to watch the babies in the orphanage; they are abandoned because the family cannot cope any
longer due to poverty and death connected with the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Some babies are also abandoned because of malformations. In order to sustain our work in the orphanage, we need more funding support from donors. And we are thinking particularly of one child - if it would be possible to collect enough funds so that we could send him to South Africa for an orthopedic operation. His deformation of the mouth and nose is so severe that it is very difficult to feed him and he looses weight. In addition, because of his appearance adults tend to avoid contact with him. He is therefore deprived both nutritionally and psychologically This is now the reason of this appeal.
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NEWS FROM CHIMOZA SCHOOL, ZAMBIA (December 2005)
From Chellie Kew, Project Founder
Thanks to Chris Bradshaw at African Library and Lexington Elementary School in Los Gatos, CA, Lexington is a sister school with Chimoza Community School. Chimoza now has a lending library of well over 3000 books. Jason and Jennifer, volunteers from Philadelphia, spent part of their summer at Chimoza organizing these books and had a wonderful time teaching and playing with the students.
In July of this year The Q Fund purchased approximately 7 acres of a banana plantation in the outskirts of Ndola. We will use the income generated from the sale of bananas to keep Chimoza going. Sustainability is the key to longevity of any and all projects. |
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INTERNATIONAL CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IN BOYACA, COLOMBIA
(December 2005)
From Lailah Armstrong
This is the largest ICDP project and we have trained 8000 persons from February to the end of November, 2005. The project has reached 55, 000 families. The project is so successful that UNICEF will give funds for a follow-up and TV and radio programs. On February 24, 2006 there will be an official ceremony organized by the Governor of Boyaca to celebrate the achievements of this project. UNICEF director Manuel Manrique will be there, as well as all the key representatives of the government and Ministries. Eight hundred facilitators will attend, and one will make a presentation on about their work with ICDP. For more information on ICDP, go to http://www.susiladharma.org/members_europe_norway_icdp.html |
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YOUTH VOLUNTEER AT MITHRA
(December 2005)
Alexandra Woodward has arrived in Bangalore to volunteer at Mithra and be mentored by the project’s manager, Bella Rosario. Alex has already volunteered in several Susila Dharma Indonesia projects. Thanks to everyone who made sponsorship donations for this volunteer position. For more information on Mithra, go to http://www.susiladharma.org/images/pdf/pp-mithra.pdf |
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THIRD V. T. VITTACHI INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION
(December 2005)
If you care about education and are willing to share your voices with other students and colleagues; if you believe that education is a transformative process which enables personal growth; if you are frustrated with the current educational and institutional culture, but are eager for some profound change to take place - this conference will address these issues. The conference will take place July 2 – 5, 2006 and is titled “Rethinking Educational Change.” It will be held at Al Akhawayn University in Ifrane in Morocco. The conference features multicultural international groups from universities and educational institutions and agencies worldwide and creates an open and collegial atmosphere for profound experience. Participants create an action plan which will enable them to carry forward the experience of the conference in their own lives. For more information, go to the conference website at http://www.transformedu.org/ |
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