Project HOPE

Project Hope, Ubud, Bali

Bali, Indonesia. July 2nd - 15th, 2010.

Project Hope provides basic healthcare and educational activities for marginalized children in Ubud, Bali. We work with project Hope from July 2nd until July 15th, 2010. Our activities include

• painting of the center
• supporting empoverished families
• personal hygiene workshop

Myanmar Child Refugees School

Myanmar Child Refugees School

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. July 1st, 2010

Every year, a number of political refugees from Myanmar make it across the border with Thailand and further into Malaysia. Their children are semi legalized but aren't entitled to basic services. A private initiative offers them education and safety from traffickers.

Forest Voices

Forest Voices, Sarawak

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. June 30th, 2010

Forest Voices documents the knowledge of the indigenous people of Sarawak, who have always lived with the forest and use it to empower them and reverse the trend of logging before it is too late.

We support with a small donation, our old camera, and some publicity.

Freeland Foundation

Bangkok, Thailand. June 22nd, 2010

We spend Earth Day planting mangroves at the Khlong Pittayalongkorn School. With a small team of volunteers we give 350 saplings their place in the muddy waters south of Bangkok. The mangrove coast is home to a unique ecosystem that would perish if the trees disappeared.

KNGO

KNGO Cambodia

Batambang, Cambodia. June 17th - 20th, 2010

KNGO provides vocational training (computer skills and English) to underprivileged children in Battambang, Cambodia.

We work with KNGO in June 2010. Our activities include

• decorating the center
• donating stationary and libary books

Sao Sary Foundation

Sao Sary Foundation

Kampong Speu, Cambodia. June 16th - 18th, 2010

SSF (Sao Sary Foundation)'s mission is to "to identify at risk children and provide sustainable assistance to both the children and their families"

We do some workshops with the children and support three poor families buying them cows for sustainable income generation.

Saigon Children's Charity

Saigon's Children Charity

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. June 15th, 2010

SCC supports children of empoverished families with a scholarschip program and cooperates with a number of local schools in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

We support three children and do some interesting labor at a school in the city: we clean up schoolbooks with erasers and ink killer, so that they can be used again.

Peuan Mit

Vientiane, Laos. June 3th, 2010

Peuan Mit ("strong friends") in Lao, supports former street children with vocational training. They run a restaurant themselves that serves delicious food.

We donate what we have left of our Lao KIP, following the suggestion of stayanotherday.org.

COPE Laos

COPE Laos, Vientiane

Vientiane, Laos. June 2nd, 2010

We visit the good museum at the COPE center and learn about the results of cluster bombs. COPE helps victims of "bombies" that are sadly still prolific in remote areas of Laos, to get a tailor made artificial leg.

We have donated four legs.

Butterflychildren

Muang Sing, Laos. May 20th - 23rd, 2010

The butterfly children's center in Muang Sing, northern Laos, provides scholarships to children and functions as a drop-in center for underprivileged children.

We buy stationary for the center, do workshops with the children, and make a monetary donation.

Leisurely riding a tricycle and donating it to a merchant afterwards.

Go Give Concept, Lijang, China

Lijang, China. May 19th, 2010

We buy a tricycle to discover the beautiful area around touristic town of Lijang. With sow-capped mountains in the background and a fresh breeze, pedaling is a delight.

We then find a poor merchant and donate her the bicycle to enhance her livelihood.

Sichuan Quake Relief

Chengdu, China. May 6th, 2010

SQR (Sichuan Quake Relief) was founded by Peter Coff and other expats living in Chengdu immediately after the devastating 2008 earthquake. They deliver smart aid to the disaster regions.

We support SQR with a donation.

MWTV

Migrant Worker television

Seoul, Korea. April 15th, 2010

An independent television channel operated by migrant workers from several Asian nations aimed at supporting their nationals who are employed in South Korea.

We visit their center and make a small contribution.

Hong Kong CAN

Hong Kong, China. April 9th, 2010

Clean Air Network (CAN) is a network bringing together and amplifying the voices of individuals, groups and organizations and together we urge the Government to act immediately to clean our air.

We visit CAN during our stopover in Hong Kong and support the initiative with some publicity.