Christmas is the time to give. Choice Cambodia are in desperate need of childrens clothing. If you have children or know of someone with children please help out by sorting through clothes they may have grown out of. Why not drop into your nearest opshop and grab a heap of clothes to donate. We will be heading to Cambodia in April and always buy extra baggage so please contact us if you can help out. We took 30kg of clothing last time and donated them to the families of the Goodwill Cent...
Saturday, 20 December 2014
Thursday, 4 December 2014
Lip Sync Night Fundraiser Done and Dusted
The evening commenced with an informative talk about the plight of the Cambodian people and how the donations are being of help to the communities we support. While the attendance was lower than in previous years, the night was a great success with a wonderful meal donated by the generous Nymboida locals,
Awesome Food
superb entertainment by our talented neighbours,
Annie, Laena and Toni (Robert...
Monday, 10 November 2014
During the time we have spent in Cambodia we have met some wonderful, generous people from all over the world. One of those is Ingrid, a German lady who is a passionate fundraiser and who sponsors multiple Cambodian children and their families. Ingrid approached us to ask if we were able to sponsor a young man she knew who passed year 12 and has been accepted into university but who cannot afford the fees. We have now committed to funding the university...
Wednesday, 8 October 2014
Lip Sync Flyer
It's your chance to be a star! Its karaoke without the bad vocals!
Email me with the song you will perform, dress as your artist of choice and ' work it, baby! '
Toni is seeking donations of home cooked meals for the buffet. The food theme is Curry.
You get a delicious smorgasbord meal, donated by awesome locals from Nymboida, and some great entertainment and the door charge is $15 for Adults, $5 per...
Tuesday, 23 September 2014
We are holding another kids movie night. The last one was so much fun that I have had requests for a repeat. The last one was held nearly a year ago and heaps of locals kids brought along mattresses and blankets and got really comfy.
The idea is that the kids get to choose from a range of movies on the night and we all lay back and enjoy them on the big screen (thank you to the Nymboida Public School for the loan of the projector and screen). All...
Monday, 25 August 2014
New Donors
Two lovely local ladies have recently become regular donors. Thank you so much to Pat and Ruth for your generous support. All donations are used for projects where families live together and need help to further their education and employment opportunities. We now have enough regular donors to consider what our next project will be. We are investigating that now and will be researching those projects that embrace the same objectives that...
Thursday, 21 August 2014
A friend in Grafton, Marg McKenna is having a garage sale and decided she would like to donate the proceeds from the sale to our Cambodian Fund. Marg has a lot of knick knacks that have been collected over the years, as well as items from relatives who have left "stuff" behind and she wants to clear the lot. Come on over to her place, 20 Bent St, Grafton, near the main Clarence River bridge, on Saturday 23 August in the morning and help her clear her garage and help the Cambodian Organisations we support with our fund raising.
We'll...
Tuesday, 5 August 2014
The local market stall is really on a roll with all proceeds going to the organisations we support. However it is sometimes difficult to find time to have a stall at every market. If there are any Nymboida locals who would like to contribute by helping us by either manning a stall from time to time or even to donate excess home grown produce, home made baked goods, home made jams pickles etc that we can sell, we'd love to hear from you.
Toni...
Wednesday, 25 June 2014
A few updates about what's been happening
Fashion Auction
Unfortunately we have had to cancel this event, hopefully we can reschedule at a later date
Market Stall
We had several leftover items from the Bric a Brac sale we had a while back plus some several other donated items. Some lovely locals; Dave and Laena volunteered to man a Market Stall and sell what they could, many thanks for their efforts. They raised another $70 !
A huge thanks...
Thursday, 19 June 2014
UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE HAD TO CANCEL THIS EVENT !
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A great night out for the ladies at Walkers Hotel in South Grafton, right on the beautiful Clarence River. Book a table and bring your friends. Donate a quality item to be auctioned...
Thursday, 8 May 2014
CHOICE do an incredible job helping the peoples on the rural outskirts of the madness that is Phnom Penh.
Transporting Pigs to market
We spent a day with them, catching up with what they're doing. We donated U$500 to help them continue their work.
Dharra taking the donation for CHOICE
A drop in the bucket for their ongoing costs but it all helps.
One important part of the CHOICE center is a sewing area where local women make the...
Wednesday, 7 May 2014
While in the Capitol, Phnom Penh we visited one of the organisations who are really making positive changes to the lives of some of the poorest people in Cambodia. By focusing on education and learning, their efforts will be permanent and longlasting.
We bought some beautiful sarong bags from their sewing room which have already sold at our local market. Hindsight being a fine thing, we should have bought many more. By purchasing these bags the money...
Thursday, 1 May 2014
Romduol School
We managed to catch up with the group helping support the Romduol School at Ream Rv. We attended one of their monthly meetings and took a visit to the school to see how things were progressing.
There has been some construction to build a fence around the school
One of the members installed fans in the classrooms, coke bottle lights (black when the doors closed) in the toilets etc
Fans installed
but there is ever...
Wednesday, 23 April 2014
Goodwill Centre
The centres main purpose is to teach classes in English and Computers as well as Khmer literacy classes, the latter to supplement their State based education (a couple hours a day).
Toni, catching up with the IT teacher, discussing the recent employment success of one of the students
at a printing house doing design
It also does a great job as a safe place for local children to play and to allow the parents peace of...
Wednesday, 16 April 2014
Clothing Donations
We were inspired by our friends in Ireland, Ciaran and Audrey, and asked our local community to donate clothes for us to take to Cambodia. Logistically it was quite simple. We paid a little more for extra luggage and booked a taxi directly from the Phnom Penh Airport to our accommodation in Sihanoukville, all paid from our own pocket not the donations. We had close to 50kg in clothing from locals in Nymboida and Grafton....
Wednesday, 9 April 2014
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Steung Hav
We hit the ground running. The first day after our arrival we visited Steung Hau, a smaller coastal town outside of Sihanoukville. Sabine, our wonderful friend from Germany who is one of the main drivers behind an educational...
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