Donations to fire victims in Nymboida

As everyone is probably aware, on November 8th a fire storm destroyed 85 homes in  our community.
We have asked our regular donors, as many as possible, if it was OK to donate any money currently in the bank account and not yet transferred to Cambodia, to be used to help the Nymboida community,

This is some of the devastation to us, our friends and our neighbors.

Sheds and houses destroyed

Infrastructure damaged

We don't want to show too many photo's as it's too distressful for many locals but here is a link to photos and video of the event (be aware and respectful)

Link to Nymboida Fire Photos

Once the decision was made to assist the Nymboida community. We began by asking the community what was needed most. Getting access to water was the number one priority. With so much of the water supply infrastructure damaged, many people had no access to running water. So we purchased as many fittings as we could. Not that it was much with the $600 that was in the account and available.  The hardest part was sourcing the parts, we had to go as far away as Lismore for these.

All the bits purchased

Thanks to everyone who has donated and attended events in the past and we hope everyone is ok with our decision.

If anyone wants to donate extra, you can donate to us and we'll spend it on essentials for the community.

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2019 Lips 'N Sync all done

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AWESOME !

Well, wasn't that a doozy! This annual event just keeps getting better thanks to the awesome support of the local community with their donations of meals and incredible acts.
It was great to see so many new faces attend and the response was incredibly positive!  Bigger 'n better next year? Absolutely but only with your help!

Toni and Jenny !

The crowd staring to form !

Plenty more photos of the evening here

The fantastic acts!

You can follow the links through to the original film clips and see how the local acts do a WAY better job than the originals!

Up first were Trevor and Toni delivering a captivating performance of  Paul Simon's Call me Al

a whole bunch of locals involved in a montage of a mega version of Time Warp and Sweet Transvestite from The Rock Horror Picture Show.

I am not sure who was impersonating who here,  Bob doing the reprobate Sir Les Patterson or Sir Les Patterson doing Bob, while singing Lilly the Pink... I will let more astute audience members decide.

The effervescent Fiona doing her take on a parody of the Ed Sheran - Smell of You, Smell of Poo

and a wonderful finale from Amerotta covering Amy Winehouse's - Rehab  with her back up dancers, Jackson and Rachael.

Financially

The Nymboida Hall Committee convened a quick meeting and decided not to charge us the fee for hall usage ,which was wonderful of them. After paying other incidentals etc we ended up raising $1106.90. We also recieved $90 extra in donations before the event from generous locals, which was unexpected but very much appreciated.

A big, big thanks to everyone who donated meals, performed on the night and everyone who attended.

Also, just a note, we are not a charity. We are raising these funds to donate to registered charities (Good Will and  C.H.O.I.C.E) in Cambodia.  Why those ? because we spent a lot of time when we lived in Cambodia making sure these guys were the real deal and they are !

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2019 Lips 'n Sync

'Lips N Sync'

Remember our awesome fund raising night is on 14 September 6PM, so put the date aside for an awesome evening on Saturday.  The last four  years events were fantastic ..... heaps of fun and will live on in the annals of Nymboida's musical history.

It's your chance to be a star! It's karaoke without the bad vocals!  

Still time to donate a meal, if you'd like to donate a meal, make sure you let Toni know e:cookie1616@gmail.com or m: 0481 395 119

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Support from friends and family

We would like to thank one of our long time donors who has, for financial reasons made the difficult decision to cease regular donations. He will remain unnamed but has been assisting our efforts regularly for seven years. Thank you for all you have done.

A huge thank you also to family, friends and locals who continue to give in so many ways.

Trev's mum never misses the chance to donate to us directly every time we visit her in Brisbane. Thanks Ann for your continued support.

Toni's Mum, Ann has been holding market stalls where she lives in Victoria and donates all of the profit to 'Help Cambodia'. She goes by the name of 'Anni Buttons' and often travels long distances and spends many hours of her personal time making and selling beautiful hand crafted items.

Anni Buttons

Our Cambodian journey has been ongoing for seven years and will continue with the support of you all. Thank you so much everyone.

Keep watching for more details of this years Lips'n'Sync fundraiser.

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Friends in far places

Our latest trip to see the teachers and children at the Goodwill Center was tinged with a little sadness and left us a little melancholy. The sleepy little seaside town of Sihanoukville has gone the way of many small tourist towns and become a concrete jungle of highrises and casinos for wealthy holiday makers.

View across the city

It's controversially part of China's 'One Belt One Road' initiative and the scale of development is staggering by any standard, anywhere.  More here for those interested in that aspect.

The demand for land has pushed Sihanoukville beachfront prices higher than those in Australia’s Byron Bay. 

Many of our friends have already moved on because of this and the latest will be Henrik, who started the Goodwill Center and was the first manager.

(L to R): Sabine, Henrik and Toni

However, most of the trip was awesome. We went along on a beach trip with all of the staff and forty of the kids.

Toni with some of the kids in a Tuk Tuk

Some of them had never seen the ocean before, so it was a real treat. These outings always start with a clean up of the beach to teach the kids about looking after their environment and as with most beaches on the planet these days they didn't have to look too far for the rubbish.

Gloves on at the beach, collecting rubbish

Dinner
As usual, we had a lovely dinner with Sok Mong and his family, he was one of the first young Khmer we'd sponsored through University with the help of all the donors. This time we were joined by Sabine, who was the second manager of the center.

Sabines Blog (in German)
https://kambodschaimpressionen.wordpress.com/

We could tell that she really enjoyed catching up with everyone.
Mong had some big news to share with us. He has found a beautiful young lady Mey, to share his life with but first he must save a dowry for her family.

Mey (with her birthday cake) and Sok Mong

Food Drops
We were again lucky enough to time our visit with the monthly food drops. We started these many years ago as a way to encourage village parents to bring their children to the Goodwill Centre where they would benefit from free education. These families could not afford to send their children to the government schools so this alternative works well and benefits so many local families.

I always like to do some craft with the students and we need two sessions as some of the children only attend in the mornings and some only in the afternoon. Its sometimes difficult to find a craft that's suitable for most age groups but after researching I found some spinners made from cardboard
and string. The kids had never made them before and they seemed to enjoy it.

Making spinners with the students

Phnom Penh
We headed to the Capitol city, Phnom Penh next to see Somnang. He is in his third year of university studying engineering and doing really well, so well in fact that he has been offered a job. He now works full time and continues his studies. We are really proud of him and the dedicated young man he has become.
We shouted him to a special meal at an exclusive buffet restaurant where he ate his fill of crab and giant prawns.  He's hopeful he'll finish his Civil Engineering studies at University within 18 months

Nom Nom Somnang

With all of the changes going on in Sihanoukville and the fact that we hadn't been back there for two years, this was one of the most interesting trips to Cambodia that we can remember.

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2018 LIPS 'N SYNC ALL OVER !

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AWESOME !

Well, wasn't that a doozy! This annual event just keeps getting better thanks to the awesome support of the local community with their donations of meals, and incredible acts.
It was great to see so many new faces attend and the response was incredibly positive!  Bigger 'n better next year? Absolutely but only with your help!

The fantastic acts!

You can follow the links through to the original filmclips and see how the local acts do a WAY better job than the originals!

The first act was really special, all the way from Cambodia, the kids of the Goodwill Centre put on a wonderful spectacle for us, which everyone thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated.

Unfortunately in the confusion, I missed Wendy doing Roy Orbison's - Only the Lonely

Up next were the ever effervescent Aliah, Miwah & a tiger - Katy Perry - Roar

Toni, imploring the crowd to donate did  Money - Flying Lizards

Nina, Laena and Jenny clowning it up doing Chers- The Shoop Shoop song

and then a real crowd favorite and first time performers, Bonnie and family performing Queen - I want to Break Free 

and the wonderfully talented and ever theatrical Phil & Rick doing an Elvis number !

and finally, after much cajoling, Trevor & Toni doing Tight Fit's - The Lion Sleeps Tonight

Thinking Caps for acts

So put  your thinking caps on and start thinking about what act YOU are going to put in next year to make the event even better!

Volunteers to Help Out

As its getting a bit too much for us to try and do everything, minor mistakes are being made in the mad rush to do it all (not getting to record the acts properly, etc). We really need volunteers next year to handle: door greeter, raffle ticket sales and someone to press the play button occasionally. If you would like to help out, we'd love to hear from you and we'll let you know what's expected.

Financially

After paying for hall rental and advertising, we ended up raising $937.80. We had $125 in donations from generous locals and people who couldn't make it on the night because of other commitments, which was unexpected but very much appreciated.

A big, big thanks to everyone who donated meals, performed on the night and everyone who attended.

Also, just a note, we are not a charity, we are raising these funds to donate to registered charities (Good Will, C.H.O.I.C.E and C.O.L.T) in Cambodia.  Why those ? becasue we spent a lot of time when we lived in Cambodia making sure these guys were the real deal and they are !

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2018 Lips 'in Sync ! Fundraising night

Plans are underway for the 2018 'Lips N Sync' fundraising night. Put the date aside for an awesome evening on Saturday, 7 July, 2018. The last three years events were fantastic ..... heaps of fun and will live on in the annals of Nymboida's musical history.

2015 Event

2016 Event

2017 Event

It's your chance to be a star! Its karaoke without the bad vocals!

Thinking of performing ?  What to do:

Email me a link to the Youtube clip of the song you will mime, dress as your artist of choice and "work it, baby!"

Thinking of donating a meal ? What to do:

Toni is seeking donations of home cooked meals for the buffet. Please let me know if you can help out. 

Thinking of turning up for an awesome evening ?

You get a delicious smorgasbord meal, donated by awesome locals from Nymboida, and some great entertainment.  The door charge is $15 for Adults, $5 per child. All proceeds go to our projects in Cambodia.  Don't forget to BYO drinks and bring extra change for the raffles.

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Long time.. no post

We're still out there, it's just not much has changed.  Still supporting projects and raising funds... speaking of which

Lips 'n Sync

The next fund raiser will be the annual Lips n' Sync concert in April (Onlynten weeks away) so its time start thinking of an act to perform. We hope we see everyone there  Previous years events have always proved..... entertaining.   Info on the last event can be found here so you can see what it is all about !

Donations Transfers

Because we don't visit Cambodia as often we have found a way using Citibank to transfer money that's feeless, with an excellent exchange rate so we currently transfer sums when the exchange rate is good rather than have to take a punt on our next visit coinciding with a decent exchange rate !

We still have one student going through university undertaking anand sponsoring the awesome work being done at Choice in Phnom Penh and the Goodwill centre who have gained official Cambodia accreditation under the new name of Bomnong Lor in Sihanoukville.

Donations

If anyone is interested in making regular donations, which makes it much easier for us to budget,  please contact toni via phone on 6649 4263 or email cookie1616@gmail.com

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2017 Lips 'n Sync all over !

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Another great night of entertainment in very soggy conditions. Unfortunately many locals from across the Clarence Valley either couldn't get out, or sensibly turned back due to the flooding.... so the numbers were down but as they say, the show must go on.

Stage being set up

Hall starting to fill up on a very rainy night

Awesome buffet of delectable dishes prepared by local cooks !

Enjoying dinner !

As everyone probably knows by now, this event is held to raise funds for various charities and projects we support in Cambodia. You can read about those by going back through this blog. The way the evening works is that locals donate some wonderful meals and their time to entertain the masses by lip syncing to a favourite tune.  We play the tunes through the night on the big screen before the local stars start.

Youtube links to the original songs are below, along with links to the performances put on by the locals

Trevor and Toni performing  Promises - Baby it's You

Miwah and Aliah chose Madonna - Lucky Star

(unfortunately for copyright reasons, Youtube removed this link so it's on Vimeo here)

Bob Warner doing  Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel - Come up and See me, make me Smile

Wendy Birch, Aliah, Miwah and Shiann  ABBA - Dancing Queen

Merrell, Jenny and Laena doing  Donnalou Stevens - Older Ladies

Toni, Anni, Laena, Annie & Trevor doing  Gwen Stefani -  Hollaback Girl

We also had a surprise soliloquy from Andrew Robinson.

Financially

After paying for raffle prizes and hall rental, we ended up raising $729.30. We had $200 in donations from some of the people who couldn't make it on the night because of the rain, which was unexpected but appreciated.

Hopefully everyone had an awesome night and we hope to see you next year. The event just keeps getting bigger and better each year with this one being the third so far !

Big big thanks to everyone who donated meals, performed on the night and everyone who attended.

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2017 Lips 'in Sync ! Fundraising night

Plans are underway for the 2017 'Lips N Sync' fundraising night. Put the date aside for an awesome evening on 18 March 2017. The last two years events were fantastic ..... heaps of fun and will live on in the annals of Nymboida's musical history.

2015 Event

2016 Event

It's your chance to be a star! Its karaoke without the bad vocals!

Thinking of performing ?  What to do:

Email me with the name of the song you will mime, or preferably a link to the Youtube clip, dress as your artist of choice and ' work it, baby!'

Thinking of donating a meal ? What to do:

Toni is seeking donations of home cooked meals for the buffet. Please let me know if you can help out. 

Thinking of turning up for an awesome evening ?

You get a delicious smorgasbord meal, donated by awesome locals from Nymboida, and some great entertainment.  The door charge is $15 for Adults, $5 per child. All proceeds go to our projects in Cambodia.  Don't forget to BYO drinks.

You can download a flyer suitable for printing here and for email here

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Wow.. what a night at Nymboida's Grand ol Oprey !

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WOW.. what a night of musical wonderment

The sublime Geordie Little

What a fantastic night this was. I mean the crowd whistling, cheering, clapping, screaming kind of fantastic. First we all enjoyed an absolutely delicious buffet prepared by our talented local gourmets followed by some of the best musical performances ever to grace the stage of the Nymboida hall.

A HUGE thank you to all the volunteers who helped organise the event, all the volunteers who came down and helped clean and set the hall up to make it a magical night. Thanks also to the culinary whizzes from all over Nymboida who donated meals for the event and Phil W for his mixing skills. Finally, thank you to the musicians who really made the night such a success. Annie and Al, locals from Nymboida, Sam.I.Am from Pillar Valley and of course the guitar virtuoso Geordie Little.

Photo's

Here's a link to the photos

Videos on Youtube

And as a special treat we have links to several of the videos that were taken on the night. 

Annie and Al

Annie and Al

Unfortunately our 'cinematographer' was busy eating while Annie and Al were on stage and missed getting video of their performance ! We've spoken to him sternly about this tragedy.

SAM.I.AM

Sam can be found on Facebook here

Geordie Little

and Geordie has plenty of music you can listen to on his web site here and you can follow Geordie on Instagram here

Fund Raising

The evening was a joint fund raiser for the Nymboida Community Groups Incorporated and the Cambodian charitable organisations and causes we support. So a huge thank you to everyone who attended and supported this amazing event.

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Fund Raising Concert

Concert Fundraiser

We have some exciting news. We were contacted some time ago by Australian born, German based musician Geordie Little who wanted to know if we were interested in hosting a concert at the Nymboida Hall. Geordie will be touring and promoting his latest album from Adelaide to Byron Bay in October/November so we jumped at the chance and talked with the local Community Group, NCGI, as well as some of our wonderful local musicians Tommy Feather and Annie & Al, to turn it into a great night.

When and Where

6:00pm Friday 4th November at Nymboida Hall. A buffet will be available with yummy food donated by locals to help us raise funds for the various projects we support in Cambodia and NCGI. 

Bookings

Bookings are essential for catering purposes.
Tickets are $10 per head. Buffet dinner $10 per head.
You can book by contacting Toni on 6643 4263 or via email

Donated Meals

If any locals want to help with a donated meal for the buffet, please contact Toni on 6649 4263 or via email

Cambodia Visit

As a reminder, we will be visiting Cambodia in February 2017 along with one of our long term donors. Its really exciting to be able to share our projects with our donors to reinforce that the donations are really making a difference.  Its not only important for us to see how the projects we support are going but also to catch up with the teachers, families and students that we support.
If any of our supporters would like to tag along on the trip with us just let us know.

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Long time no post

We apologise for being shoddy with the updates but things are going along so smoothly that there's not much to report.

  Both University students that we support are well and their study is ongoing. Sok Mong will be sitting his final exams next week and we are so excited for him. This opportunity has been life changing for Mong and his family. Seng Somnang is in the second year of his Engineering degree. The extra English classes that we fund allowed Somnang to pass the English component of his first year. We will continue these English classes even though it is not required for his second year of uni.

Sok Mong

The groups and projects we support in Cambodia are doing an awesome job and continue to do so.

Kolab is one of the teachers at the Goodwill Center and she and her family also live in the village. Kolab takes care of the food drops each month and let's us know how the families are going. She also ensures that the children of these families attend the center in exchange for the food parcels.

One of the many projects we support, food drops to get kids to school

Concert Fundraiser

We have a huge musical event being organised for November.  Geordie Little, an Australian born German based artist will be playing at our local hall as part of his Australian regional tour. He will be supported by some local acts and there will be the usual delicious buffet dinner available. More on that soon.

Back to Cambodia

and then we're off to Cambodia in March 2017 after two years away. We need to ensure that all of the projects are running smoothly and touch base with everyone who assists us in Cambodia. It's also wonderful to see everyone again and spend some time with the children and teachers at the Goodwill Center.

Please be assured that we pay for all the airfares and accommodation ourselves from our own pocket making sure ALL donated funds are used to support the peoples and organisations we've targeted in Cambodia.  One donor has already indicated they would like to come with us us March, and we're more than happy for anyone who donates or helps out to come along, contact Toni to let her know if you're interested.

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Lips 'n Sync a huge success

We were quite nervous before the event, as usual. We worry about getting the number of people required to make the effort of running the event worthwhile, whether we'll have enough food and if people will enjoy the evening. In hindsight we could have saved ourselves the concern because the night was such a fantastic success.

Lips 'n Sync

The acts for this year were:

• Meatloaf's 'Paradise by the Dashboard light', Trevor and Toni
• Tiny Tim by Bob Warner, tip toeing so gracefully, 

Bob tiptoeing gracefully !

• Our very own twisted Laena covering Joni Mitchell's Twisted 

The effervescent Laena !

• And the fabulous Rick and Phil as the equally fabulous Sonny and Cher. 

Phil (l) and Rick (r)

Videos

of the wonderful and hilarious acts

Dinner

As usual the buffet was delicious and plentiful.  Supplied by members of the local Nymboida Community

Lillith checking on the food

We owe much to the people of Nymboida and surrounds.

Raffle Prizes

Thank you to all of the following local businesses for donations of raffle prizes:

• Indigo Wolf Electrical, 
• Nymboida Camping and Canoeing, 
• Coutts Tavern

Come in winnner ! Blue 69 !

and a huge thank you to everyone who donated meals, all of the awesome acts and everyone who attended. Without your support we can't continue our projects in Cambodia. You are all such wonderfully generous people and we are proud to be a part of this community.

Enjoying the show !

Next Year

Start thinking about acts you might like to put in next year, it would be good to build on the numbers so let's get those thinking caps out of the back of the closet, dusted off, and firmly seated on your heads !

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Lips in' Sync 2016

Plans are underway for the 2016 'Lips N Sync' charity event. Put the date aside for an awesome evening on 20 February 2016. Last years event was fantastic ..... heaps of fun and will live on in the annals of Nymboida's musical history. Some of the acts were so good that they were repeated at a local Australia day event.
Here's a link to info from last years event

Event Flyer !

It's your chance to be a star! Its karaoke without the bad vocals!

Email me with the song you will mime or preferably a link to the Youtube clip, dress as your artist of choice and ' work it, baby!'

Toni is seeking donations of home cooked meals for the buffet. Please let me know if you can help out. 

You get a delicious smorgasbord meal, donated by awesome locals from Nymboida, and some great entertainment.  The door charge is $15 for Adults, $5 per child. All proceeds go to our projects in Cambodia.  Don't forget to BYO drinks.

You can download a flyer suitable for printing here and for email here 

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Christmas gift ideas

We will be holding a stall at the Nymboida Twilight markets on Friday 18th December and will be focusing on gift ideas for Christmas. We sell scarves, sarong bags and soaps made by ladies in the poorest villagers who use the sales as a way to provide food and education for their children. Selling these products at our market stalls ensures that the proceeds benefit these families.

Soap Ladies working hard

Soaps finished and awaiting packaging

The lovely Ruth, modelling a sarong bag and scarf

Ongoing projects

While we don't communicate everything that's happening all the time, all of our projects are ongoing, which is exactly what your generous donations are used for, similarly when you come and support  events. We would like to express our gratitude to all who assist us with our efforts.

While we have had new donors join our cause we have also had a few who, for changed personal reasons have withdrawn support. This level of uncertainty hasn't allowed us to take on any new projects as we want to make sure we have enough financial support to continue with all the on-going projects.  We also have the double whammy of the continually worsening exchange rate as Cambodia uses the U.S Dollar.  So while there may be a dearth of new and exciting news, the reality is, all our projects are funded and we can continue only because of the generosity of those who have helped out.

University scholarships - update 

Sok Mong is in his last year of university studying Tourism and English. He has been passing his subjects well and we are confident that he will achieve his goals and become the first member of his family to obtain a university degree. We are so proud to have enabled him via the donations from our events and supporters, you have made it possible. 

Seng Somnang is continuing with his Engineering studies.  We have funded extra one-on-one English classes  and I can already see the difference in his written English.  He needed extra tuition in English as many of the STEM courses at University are taught in English and he was struggling.

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Market Stall Updates

Sponsored university students

We currently pay for two young men to attend university. Seng Somnang attends uni in the Capitol, Phnom Penh and Sok Mong is a student at Life University in Sihanoukville. Sok Mong is doing really well with his studies and passes all of his subjects except Christianity. Why do they study Christianity when they are Buddhists? When we asked Mong he said it was just part of his course but didnt know why. 

Somnang is having difficulty with English so we are investigating extra classes for him. He is very excited and grateful to be given the opportunity. We are hoping he'll benefit from the classes and improve his marks because if he fails the English component he fails the whole course. 

Seng Somnang

Market Stall

Stall setup at Nymboida Hall

Handmade button jewelry donation (Ann Maraldo)

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.

Donors

We have several wonderful people who have set up regular donations into the fund raising account. Regular donations allow us to commit to projects that are ongoing.  If we had more regular donations (a few dollars each week or fortnight from several people goes a long way) we would be able to fund more longer term projects in education and health,  our two main priorities.  If you are interested in donating, you can set up a regular funds transfer from your bank account to the fundraising account, details of which are here

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Jumble Sale Result

A huge thank you to everyone who supported the Jumble Sale.  Once again the wonderful people of Nymboida outshone themselves with their generosity.

We always have such fantastic support for these events

We made $498.80 which is alot lower than usual so we have probably exhausted the Nymboida area of donate-able items. This $500 is however, enough to pay for two years of university in Cambodia.

In the past it has been difficult disposing of the items that didn't sell. It usually involves making multiple trips to the secondhand shops in town and the CVC have in the past donated a free rubbish load. This time we were able to donate the remainder  of the items to Gurehlgam, an indigenous support group in Grafton. They will be holding a fundraising sale in the next few weeks and they were thrilled to come out and collect the remaining four ute loads. We were really pleased to pass the items on so that someone else benefits.

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Jumble Sale, Sunday 21 June

Jumble Fund Raising Sale This Sunday 21 June

Donations of items to Raise Funds

We have been collecting items for the sale over the last few months and our verandah has been a mine field of trip hazards but we will be transporting all of the donated items to the hall during this week. You can still drop goods off at our house, or we can collect them from you.   Please contact Toni p: 6649 4263 or e: cookie1616@gmail.com if you want to help with donations.

Sale Day

We will be having the jumble sale in conjunction with the Nymboida Market on 21 June a the Nymboida Community Hall. In years past our jumble sale has attracted a large number of people and with the regular crowd who enjoy the market for the social aspect this should benefit not just us but the stall holders as well.

We hope to see you there !

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COLT Donation

COLT Donation

We have supported COLT (Dutch based charitable organisation working in Cambodia) with several small projects over the years and we purchase their handmade Sarong Bags

The lovely Ruth, modelling a sarong bag and scarf

to resell at the local markets here in Nymboida.  The two initiatives we support most with all the donations we pass on are health (the now) and education (the future).  The opportunity recently presented itself to make a donation to help them establish a health clinic for some of the very poor at their upcoming new centre.  The aims of the clinic as set out by COLT 

The medical clinic
In the new community centre there will also be space for a medical clinic which we hope to realise in cooperation with the German NGO - Chibodia www.chibodia.org. Since 2011 they have run a mobile health clinic in this area with a well-trained medical team. They are limited in what they can do because they have no permanent, safe place to store medicines and medical supplies. At Colt they will have a permanent clinic so that they will be able to offer more medical care and the people in the area will know where to go if they need medical help and advice. The Colt social worker will work closely with the medical team so that any underlying social problems will receive proper attention. We will also set up an educational programme with workshops and training sessions on subjects related to health care such as hygiene, pregnancy, HIV/aids and social subjects such as domestic violence, drug abuse etc.

Donation confirmation (above)
€345 at the exchange rate on the day ended up as $A493.72

Jumble Sale

Just a small reminder ahead of the impending biannual Jumble Sale.  We rely on goods donated to sell at the sale, our biggest fundraising event.  You can drop goods off at our house or we can collect them from you.  Please contact Toni p: 6649 4263 or e: cookie1616@gmail.com if you want to help with donations.

We will be having the jumble sale in conjunction with the Nymboida Market on 21 June.

Donors

We have several wonderful people who have set up regular donations into the fund raising account. Regular donations allow us to commit to projects that are ongoing.  If we had more regular donations (a few dollars each week or fortnight from several people goes a long way) we would be able to fund more longer term projects in education and health,  our two main priorities.  If you are interested in donating, you can set up a regular funds transfer from your bank account to the fundraising account, details of which are here

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