Or volunteers getting some media attention check it out
http://www.police.govt.nz/news/ten-one-magazine/cambodia-love?nondesktop
Another very successful bake sales held at NZ Police Headquarter.
Over $1000 was raised from the bake sales and the amazing Body Shop gift basket raffle.
The winner of the raffle was Elizabeth Evans -- congratulations.
Again a huge thank you to my volunteers and to those involved in the baking and helping to make a successful day. With your support we are continuing to slowly making our way to achieving our $35k goal.
Thank you to all of the staff from Porirua City Council and NZ Police who supported the fundraising effort. A great effort by the volunteers who help to sell those tickets.
The winner of the raffle was Luisa Tapusa from Porirua City Council. Congratulations Luisa.
A big thank you to my previous employer The Body Shop who kindly donated $500 worth of beautiful products to help with the fundraising effort.
Thank you to Sifa Res for making the lovely and beautiful gift basket.
Porirua City Council kindly offered a table for us to sell those yummy Whittakers chocolates at their monthly night market. Thank you to Linda Niccol, City Centre Coordinator, for making it easy for us to be part of an awesome event.
A big thank you to our supporters and volunteers from NZ Police staff Renee Lyons and Sakaline Sapeas. Great effort!
The story @TheHappinessIdea is hinting at is mine. We're going to #crowdsource some of the tools we need for the community centre in Cambodia. Would you help us spread the word by liking or sharing this page? The story will air on April 17th.
What a great effort from everyone who assisted with the BBQ for the Children's Day.
A big thank you to:
Abbie McKoy, City Centre Coordinator, Porirua City Council for supporting the project and providing the BBQ and tables, all set up ready for action.
Susanne Downes, Manager, Taylor Preston Porirua, who without any hesitation kindly donated the sausages.
Rhi Flavell, Ashleigh Brightwell and team at Whittaker's Chocolates, who kindly donated those yummy chocolates to give away on the day.
Renee Lyons and Sakaline Sapeas, staff from NZ Police who made beautiful and yummy cup cakes as well as helping out on the day. Awesome people at NZ Police!
Rachael Thomas and her family for cooking the sausages and running to the shop when things get tough.
My awesome son Zachery for serving customers with a smile and my lovely wife who looked after the other two kids on the bouncy castle.
Lastly my parents and 90 years old Grandmother who came in just to support us all. Over $500 was raised for the day.
Thank you ALL.
This project is about supporting the very survivors of this tragic event. Over 85% of the families living in Phsar Trach are survivors of the killing fields. For this reason the project goes beyond supporting the children (who may not experience the war but will live and breath their families tragic history) but the survivors who are still endure the painful memory of the killing fields.
I am one of them and I am here to make a difference. Thank you to all who have supported this project so far.
Check out the movie trailer!
The community of Phsar Trach is planning to establish a 'community garden' to encourage wider community involvement as well as to take care of the land. Work will involve clearing of shrubs, stabilizing the land and to create clear boundary of the area purchased. Some of the funds donated so far will help to build fences as the key priority.
The community wishes to start to thinking of what might be needed for the 'community garden' some ideas include:
- Fruits that will help to stabilize the land i.e. mango, dates, limes, coconuts etc.
- Vegetables that are well suited to land and will be well used by the community.
- Facilities such as seats and fitness/play equipment etc to provide 'play, relax, camp, garden' like environment. Equipment will be engraved to reflect the sponsor and donor.
- Turning the wet land into a fish pond (the community to look after and use it as a source of employment 'sell the fish and feed the community').
A professional architecture has been sought in NZ to help with getting the overall design plan to determine what facilities might be needed - excited to see what might be possible!
The community of Phsar Trach has also started to do their own fundraising activities. They have now secured a land that the community/classrooms to be built on. The leaders have undertaken estimates of the potential cost of a multi-purpose community centre with minimum design features. The estimated cost is between $30k to $50k USD.
