Fund Raising for Batam

We are organising several fund raising projects for St Ignatius Home - Batam for the following purposes :

1) Building of new dormitories (shortfall)

2) Buying of new beds (current ones are lice invested)

3) Landfill (site is next to a river, which floods and damages the buildings)

For those who have not been following up on St Ignatius Home, after two trips to wash, disinfect and paint the dormitories, they are now an improvement over the previously dingy and dilapidated state. However, the overcrowding has put the building of a new dormitory a priority, a challenge we have taken up for the Asrama.

Same goes for the beds and mattresses, we have de-loused and sunned the mattresses, painted the beds, but most of them are badly broken down and the mattresses badly soiled. The skin infections some of the children have are so bad, one of the doctors who went on the "Medical Trip" commented "it's the worst I've seen so far".

Landfill, is self explanatory.

We are fortunate that we have generous organisations who have donated their wares and space for this event, namely,

We have 200 JOOT straw bags, generously donated by JOOT to sell. And Que Pasa has generously allowed us to use their premises on the 18th of August between 6pm to 9pm to sell these bags!

We will be sending out an email blast soon...so stay tuned. But since you already know the date and time, please do come down and support this good cause or just come down and fill up with "spirits". Either way, we'll be glad you came, and we'd bet you'll be too....*wink*

Please click on the above link to get a sneak preview of the bags available for sale on that day. All proceeds from the sale will go to the building of the dormitories, land fill and new bedding. If you are unable to attend this event but would like to buy a bag or make a love offering, please email us.

Cheerio

Gerry

P.S. Que Pasa is located at No 7 Emerald Hill