Projects and Scholarships in Cambodia with Sreng

December 26, 2021

Dear Marc, 

As the end of the year is coming soon, I would like to give you some updates about the project here.

Mao Family, 

The family got food support for the first Month and later on her husband get a job as security guard so we use another 80$ to buy the bike cycle for him. with this support the family are getting better. 

Small business support (Goose farm)

The two family that we support doing well, they get more goose and egg so their income increase and the eggs provide them more nutrition. 

Reaksa, 

She is doing well at school, only two more years she will finish high school. 

Samphors Family

Sampors living in Svay Dountey village, Romeas Haek distric, Svay Rieng province, it is 220km from Phnom Penh and just 25km from  Vietnam border, it is a rural area, She the only child in family, she need to work hard to support her parent who are farmer but in Cambodia the life as farmer is not easy. 

In early 2021 we started support her family by buying 20 goose and 20 ducks for her, now the family have egg to eat every day and be able to sell some goose as well.  This is a good support for her family because now they have something to do make more money for the  family. 

 

In the picture below Samphors’s mother carry two goose. 

For me I am doing fine, it is a little bit difficult in the Covid but that is Ok, it is life. I started fundraising to build the library, it cost 7000$, now I already got 1200$,  I still need a lot but I think I will get it just sooner or later. I am really happy about that. 

Anyway I met a boy who now training to be a primary school teacher and he want to learn English as well but he can not effort to do that so can you help him by providing 60$ a Month for three Month first? 

Thanks for all of your help and Merry Christmas!! 

Thanks 

Sreng 

Philippines after Typhoon Rai help for Jessie

December 25, 2021

Hello Sir Marc, 

Good day! I already have received the money you have sent to me last day. I claimed it at ML Bogo City branch, because in our town is offline and most of the pawnshops are run out of money that's why, they've advised us to transfer to Bogo branch. 

it's really hard to get money elsewhere here now because the power of electricity is not yet restored. Here are the attachment of some of the photos of the groceries that I bought and the photos before and after of Cebu right now. I bought 1 sack of corn and also some groceries.Thank you so much sir. God bless you always.

Kabir Ilwahabi handicapped man in Essaouira, Morocco

December 25, 2021

This is Kabir Ilwahabi, 40 years old, physically handicapped since birth. He is a father of 2 boys aged 6 and 11. He is married. 

His mother lives with them as well. They all share a room with a rent of 80 Euros ($90) per month. Kabir earns money by begging everyday around the bus station terminal in Essaouira. His daily income is of course not fixed.. 

His wish is one day to have an electrical wheelchair if luck prevails.  100 Friends is supporting him with 1500 dirhams (150 Euros - $170) to make his immediate situation better where he can buy blankets for his kids, medicine and other items. 

 

Nadia Rioui - lady with lymph cancer in Morocco

 December 25, 2021

This is Nadia Rioui, 43, suffering with Lymph gland cancer since 2017. She is undergoing treatment from Mohammed 6 hospital in Marrakesh. 

Nadia is divorced with a 17 years daughter who studies in class 11 in Essaouira. They both live in a rented apartment. 

Nadia does not have a fix job. She waits at the bus station terminal in Essaouira everyday for travelers looking for an hotel room. She earns little commissions from taking people to hotels or private rooms. 

Her income is not fixed. 100 Friends is helping Nadia with 1500 dirhams (150 Euros - $170) which will go towards paying for her traveling cost to Marrakesh for her treatment ( 3 hours from Essaouira). 

Uttara at work for 100 Friends West Bengal, India 12.17.2021

December 17, 2021 

Dear Marc, 

This month I distributed blankets and grocery items to 12 very poor persons and gave a lady Rs. 700 to buy medicines as she was suffering from anaemia, cough and cold. I went around several villages to distribute. 

Blankets - Rs. 350 

Grocery  - Rs. 300

Medicine - Rs. 700

Transport - Rs. 1200

Total Expenditure - Rs. 9700 ($127)

Thanks and warm regards, 

Uttara

Projects in Mizoram, India

Dear Marc,   

Hoping you are doing well and i am also fine by the grace of God blessing.  I know that i am not writing for so long due of my busy schedule taking care of different things.  

First is my mom as she got accident,  she felt down on floor inside her room caused her left side leg bone broken and hospitalised for a week and operated in the beginning of september month but shes ok now.  Only she wouldn't able to use her leg yet for walking.   

Secondly,  my school online teaching classes fir 3 days in a week.   

Thirdly,  in between time i can be able working sometimes for our project to helping a needy villagers.  

A brief story of supporting the1st lady photo from attachment is.. Her family was faced home quarantine for a week with 2 kids and her husband also sick. Due of them unable to work for daily labours,  said to me that she got no money for buying her baby cerelac powder for feeding.  So i buy her foods and cerelac powder for her baby. 

Same with 2nd photo i bought them kg. of rice and vegetables. 

The 3rd photo is one of my student,  her name is M. S. Dawngzeli and her whole family members were covid.  So i buy them foods and give them money for their medicine.   

2nd last photo is the same lady whome we provides her a few support in earlier times,  she came and complain of her stomatch and her eyes,  so i buy her a medicines.  Last photo is also my one student,  her family was covid positive along with her and i bought them foods and support them medines.   

Brief report on expenses for project.  

($1 USD = 75 Rupees)

1) Spending for Medicines costs for refugees and villagers approximately around -   8500 rupees  

2) Cash supports to 4 villagers  - 4500

 3) Clothes  - 1500  

4) mobile phone and with its temper glass costs-  22380 

5) Micellinous expenses

3 Families in Cambodia

 Dear Marc,   

First of all, thank you very much for always wanted to help, I really appreciated it and I have three people who need help   

Moa Family:

She has two children and a jobless husband in the family. Before she used to work as a cleaner and her husband as a Motodop driver and have two child . But everything has changed because of the Pandemic. Moa is sick and getting weak, she isn't really healthy, I visited her last time at their rented house, I noticed that the family situation is very bad, they sold some equipment sometimes to support food and rent payment.  I am thinking about support her 60$ a Month for 6 Month. you can see her photo below:

Rorn Soary:

We used to support her before and she studying designing at university, this year is her last year, it just take two years, you could see her art work in attach file. I want to support her 50$ a Month for 6 Month.  

Reaksa studying 

Reaksa we have supported her about 5 years now, she is almost finished her grade 11th at High School, soon she will go to grade 12. 

Two Months ago we use the money that save from her study, because she didn't study in Covid time so use that budget buy her mother a pig, a pig baby is 70$ and when she sell it back she will receive $150. 

I am thinking about keeping support her 50$ a Month for another 6 Months, what do you think?  

Thanks again for your help  

Sreng 

Starting Two new orphanages in the Philippines

Hello Marc: 

Here is a recent photo of the first orphanage I started helping, in Cabanatuan, Philippines. They sew their own clothes, cook, clean, grow vegetables. As you can see, things are going well with a minimal amount of financing.

Sadly, as you know, most orphanages are not like this. Nicole and Sister Marcial's home has a long way to go. I did get everyone sleeping mats, pillows, clothes, toothbrushes, toothpaste  and food. Your help will buy a hundred kilos of rice, loads of vegetables and we can now add protein, like sardines, fish and chicken.

I have some exciting news for you. I met a young lady in Bacolad who used to live on the dump site or under a bridge with her siblings.  She is an amazing young lady and helps the Dominican Sisters there with helping street children. We have been working together for about 2 months now and we have set up 2 orphanages with over 200 children. Here is one of the orphanages below. I'll send another photo later of the other one. So far we (yours truly) have furnished the sisters and kids with sleeping mats and pillows, tooth brushes and toothpaste, rice, vegetables and on occasion sardines as well as school supplies. The kids are amazing and without my knowing it, went two days without food to help Uncle pay for the school supplies so that they could go to class.

Take care. 

Patrick

Uttara Report on 100 Friends Activities in Dadpur Village in West Bengal India October 1, 2021

 Dear Marc, 

How are you? 

Sending you Works Executed for September in the month of October and shall be  sending you October Works Report in a week or so and hope you don't mind. 

Visit to Dadpur Village on 01.10.2021....

According to Census 2011 information the location code or village code of Dadpur village is 333952. Dadpur is located in Baruipur Tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal, India. The total geographical area of village is 204.55 hectares. Dadpur has a total population of 3,688 peoples. There are about 785 houses in Dadpur village. In Dadpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 491 which makes up 13.31 % of total population of village. 

Dadpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. The dark side is that illiteracy rate of Dadpur village is 36%. Here 1344 out of total 3688 persons are illiterate. The number of occupied person of Dadpur village is 1592 however 2096 are non-working. And out of 1592 employed person 292 peoples are entirely dependent on cultivation.

I set off for Dadpur village on 01.10.2021 with an Auto laden with grocery packets comprising each of 5 kgs Rice, 5 kgs Potatoes, 3 kgs Onion, 500 gms puffed rice, 300 gms flattened rice and 150 gms jaggery for 19 families. Most houses where grocery packets were given were handed by me but some places were so water logged and slippery due to stagnant water that I asked locals to help give the food items which I had brought for the poor villagers who were living a life of complete misery with no money to buy food nor able to gather wild greens to eat their boiled rice with as fields had been absolutely water logged for days. 

I bought 1.5 dozen (18pcs) biscuit packets, pens, erasers, pencils and long exercise copies for small school going children for them to practice at home and some school text books were provided to a boy studying in Class VI in an English Medium School whose online exams were knocking at the doors. 

Seeing the thin, half starved people almost begging for the food packets for having not received while the others who received had tears in their eyes as it would mean a little food for them for a few days and it made me feel so wretched and helpless to see so much misery and poverty all around. 

I thank "100 Friends Project" and you Marc from the core of my heart, for making it possible for me to be able to reach out to the poorest of the poor and bring a little joy and relief for a few days at least. 

Total Expenses Incurred For Month of September:-

Grocery Packets (19) - Rs. 7600

School copies, pens etc - Rs. 525

School Books - Rs. 895

Plastic Carry Bags - Rs. 40

Transport - Rs. 750

Total - Rs. 9810 ($131 USD)

Marc, I am sending you more photos by WhatsApp... 

In case of any clarifications please unhesitatingly let me know. 

Thanks and warm regards, 

Uttara

Food for the Balinese people during the pandemic

Dear Marc Gold

100 friends

We start sharing food products for some families who lost their job because of this pandemic. The package consists of rice, eggs, cooking oil, tea bags and noodles.

These are Ibu Kadek and Ni Ketut Srimpi, their sons worked at the hotel before.

But since this pandemic they lost their jobs. To survive during this situation they work a little bit in construction and farming some vegetables when there is no other work.

I hope this package can help them to survive during this pandemic situation.

Thank you again for your great help sharing during this difficult situation.

Best regards

Wayan Widnyana

 

Books, pens and soccer ball in Ubud, Bali - Indonesia

 Dear Marc Gold

100 Friends

Today we gave soccer balls, books and pens to the children around my village.

They started school back in the class since this monday.

They are very excited after more than a year doing study via online.

The parents also got confused how to teach them home when they didn't have an internet connection.

Now the children like get the fresh air again.

In the afternoon around 4pm they play soccer at the field.

Normally they use an inferior plastic ball, but today I bought a leather soccer ball for them.

They are very excited and they said, it not easy to play soccer now.

Of course because this is the first time for them play using leather ball.

Thank you. It become beautiful experience for them.

Best regards

Wayan Widnyana.