Traveling in Asia, the heart is often touched with a desire to help and to give back to the places that have welcomed us.
The Alam Asia Fund was established to help contributions reach people and projects directly, knowing a small contribution can make an enormous difference in Asia.
The continued focus is to identify and help support existing, well managed grass roots projects emphasizing education, environment and health care needs.
Half the population in Southeast Asian developing countries is under 21 years of age and much of the population lives on less than one dollar a day. Helping to create useful skills and opportunity, dedicated and motivated individuals can be empowered to find a sustainable future within their own culture.
Below are links to charity projects very worthy to support:
Laos:
The Language Project @ My Library
In 1999, American Carol Kresge began setting up reading and listening libraries for the novices and monks in Luang Prabang temples. Since 2003, a self study and resource centre has been operating in town open and free to all. English language books, tapes and CD Rom learning materials are carefully chosen to meet the need for further studies and skills. Computer programs include Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Photoshop and a CD Rom Encyclopedia. Learning to type materials are available in English as well as Lao. Books on Art, History and Folk Stories of Laos are very popular and there is a range of Hmong language books which the ethnic Hmong users are amazed to find. Most of these learning materials are simply not available in Laos.
Being the largest town in Northern Laos, several thousand post secondary students come to attend school in Luang Prabang. The Language Project library averages 140 users a day. It's a place where young people come to help each other, learn about problem solving and where students realize that they too, can become teachers. Education in the English language is a key to a job and new future. English is also the language of trade, commerce and international relations even among non English speaking Asean -Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
The Language Project also supports a library at Santipap High School in Luang Prabang, the Novices High School in Sayabuli province and several mini libraries in remoter provinces.
Laos through our own Eyes a photography project with a group of very talented young Lao photographers.
See images and learn more:
www.thelanguageproject.org
The Language Project is a US non-profit 501(c)(3).
Donations may be made directly on-line or by check.
Big Brother Mouse!
a great project publishing easy to read and fun books for children in Laos in Lao and in English.
Making literacy fun!
Beginners books, Story books for more advanced readers, Reference books -illustrated by enthusiastic young Lao staff.
US$1200 was donated towards the publication of Wonders of the World!
www.bigbrothermouse.com
Now also registered as a US 501(c)(3) www.LaosLiteracyProject.org
Cambodia
Krama Yoga- Bringing Yoga to Life in Cambodia
Offering Yoga for Kids and Yoga Therapy for underprivelged youth www.yogacambodia.com
Water wells
US$1000 was donated for 3 water wells in Kampong Speu province made possible with the help of Arun Sothea, co-founder of CVCD- Cambodian Volunteers for Community Development.
Contact Arun: email: sothea_arun@hotmail.com
Water for Better Life- US$ 600 was donated for 2 more water wells also made possible by our guide Khin Po Thai in Siem Reap province: http://community.webshots.com/album/560400090xQsCIV
Childs Dream (Kindertraum):
assisting underpriveleged children in the Mekong Sub-region
Myanmar/Thai border, Laos, Cambodia providing healthcare, water and education.
A very informative website with office based in Chiang Mai: www.childsdream.org
Indonesia:
Orangutans are critically endangered.
Habitat loss and poaching continue to push orangutans to extinction.
Each day an area of six football fields of forest disappears- much of it to create palm oil plantations. Not only are these peaceful orangutans at risk, but entire ecosystems of flora and wildlife.
Read more:
Sumatran Orangutan Society: www.orangutans-sos.org
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Borneo Orangutan Survival: www.savetheorangutan.org
Yayasan Senyum- The Bali Smile Foundation
providing operations for poor people with cranio-facial disabilities
www.senyumbali.org
Myanmar (Burma):
Nee Nee Myint of Zarmani Tours has been dedicated to charity projects building schools, providing water wells, sponsorship for nursing training and has been following up with needs of those who have suffered from Nargis cyclone in the Irrawaddy delta area. For more info and copy of newsletters, email: neeneemyint@gmail.com
We would love to continue efforts to help projects and special people in need to become empowered to help themselves and whereby they too, will continue to help their own communities in future.
Donations
Sadhana Alam Indah Foundation was established in 2002 under the NHF- National Heritage Foundation umbrella in the USA. Unfortunately in 2009, NHF filed for Chapter 11 which is very disappointing. The NHF fund balance of USD 1550.85 will be protected under the Alam Asia Fund.
Cash Donations are still welcome
US Dollar checks may be made out to: Hans Iluk
and mailed to:
Alam Indah
PO Box 165
Ubud, Bali- Indonesia
email: han@alamasia.net
Account Balances:
Alam Asia Fund
2009-2010 Cash Activity:
USD 320.50 Balance from 2008
USD 500.00 Donation from Susan York
USD 300.00 Donation from Paula Clark
USD 100.00 Donation from Sue Winski
USD 1550.85 from Sadhana Alam Indah (NHF Foundation)
TOTAL: USD 2771.35
Donations given 2009:
USD 100.00 to Bali Smile Foundation- Yayasan Senyum
USD 500.00 to The Language Project Laos
USD 200.00 to Kianh Foundation for Hoi An Orphanage Vietnam
USD 100.00 to Bali Smile Foundation- Yayasan Senyum
USD 92.00 (3000 Thai Baht) to Childs Dream.org
USD 167.00 (Rupiah 1,500.000) Borneo Orangutan Survival
Cash Balance Jan 2010: USD 1612.35
2010 Cash Activity:
Donations given:
USD 250 to The Language Project Laos
USD 150 to Big Brother Mouse Laos
USD 100 to TAEC- Traditional Arts and Ethnology Centre Laos
USD 300 to Krama Yoga Program Cambodia
Cash Balance July 2010: USD 812.35
Account History:
Sadhana Alam Indah Foundation:
End of 2005 Balance: USD 5703.79
2006 account activity:
Donations received:
USD 1000 from Kathy Burg
USD 6703.79 Total
Donations given:
USD 750 The Language Project Laos
USD 500 Global Children Cambodia
USD 500 Follow Your Dream- Water Wells Cambodia- Arun
USD 1200 Big Brother Mouse
USD 206.94 NHF admin fees
End of 2006 Balance: USD 3546.85
2007 account activity:
Donations received:
USD 100 Penny Stroud
USD 100 Ann Bartlett
USD 250 Loren Leek
USD 250 Anne Burns Johnson
USD 240 Jim Hanscom, Sylvie Kern
USD 100 Sharon McAllister
USD 50 Sharon McAllister, Sylvie Kern
USD 250 Scott and Linda Ritchie
USD1000 Kathy Burg USD 5886.85 Total
Donations given:
USD 1500 The Language Project Laos
USD 500 Follow Your Dream Water Wells Cambodia
USD 250 Lao Heritage Foundation for Puang Champa House
USD 58.50 NHF admin fees
End of 2007 Balance: USD 3578.35
2008 account activity:
Donations received:
USD 500 Susan York
Donations given:
USD 2000 The Language Project Laos
USD 500 SOS Sumatran Orangutan Society
USD 27.50 NHF admin fees
Balance remaining: USD 1550.85 to CASH in 2009
CASH Donation Accounts:
Cash Balance end of 2005: USD 994.50
Cash Donations 2006:
USD 300 School fees for Vibol in Phnom Penh
USD 100 Earthquake relief Yogya c/o Linda Hoffman
USD 200 Nee Nee Myint Fund Burma vocational training
USD 10 Big Brother Mouse Bookset for teacher Na in Laos
USD 12 Tiger Tan Book for library
Cash Balance end of 2006: USD 372.50
Cash activity 2007:
Donations received:
USD 50 Marius and Margit Vanhoutte
USD 200 Hanni and Georg Hansen
USD 100 Rita Leavell
USD 200 David and Amita Bardwick
USD 100 Feb Elephant festival group 1022.50 Total
Donations given:
USD 17 Room to Read Books for Apsara Arts Phnom Penh
USD 85 Medical expense for Ta Tau Big Brother Mouse staff
Cash Balance end of 2007: USD 920.50
2008 Cash activity:
Donations received:
USD 100 Hanni Hansen for water well Cambodia
Donations given:
USD 500 Water well project to Khin Po Thai Siem Reap
USD 200 Burma cyclone relief to Win and May Khine
Cash Balance end of 2008: USD 320.50
Thank you all for your kind support.
