tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547663851269406892024-03-04T23:29:31.853-08:00Impact for Peace: Hong Kong-Designed, Indian Crafted授人以魚不如授人以漁
"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."Impact for Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14099041607561404721noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-354766385126940689.post-11177396637285699642011-11-24T06:05:00.000-08:002011-11-24T06:05:12.618-08:00Dinner with Dr. Catherine Bragg, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLmzOAh2MX-sblToZjvAQtSOu4ACkrdrYQcGBCe7eu78O7QB-KH2q_jYD2Zxt45pcnw5OWhwKKGzw_bMk6AGQ-JjujnkXG0gRapLQNB_scXC2PhhyW2WiqL7pGw-BOMOa3WguQrCVVhiNl/s1600/DSCN0439.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLmzOAh2MX-sblToZjvAQtSOu4ACkrdrYQcGBCe7eu78O7QB-KH2q_jYD2Zxt45pcnw5OWhwKKGzw_bMk6AGQ-JjujnkXG0gRapLQNB_scXC2PhhyW2WiqL7pGw-BOMOa3WguQrCVVhiNl/s320/DSCN0439.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">CEDARS has kindly invited the representatives of IMPACT FOR PEACE to join the dinner with Dr. Catherine Bragg and Dr. Albert Chau after the lecture given by Dr. Bragg.</span><br />
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<div style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;">The lecture has covered the current state of the humanitarian system; provide an over view of its evolution over the last few years, its challenges, and what it is like to be a humanitarian worker.</span></div><div style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm;"><span style="font-size: small;">The lecture has also focused on the crisis in the Horn of Africa and how each person can help stop the famine in Somalia.</span></div><!--EndFragment--> <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">All participates have actively shared their opinions regarding the </span><span style="font-size: small;"> international humanitarian work during the dinner. If you would also like to have such a great chance to join this kind of activities, come and join us!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Dr Catherine Bragg - Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs<br />
Mr Yannick Martin - Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator<br />
Ms Kirsten Mildren - Regional Public Information Officer<br />
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Prof Ceci Chan - Associate Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences<br />
Dr Albert Chau - Dean of Student Affairs<br />
Dr Eadaoin Hui - Faculty of Education</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Mr Elliot Leung - Teaching Assistant (Area: Global Citizenship, Youth and Globalization)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Cheryl Chui - Sichuan 512 Rural Recover Project + Children Policies<br />
Saidi Ding - Beyond the Pivot<br />
Eileen Lee - Hong Kong Alliance Against AIDS<br />
Chloe Tsang - Impact for Peace<br />
Vivien Tsui - Project Little Dream</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">WANNA KNOW MORE ABOUT IMPACT FOR PEACE? PLEASE COME TO <b>KK LEUNG CONCOURSE</b> TO VISIT OUR BOOTH ON <b>10th & 11th NOVEMBER</b>!</span></div>Impact for Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14099041607561404721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-354766385126940689.post-7551078010532635212011-10-25T03:02:00.000-07:002011-10-25T05:47:32.452-07:00End: Key takeouts - Capacity building vs. Creating unnecessary desires<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">End : Key Takeouts, Charlotte:<br />
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When launching a service project, <b>providers must strive to avoid adverse effects</b>, we suggest they should pay attention to the 4 recommendations below:<br />
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(This's a summary of what we've discussed previously, look up here <a href="http://impactforpeace.blogspot.com/2011/10/capacity-building-vs-creating.html">Part 1</a>, <a href="http://impactforpeace.blogspot.com/2011/10/capacity-building-vs-creating_25.html">Part 2,</a> <a href="http://impactforpeace.blogspot.com/2011/10/capacity-building-vs-creating_6305.html">Part 3</a>,<a href="http://impactforpeace.blogspot.com/2011/10/capacity-building-vs-creating_3964.html"> Part 4</a>)<br />
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1) <i>Know <b>What</b> to help, <b>Prioritize</b> & Match your <b>Skills</b> </i>- Always do a thorough & truthful needs assessment on the population / community you're reaching out at. For instance, your team have a good mix of engineering and humanities backgrounds while the community concerned is seriously plagued with bad water system. Although your team is capable of teaching English and many other skills, it is clear that the needs urgently lie in improving water sanitation. When the basics are fixed, your team may think of stretching to other aspects. Just step in their shoes!<br />
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2) <i>Establish <b>Baseline</b>, Set <b>Goals</b> & Measure <b>Resul</b></i><b>t</b> - be specific about what your project strive to achieve, for instance, setting a goal to increase ease of access to clean water at an affordable cost, in a setting where currently the cost is an evident barrier and have resulted in lower-than-average productivity level and health issues as shown by various indicators: shortened life-expectency, infant mortality, school absenteeism, ...etc Then during different phases of your project you would need to measure the impacts of your project, by evaluation/satisfaction survey with recipients as well as correlation studies on relevant objective indicators. Don't be afraid of making corrections to your project to bring it back in line with the goals<br />
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3) <i style="font-weight: bold;">Stewardship</i> - The ultimate aim is to increase the communities' capacity to grow on their own. Therefore, your role is one of an enabler or a moderator to help them carefully identify the steps they can take to achieve the goals in their interest. In the process, you assist them in a responsible manner, to develop the domestic resources, such as people talents, raw materials, information pools & channels. By guiding them with best practices throughout the system, you look for long-term sustainable outcomes rather than one-off result<br />
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4) <i>Build a sense of <b>Engagement</b> </i>- Encourage two-way contributions by always attaching strings to services provided. On the national level, humanitarian aids traditionally come in a package with a state's democratization progress. Similarly, in micro-scale projects like ours, always attach "strings" - which can be either for a complimentary developmental goal, or simply a contribution back into the system to keep the project up and running sustainably. For instance, you may ask water project participants to attend a complimentary class on basic health / women's health, or/and ask them to learn the skills of installing simple water sanitation device and let's say, set a target for them to help install the device in 10 other households. This sense of engagement is key to reinforcing stewardship and hence, fostering long-term change in a community<br />
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Charlotte</div>Impact for Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14099041607561404721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-354766385126940689.post-1676124877970381672011-10-25T01:46:00.001-07:002011-10-25T06:14:28.491-07:00Part 4 - Capacity building vs. Creating unnecessary desires<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 14px;"><b>Conversation between Charlotte, Sean & Sarabe</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">I love Sean's reply! I should save it!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">Yes... I forgot to add something too... Whenever we implement these service programmes, either to benefit the students or the locals (well, both to be exact) - we need to<b> make sure that we're not a charity who is giving away services for 'free'. We must ask them to contribute as well, such as negotiating with them to do soemthing for us in return.</b> Let me give you an example, say if you're going to a village in Africa where women have to walk 2 hours every day to get/carry water.. and you are going to build a water system in their village so that they don't need to walk so much to get the water - it's great.. but we shouldn't just 'give' them this. What you should do is say, <b>make sure that they attend a healthcare class that you're also organising. So that they know they are responsible for the contribution too</b>.<br />
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Similarly.. <b>students should never be 100% subsidised for a service trip.. they should pay at least 60% of the costs so that they will well.. 'treasure' the experience more</b>. And that will also screen out the applicants who are doing it cos the trip is cheap.<br />
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What I won't do is go to a village and show them all these technologies like an SLR camera or give the kids I don't know.. PSP or something. I know it's an extreme example... but I'm echoing what Sean said... isn't this what many NGOs and humanitarians are striving for? Education! and <b>to know more about the world and how it works so they won't be exploited or be at risk of health damage without them realising it themselves..</b></span><br />
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</b></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">(This's just part of the series on fighting adverse effects in capacity building: <a href="http://impactforpeace.blogspot.com/2011/10/capacity-building-vs-creating.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Part 1</a>, <a href="http://impactforpeace.blogspot.com/2011/10/capacity-building-vs-creating_25.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Part 2,</a> <a href="http://impactforpeace.blogspot.com/2011/10/capacity-building-vs-creating_6305.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Part 3</a>,<a href="http://impactforpeace.blogspot.com/2011/10/capacity-building-vs-creating_3964.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;"> Part 4</a>, <a href="http://impactforpeace.blogspot.com/2011/10/capacity-building-vs-creating_697.html">Key takeouts</a>)</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">In my opinion, she is partially true as we always need to understand what the people really need, so that we won't provide some unnecessary desire to them. And what's more important, as I have said before, <b>we shouldn't hand in a gift to them, instead we are just a moderator, to inspire them running the program themselves after we left.</b><br />
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Maybe we should develop a system, that when the beneficiaries earn some money becos of the skills they learnt, they have to contribute back to the program. Let's say to contribute time teaching in the centre, or donate money back to let the program sustainable!! Then they won't depend on foreign aids anymore.<br />
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Let's think about back to 90s when we don't have computer....and we were simple. When the computer comes, did they increase our hopelessness?? Of course not, since computer allows more efficient and organized working performance. And it allows us to see what's going on in this world, other than just their own community.<br />
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I disagree with "being ignorant is better than having desires to strive for", <b>it depends on the "desire" is basic or extra</b>. <b>I really think Education, Literacy, Livelihood, Sanitation, Health, Global citizenship...are basic things, so let them strive for it!! if we ignore their basic desire, it would probably result in more disappointment towards foreign aids!!</b><br />
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I hope we all see how the imbalance this world is. We can take an easy step to just ignore it and live our "happy" life. But it would take much tougher steps with courage to narrow down such imbalance.....So let's find out what really they need and combat it~</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">Be optimistic about our world!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">(This's just part of the series on fighting adverse effects in capacity building: <a href="http://impactforpeace.blogspot.com/2011/10/capacity-building-vs-creating.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Part 1</a>, <a href="http://impactforpeace.blogspot.com/2011/10/capacity-building-vs-creating_25.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Part 2,</a> <a href="http://impactforpeace.blogspot.com/2011/10/capacity-building-vs-creating_6305.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Part 3</a>,<a href="http://impactforpeace.blogspot.com/2011/10/capacity-building-vs-creating_3964.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;"> Part 4</a>, <a href="http://impactforpeace.blogspot.com/2011/10/capacity-building-vs-creating_697.html">Key takeouts</a>)</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">I think she has a valid point about not to create unnecessary desires, as to what unnecessary desire is I cannot say what they are exactly. IT seems to be a very pessimistic thought though<br />
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But I don't think that teaching them about computer software to creat hopelessness and disappointment - is that to say that they should not know anything about the world? <b>Perhaps by knowing more about the outside world, it will inspire them to work harder and know how important education in.</b><br />
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In saying so, I think it's a dichotomy when working to improve poverty. <b>We don't know about their happiness level at the moment</b>. But say, for example, a poor village (with basic necessities) are probably really happy and simple, but <b>when outsiders help them by creating say, trade links, then the fact that money gets involved will change them somehwat - so whether they're still happy in the end is a debate</b>.<br />
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<b> So it's important to find out what to help and how to do so</b>. There're things that are obvious.. such as launching a water project to a particular village that obviously has bad water system. Things that are closely linked to basic necessities, after that we can go about finding more opportunities to help.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;"><b>Part 1 Charlotte:</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;">(This's just part of the series on fighting adverse effects in capacity building: <a href="http://impactforpeace.blogspot.com/2011/10/capacity-building-vs-creating.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Part 1</a>, <a href="http://impactforpeace.blogspot.com/2011/10/capacity-building-vs-creating_25.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Part 2,</a> <a href="http://impactforpeace.blogspot.com/2011/10/capacity-building-vs-creating_6305.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;">Part 3</a>,<a href="http://impactforpeace.blogspot.com/2011/10/capacity-building-vs-creating_3964.html" style="color: #336699; text-decoration: none;"> Part 4</a>, <a href="http://impactforpeace.blogspot.com/2011/10/capacity-building-vs-creating_697.html">Key takeouts</a>)</span><br />
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</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">just wanna share something with you two...yesterday in the evening time I had a casual meeting with a young student, who pointed out something shocking to me, although I'm not sure she was saying that because she really thought so or because she was disappointed that our program was not up to her expectation:<br />
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"<b>be careful not to create unnecessary needs among the already poor Indians.</b> I don't know their culture or their society, but are you sure it will help them make a living by teaching them HK-style cooking? think about it, for example, there's currently no such snacks as 'fish ball' in India, but if you bring it in via the project, then you're creating unnecessary desires and products within the community...similarly, <b>teaching them some computer software will also let them see the world more and that will only increase their hopelessness/disappointment about their own poor situation.</b> " she also talked a lot about the harm of careless volunteering...etc<br />
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obviously she has a point about the importance of need assessment and really matching their needs, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><u><b>but I found myself unable to agree with her world-view that "being ignorant is better than having desires to strive for" because seems it already assumes the poor is destined to be poor</b></u></span>......what do you guys think?<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">charlotte</span></span></div></div>Impact for Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14099041607561404721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-354766385126940689.post-68849345868280992592011-10-25T00:37:00.001-07:002011-10-25T00:37:53.488-07:00Sean's Sharing - Turning Slumdogs into Millionaire<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>JA</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:EnableOpenTypeKerning/> <w:DontFlipMirrorIndents/> <w:OverrideTableStyleHps/> <w:UseFELayout/> </w:Compatibility> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">Last year I went back to Kolkata and discuss with my friends working in FOCUS on how we could do something that actually benefit those poor family living in slum areas. Then finally we set up a Child Education Sponsorship Program to support educational expenses for 50 children. We found out that it only costs HK$ 300-400 for one year education fees including uniforms, books and stationery. If Hong Kong people can save money from buying 2 sets of clothes or eating out twice a week, we can definitely sponsor more kids to go to school! Before I left Kolkata, we also discussed about the situation of unemployment, and not surprisingly found out it is difficult for high school graduates to find a job. Therefore, we got to consider other ways to assist them.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">When I came back to Hong Kong, Charlotte Wong and me founded an organization (not registered yet) called Impact For Peace. We would like to achieve two main goals: Universal Education and Sustainable living Standard Improvement in Third World Countries. We strongly believe when people are willing to share what they have with people who are in need, and create an impact to the friends around, world peace is not too far to reach. Although we can't deal with all the political reasons, we only want to show Love and Care, and that is the most important in mankind.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">This Summer Impact For Peace recruited 10 HKU students to continue our work in Kolkata. This time we are focusing on deliver Vocational Skills to women and high school graduates, in order to let them acquire some skills like leather work making and computer utilization etc. This project is sustainable since after HKU students left, those women and graduates are still making the leather bags. We are now planning to set up a fair-trading line so that the money earned from selling their products (in Hong Kong or elsewhere) can be put back into bonus rewarded to the maker, and buying raw materials. We hope you can support our project by buying one leather bag, there are limited stocks in CEDARS office! Come and grab one!!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">Next year we would like to organize a similar project in India, if you think you have special talents and you want to share your skills to Indian women and students, please contact us at: <a href="mailto:impact.for.peace@gmail.com"><span style="color: #0000c4;">impact.for.peace@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div><!--EndFragment--></div>Impact for Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14099041607561404721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-354766385126940689.post-32599237679907534302011-10-25T00:35:00.000-07:002011-10-25T01:38:25.141-07:00Chloe's Sharing - Turning Slumdogs into Millionaires<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 17px;"><b>I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. This is what brings me to India for a 6 weeks service trip.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">We all know that there are billions of people living under poverty line but we seldom have the initiative do something for the needy. After watching the movie “Slumdog Millionaire” a few years ago, the pictures of Indian poor’s living conditions stayed in my mind.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">In this summer, finally I have got a chance to been to India to explore the situation. Kolkata is famous for Mother Teresa and her Centers while at the same time notorious for its poverty. Besides the poor living condition in the slum area, high unemployment rate is also an issue that's worth concerning. Our programme aims at eradicating poverty by transferring vocation skills to dropout students and uneducated women. Comparing to direct resources distribution, we are hoping that by equipping them with vocational skill, they would be able to improve the standard of living in a long-term and sustainable manner.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">Though most of the women in our centre have not been to school, they still have a strong desire to learn in the Women Centre. I was deeply impressed by their attitude and character when I saw how hard they try to absorb new knowledge. It is my honor to have the chance to be their teacher for six weeks.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">Another focus of our work is conducting community research in the slum areas and squatter areas. You can never imagine how the environment looks like without stepping into their neighborhood. Without much attention from the general public and the society, there is a vicious cycle of poverty inherented from generations to generations. It is difficult for the children in slum areas to have the chance to leave where they were brought up. I hope the research can address their needs and therefore more helping hands can be given to them.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">This service trip is undoubtedly fruitful and rewarding. Though the Indian children and women are not having an abundant life, they are still optimistic and passionate than most of the Hong Kong people. Sometimes I have an impression that we were not going there to teach, but to learn instead. It is such a life-changing experience and I highly recommend HKU students to participate in a local or oversea service trip during the university life.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;"><br />
</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">By:</span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">Chloe Tsang</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">Faculty of Social Sciences</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13pt;">Major: Government & Laws</span></b></span></span></div></div>Impact for Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14099041607561404721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-354766385126940689.post-65953932968186386322011-10-25T00:28:00.000-07:002011-10-25T00:31:33.323-07:00Eileen's Sharing - Turning Slumdogs into Millionaire<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>JA</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:EnableOpenTypeKerning/> <w:DontFlipMirrorIndents/> <w:OverrideTableStyleHps/> <w:UseFELayout/> </w:Compatibility> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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</style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;"><b>I'm an ordinary university student who has experienced an unordinary summer in Kolkata India!</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">This summer, the ten of us from different facilities and with different backgrounds come together and fight for the same goal: to improve the livelihood of the slum people in Kolkata. In the pre-trip session, we tried to apply our knowledge in this program and we learned to stand in the needy's shoes before giving our helping hand.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">During the trip, we taught the slum children English and equipped the women with leather work making skills. As what you can imagine, things didn't go on smoothly and we got to change and modify our plan with referring to the limitation in an unfamiliar environment. We learned to communicate with overcoming the language barrier and listen with our heart. You'll definitely understand what the slum people truly need when you do this.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">In the post-trip session, we are now arranging for the fair-trade line which helps the slum women to sell there leather work products. What's more, we planned to set up a few stationary donation centers in the school campus in order to collect the unnecessary stationaries from our schoolmates and send them to the slum children in Kolkata.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;">See what you should, do what you could! You will live a brighter love when you give more.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;"><br />
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</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.0pt;"><b>Eileen Lee</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;"><b>Faculty of Medicine</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;"><b>Major: Chinese Medicine</b></span></span></div><!--EndFragment--></div>Impact for Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14099041607561404721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-354766385126940689.post-75101998912552030082011-06-01T12:59:00.000-07:002011-06-28T19:41:44.235-07:00Health and sanitation sound important as well<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"></span>Besides the 10 students from The University of Hong Kong, we are so happy to meet some friends who would like to carry out different projects in Kolkata alongside with our Vocational Program.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span lang="EN-US">There will be </span><span lang="EN-US">a research carried out on the relationship between School absenteeism and infectious diseases. Our students are required to v<span lang="EN-US">isit FOCUS’s schools, observe the situation, then assist teachers to carry out the school absenteeism data collection</span> the research. We want to generate data and make precautious measures when there is a pandemic.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;">Maternal Health and Birth Control projects are also planned to caryr out. Our students have to record video clips of women or family talking about disadvantage of having too many kids, and the importance of birth control. Also record some women about the importance of maternal health and prevention of family abuse, etc. After editing the clips, they will organize talks or workshop to the slum women.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;">Tthe water sanitation is going to be analy<span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW;">z</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW;">ed, we may proceed the installation of water filter</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW;"> in slum family.</span></div></div>Impact for Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14099041607561404721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-354766385126940689.post-17078074826305932442011-05-06T21:29:00.000-07:002011-06-13T12:59:02.856-07:00The Sequel - Vocational Skills Transfer Program<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Sorry for my laziness to update this blog, but in the last few months, Charlotte and I were working intensely on a new program!! Since I have asked FOCUS staff what kind of jobs can Class 10 graduates look for, they said "Not much". Also the unemployment rate is abnormally high in Kolkata, how can this situation encourage children to go to school??</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">That's why we think teaching them some life-long skills can help them target on more well-paid job, which is a way to end the poverty cycle.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">The aim of the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Vocational Skills Transfer Program</b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW;"> <span style="color: red;">(VSTP)</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN-US">is to provide an opportunity for HKU students to design and launch various talents development programs for post-Class 10 Indian youngsters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Designing and managing the project alongside with us and the local partner FOCUS, HKU students are given wonderful opportunities to put into practice their specialized academic knowledge and other talents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Compared to the popular short term teaching program, this Vocational Skill Transfer Program does more than putting volunteers into routine teaching because it is a career-oriented skill transfer program that pinpoints to the need of Indian society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Proposed skill transfer courses are:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Computer software (Office, Photoshop, video editing)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Computer hardware (assembling, repairing)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Basic Health Care</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">4.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Conversational English</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">5.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Tailoring</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">6.<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US">Zari Work (Embroidering work) and leather work</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US">7. Machines Repairing</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA; mso-font-kerning: .5pt;">With an exploding population that grows that 1.548% per year (Wiki, 2009), India is expected to surpass China in 2025 with an estimate of 1.6 billion total population.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Massive and widespread unemployment at 8% (Census, December 2007) only means the chance for a stable job is slim for those less competitive secondary school graduates and illiterate women in particular.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In view of this, the above mentioned program is thus proposed for the benefit of both HKU students and Indian community if certain practical skills can be shared among them.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA; mso-font-kerning: .5pt;">Our program has just started!!!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA; mso-font-kerning: .5pt;">The 1st group: 6 June - 15 July</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA; mso-font-kerning: .5pt;">The 2nd group: 11 July - 19 August</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA; mso-font-kerning: .5pt;">If you want to support our program, please send us email: <a href="mailto:impact.for.peace@gmail.com">impact.for.peace@gmail.com</a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA; mso-font-kerning: .5pt;">Sean</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 42pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 42.0pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><br />
</div></div>Impact for Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14099041607561404721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-354766385126940689.post-80111818020631687932011-04-13T12:34:00.000-07:002011-06-13T12:35:24.136-07:00Updates of Sponsored Children<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here are the photos we received from FOCUS about the sponsored children, all 50 children are now going to schools, the donations go directly to cover the school fees, uniforms, books and stationaries. We are glad to receive such positive feedback from India counterpart. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now our students from University of Hong Kong has arrived in Kolkata, besides carry out the Vocational Skills Transfer Program, they will also moderate this Child Education Sponsorship Program, and looks for furthur extension of such meaningful karma!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Please have a look and give us comment!! It's my very first time to be a journalist.....</div>Impact for Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14099041607561404721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-354766385126940689.post-11991827790277010972011-02-14T01:34:00.000-08:002011-06-13T12:57:44.381-07:00Change a Life Children Sponsorship Program<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Due to my promise to my FOCUS friends last time, I decided to go back with a more concrete plan. Through email, I asked Jamil, Biplab and other teachers to pick out 50 most needed children especially girls who wanted to be enrolled in Government school or at the edge of dropping out from school due to financial difficulties. After I received all 50 children profile in later Dec 2010, we started our action by sending email to our friends and asked for their support! Once I arrived Kolkata again in Jan 2011, I visited the families of all 50 children, conducted interviews, took photos as well as video to capture the reality of how difficult the poors are living. Thanks Biplab who acted as translator and accompanied me to visit all the families. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">During the visits, I revealed the actual situation of ordinary Indians lives. The whole family, usually more than 6 members live together in tiny rooms (20 sq. meter on average), with shared kitchen and toilet with their neighbors. In the bedroom, there is only one bed, parents always let their kids sleep on the bed while they lay on the floor or under the bed. These kind of small flat rent about 600-1000 rupees per month, but the average family monthly income is just around 3000 rupees. That is not the worst cases, I also witnessed the street families, who are living just under a shelter of cloths and wooden planks. I thought they would be embarrassed and felt insulted when I visited them, however, they still carry smiles and didn’t look as desperate as I thought. Maybe that is the optimistic we should learn.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Concerning about the educational system, there are also divided into kindergarten, primary (Class 1-4), secondary (Class 5-10), high school (Class 11-12) and then college or university. Indian Government promise to provide free education until Class 10, but yet not compulsory. The reasons of parents who are not willing to send their kids to schools are either they cannot afford the extra cost or require them to work. The former reason is more reasonable as there are not much child labour within cities. So, what are the extra costs? Uniform, textbooks, stationeries, extra-curricular activities...etc., which can cost around 1500-2000 rupees per year. Although you will say it can be covered by a monthly family salary, you may forget he or she is not the only child!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">However, one thing I found it quite ridiculous is that when the parents can afford sending their kids to formal Government school, they also send them to private tuition which costs around 200-300 rupees per month, it even add more burden to the family. They don’t think the teachers in Government school are teaching well, and the academic result reflects students taking private tuition are achieving higher marks. Therefore, it becomes a trend. I argued with Biplab that I found it quite unnecessary to attend private classes, as it doubles the learning hours in every topics which is very inefficient. “We cannot change the fact now, but in return it is also a way for NGO teacher like me to have some extra income!” Oh, that’s how Indians achieve equilibrium...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">In short words, after my investigation, the education fees of one child for one year is around 1800-2000 rupees if they are studying in Government school, whereas it raises up to 5000 rupees in private school. So we are now asking 3000 rupees (US$70/ 50 Euros/ HK$500) as a minimum amount to sponsor one child. You are encouraged to donate more, just state clearly what purpose do you want to provide for your sponsored family, we will try our best to let your words reach FOCUS.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">During the sponsored period, FOCUS promised to send us back the recent photos, copy of academic report or even videoes taping the progress of your sponsored kid. FOCUS will also send you the official receipt. FOCUS and I4P are both charity organization, we will not charge any administration or advertisement fees, so that 100% of your donation can reach the poor.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm -16.7pt 0pt 0cm; mso-para-margin-right: -1.39gd;"><span lang="EN-US">In my eyes, Indian children are absolutely adorable, their big eyes and chocolate-colored skin are the most impressive. Dancing and singing are really their talents, remember gangs of dancers at the background of any classical Bollywood movies (such as Slumdog Millionaire)? If you are impressed of what we are doing, or want to help kids effectively continuing their education, please support our Change a Life Children Sponsorship Program. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm -16.7pt 0pt 0cm; mso-para-margin-right: -1.39gd;"><span lang="EN-US">Email: <a href="mailto:impact.for.peace@gmail.com">impact.for.peace@gmail.com</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm -16.7pt 0pt 0cm; mso-para-margin-right: -1.39gd;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm -16.7pt 0pt 0cm; mso-para-margin-right: -1.39gd;"><span lang="EN-US">By Sean</span></div></div>Impact for Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14099041607561404721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-354766385126940689.post-16617172843597122462011-02-01T01:31:00.000-08:002011-02-01T01:31:32.678-08:00Double Challenges - Corruption and Population Explosion<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span lang="EN-US">The rooted problems of poor living standard in <place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on">India</country-region></place> mainly due to 2 reasons: <strong>Corruption</strong> and <strong>Population explosion</strong>. In Kolkata or any other Indian cities, we can witness some very rich people driving a luxury car showing a huge contrast with the beggar lying on the street. Ridiculously, you can find a slum area right beside every magnificent tall buildings, there is only a pavement to separate the 2 sides of the Earth!! </span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhanVda9b6Jvykr6gGkALJ-EueAJs0kwaelllUWDYJKWNoopugd5OZqnyM-xKoQIp8vcGWPaFiYbFDcgwlFM_JnGHFkuiCFSVPLwD2H5XnCNayHmjykIAp7PcYE3D-vldsyIagjLPol7zbw/s1600/IMG_8398.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhanVda9b6Jvykr6gGkALJ-EueAJs0kwaelllUWDYJKWNoopugd5OZqnyM-xKoQIp8vcGWPaFiYbFDcgwlFM_JnGHFkuiCFSVPLwD2H5XnCNayHmjykIAp7PcYE3D-vldsyIagjLPol7zbw/s320/IMG_8398.JPG" width="320" /></a><span lang="EN-US">Although <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">India</place></country-region> is the biggest democratic country in the world, the poor find it almost nowhere to express their needs. If you want to be a candidate in the election, you have to pay a large sum of money to the Government before you get on board. And those candidate only give little benefit to the poor in order to get their vote, after that everything become false promise. That’s why the situation remains the same for several decades, the poor remains poor but the rich become even richer. Unbelievably, there are some Indians think that it is necessary to keep the poor within their society, <a href="http://in.finance.yahoo.com/news/The-Art-Remaining-Poor-yahoofinancein-2975194193.html?x=0">http://in.finance.yahoo.com/news/The-Art-Remaining-Poor-yahoofinancein-2975194193.html?x=0</a> . Yes, even in <place w:st="on">Hong Kong</place> we can see some poor people, it happens anywhere; however what is the purpose of remaining such a huge difference? Obviously, rich people do not want to share with the poor, their selfishness halt the development of whole <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">India</place></country-region>. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT6-LJjlvA8IWk48tTH8gG-udGMGPrsYzlRS6q-aOzgbXB4G-9lZMlt03sMs7fxMtf5V8m4-JCgyivqOiCN3fZZ2548AgCxbxahnSj_lBsefyHqUcPeX8D-uPH7ZBt8sZyRiw3QDHwSy0w/s1600/IK021+%25284%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT6-LJjlvA8IWk48tTH8gG-udGMGPrsYzlRS6q-aOzgbXB4G-9lZMlt03sMs7fxMtf5V8m4-JCgyivqOiCN3fZZ2548AgCxbxahnSj_lBsefyHqUcPeX8D-uPH7ZBt8sZyRiw3QDHwSy0w/s200/IK021+%25284%2529.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvkLMl1NpbsxYHUH2PyCh9GaW-VSlAmpSoxKH_7zt4aXxuDGYVXt8C1gelN0lPWsl-KcSrDNvBoizyr0YECuWYftpCmZelDqk__hehzbDDd8dnjbuph8y-nthTIcAZ9G9-r27GmVrOJCb3/s1600/IK026+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvkLMl1NpbsxYHUH2PyCh9GaW-VSlAmpSoxKH_7zt4aXxuDGYVXt8C1gelN0lPWsl-KcSrDNvBoizyr0YECuWYftpCmZelDqk__hehzbDDd8dnjbuph8y-nthTIcAZ9G9-r27GmVrOJCb3/s200/IK026+%25282%2529.jpg" width="200" /></a><span lang="EN-US">When <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">China</place></country-region> has operated “One Child Policy” for over 30 years, Chinese population is increasing steadily. The case in <place w:st="on"><country-region w:st="on">India</country-region></place> is almost uncontrollable; there are not any policies to control their population growth. The Indian Census has just finished in 2010, everyone is still waiting for the statistics, but many people predicted <country-region w:st="on">India</country-region> has already exceeded <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">China</place></country-region> to become Champion among population. More than 5 kids in a family is very common, however, it also accounts for its high infant motility rate. Parents could not afford to raise all their kids, most of them are suffered from malnutrition and starvation. When I was in Hampi, I volunteered in a local NGO “Hampi Children Trust (HCT)” who provides after school tutorial and 2 meals for poor children. Once I asked a girl in HCT whether she got siblings, and she said she has a sister but died. I could not find any sadness on her face at that moment, maybe “Infant motility” is nothing special for them. And some Indians even told me, “having more children is a gift from their God, and they believe God help to raise all of their kids.” I could not argue with their faith, but isn’t it that hard to have a little planning or precaution before having sex?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 新細明體; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;">Maybe you can also discover other problems, such as human trafficking, unfair trading, HIV matters…but they all trace back to the above two main problems. Let’s do something NOW to make a little change!!</span> </div>Impact for Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14099041607561404721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-354766385126940689.post-22696772878804074842011-01-18T04:03:00.000-08:002011-02-01T01:02:47.621-08:00Vision and Missions<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="Section1" style="layout-grid: 18pt none;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij5qo632USoxqxoW6gdYP9syU-93zwrMD4UwpZdwg3e2rd5IlQkkqy1Fp7xmHoib1v5JI23sOEe5Cj1_QB-XFeR5kmpewrkgeQPh4uw9rOjCS9XtWFJ62-KMy2kz5CXsw7_A80IJ-azLeE/s1600/IK042+Md.+Hussain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij5qo632USoxqxoW6gdYP9syU-93zwrMD4UwpZdwg3e2rd5IlQkkqy1Fp7xmHoib1v5JI23sOEe5Cj1_QB-XFeR5kmpewrkgeQPh4uw9rOjCS9XtWFJ62-KMy2kz5CXsw7_A80IJ-azLeE/s200/IK042+Md.+Hussain.jpg" width="133" /></a><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-size: 11.5pt;">“</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-size: 11.5pt;">Impact For Peace</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-size: 11.5pt;">” is set up with the hope to gather enthusiastic volunteers from all walks of life and around the world to work for the empowerment of Child and Woman’s rights.<span> </span>Based in Hong Kong, we take special advantage of the access to a variety of talents and professionals and wish to turn them into re-distributable human resources for overseas NGOs’ use. Initially we would pioneer projects to enhance education opportunity in the Central Asia region because we believe it is the key to uplifting long-term standard of living in this neediest region.</span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div class="yiv1658496138MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin-left: 28.75pt;"><br />
</div><div class="yiv1658496138MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-size: 11.5pt;">We aim to establish a close working tie with Central Asian medium-to-small scale NGOs on the following project initiatives:</span></div><div class="yiv1658496138MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin-left: 18pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-size: 11.5pt;">1.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-size: 11.5pt;">Family and children sponsorship program</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-size: 11.5pt;"></span></div><div class="yiv1658496138MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin-left: 18pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-size: 11.5pt;">2.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-size: 11.5pt;">Scholarship scheme for talented students</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-size: 11.5pt;"></span></div><div class="yiv1658496138MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin-left: 18pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-size: 11.5pt;">3.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-size: 11.5pt;">Micro-finance loan</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-size: 11.5pt;"></span></div><div class="yiv1658496138MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin-left: 18pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-size: 11.5pt;">4.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-size: 11.5pt;">Vocational training for women</span></b></div><div class="yiv1658496138MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin-left: 18pt;"><br />
</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div class="yiv1658496138MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin-left: 0cm; text-indent: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-size: 11.5pt;">Basically the projects would be realized by human potential re-distributed from wherever the excess is, through:</span></div><div class="yiv1658496138MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin-left: 18pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-size: 11.5pt;">1.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-size: 11.5pt;">Service learning students’ summer camps that put university students’ potential into use abroad </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-size: 11.5pt;"></span></div><div class="yiv1658496138MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin-left: 18pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-size: 11.5pt;">2.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-size: 11.5pt;">A talents matching platform that bridges aspiring individuals or those in sabbatical or retirement with overseas NGOs where their talents are most coveted</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-size: 11.5pt;"></span></div><div class="yiv1658496138MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin-left: 18pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-size: 11.5pt;">3.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-size: 11.5pt;">Coordination of and fundraising for projects in joint effort with overseas NGOs</span></b></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The reason I picked Kolkata our first service port is, tracing back to 2007, I participated in a summer activity in General Education Unit of <b>The University of Hong Kong</b> called “<b>Project SEE</b> – <b>Students for Equity and Equality</b>”. I was assigned to work on Child Rights in the famous “Mother Teresa” city Kolkata, it is also called “The city of Joy”.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXzKqQsbqLJM1JAOkcZxK_fSa_C7vFtTkqWxpk6hBgaypA1JeVFRHoME7SUG3XaxUMw03cMfyYR27CsMUF2Xg-zc7eGK38OVgX5JltKKAni1rU_ze1VMG2AFSVpqaZ-KXeNgZRXKyg8vvP/s1600/CIMG8062.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXzKqQsbqLJM1JAOkcZxK_fSa_C7vFtTkqWxpk6hBgaypA1JeVFRHoME7SUG3XaxUMw03cMfyYR27CsMUF2Xg-zc7eGK38OVgX5JltKKAni1rU_ze1VMG2AFSVpqaZ-KXeNgZRXKyg8vvP/s320/CIMG8062.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tomb of Mother Teresa, the greatest hero of mine, deeply respect</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaJyIqHIx_FMdTwL-JepcrmEGYFT67No4A3hw5SgvDLGTuOM07qmPYsDYlyBJhauNtWNyYFNT04PXbyg7Vu_Ee_R5VdsQLOCsTeduN6Uw3R9-mTEJkprjYBiAhrdKTZakGRHe53TcNo0Dm/s1600/CIMG9166.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaJyIqHIx_FMdTwL-JepcrmEGYFT67No4A3hw5SgvDLGTuOM07qmPYsDYlyBJhauNtWNyYFNT04PXbyg7Vu_Ee_R5VdsQLOCsTeduN6Uw3R9-mTEJkprjYBiAhrdKTZakGRHe53TcNo0Dm/s320/CIMG9166.JPG" width="320" /></a><span lang="EN-US">Our cooperating local NGO “<b>FOCUS</b>” (Forum of Communities United in Services), here is their website: <a href="http://www.focuskolkata.org/">http://www.focuskolkata.org/</a> . The main vision of FOCUS is raising the Quality of Life of Women and Children living in poverty, and mainstreaming them in Society. Do you agree proper education is the root solution of many problems in their society, or even in the whole world?? Through education, people increase competitiveness in finding a better job; their hygiene level will be improved; the crime rate will be controlled; even religious extremist will be restrained so that the developed worlds no longer live in the shadow of terrorism. We’ll discuss these issues in the later posts of our Blog. Anyway, if a big group of children cannot receive education within a community, the devastating effect can last for at least a few decades. </span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Sean </span></div>Impact for Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14099041607561404721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-354766385126940689.post-30968905851851617052011-01-13T21:32:00.000-08:002011-01-13T21:37:03.579-08:00Meeting Sean after his trip to India (Part 2)Sean also shares with me what he believes to be the origin of poverty in the region of north India:<br />
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<i><b>"Illiteracy </b>that renders birth control impossible. And subsequently, <b>overpopulation </b>leads to further restriction on resources for basic education, particularly on issues regarding women's health, family planning and self-empowerment. And the cycle gets more vicious as the young girls often marry early to give birth to yet another generation. A <b>corrupted</b> government that only pays lip-service to promise improving unemployment, has disappointed their constituents time after time after each successful re-election."</i><br />
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Quoting verbatim of an Indian woman who already gave birth to 9 kids:<br />
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<i>"my husband comes on me when he is drunk, I cannot do anything ...... and when a child is given by GOD, GOD will surely provide what the child needs ......"</i><br />
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There are local initiatives working to provide free education for children, but only up to the level of Primary School. <b>FOCUS </b>has been one of the biggest local NGOs working to provide opportunities of basic child education. Thanks to <u>The Project SEE</u> (to be explained in a later post) organized by The University of Hong Kong in 2007, Sean was to connect with this organization and has maintained a close tie of working relationship ever since. This is where the catalyst of Sean's fire find an outlet!<br />
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by CharlotteImpact for Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14099041607561404721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-354766385126940689.post-69278370662779832182011-01-13T21:03:00.000-08:002011-01-13T21:33:10.498-08:00Meeting Sean after his trip to India (Part 1)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In Sean's 20-day trip, he brought back a huge video and photographic archive of street life in Kolkata, one of the big cities in India. He visited all 50 families that are preliminarily chosen to benefit from our pilot project "<u>Child Sponsorship Program</u>" in India. Let me explain this program in a later post. </span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">by Charlotte</span></div>Impact for Peacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14099041607561404721noreply@blogger.com0