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Manado is in East Indonesia on North Sulawesi. We don’t see sunsets over the water on the east coast of Australia.
After a visit into the local shops, we stuck around for the #beautiful #sunset. It was worth it. Then we saw an even better angle, which is the photo below, taken not long after the sun went down.
We enjoyed a delicious – and quite spicy – Indonesian dinner tonight.
More about the projects and Compassion’s work tomorrow…
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We’ve arrived in Manado after a day of travel. Flying is still glamorous for me… good times. The highlight was the small rolled up hand towels they gave us to wipe our faces and some gangsta movie on the first flight.
I’m here with a team of 13 including @CompassionAU workers, ministers and others from churches in Sydney, Newcastle and Canberra.We will be visiting a bunch of the projects that Compassion are part of in the Manado area.The photo is somewhere in the air during flight 2.
Compassion do an amazing job at releasing children from poverty. Over December/January during the last 2 years readers of this blog have been part of raising just under $5000 for clean water projects in Rwanda and Northern India. I’m planning on partnering with Compassion again this Summer. Stay tuned! In the meantime, I’ll be following along with Colin Buchanan and a bunch of ministers from around Sydney as they visit Tanzania.
Click here if you can’t see the video.
You can follow along with their trip by clicking ‘LIKE’ on facebook.com/CompassionAU or following twitter.com/CompassionAU Here’s the twitter hashtag: #TZtrip
Back in December/January friends and readers of DMDC were part of raising $2835 to go toward a clean water project for India. We were aiming for $2000, but well and truly exceeded that target. 12 months before that we raised some cash for clean water in Rwanda. I dig the idea of using blogs and social media to raise money for works of justice.
Thanks again to all those who gave generously. Below are some of the project details from Compassion. If you contributed and you’re keen for a longer PDF, let me know.
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DMDC is proud to partner with Compassion Australia to release children from poverty in Jesus’ name.
Together, we will provide deep tube wells to three child development centres in northern India, ensuring they have a long-term supply of clean water. Through our partnership, more than 600 Compassion assisted children will receive the gift of this most precious resource.
Now, mothers and fathers will not have to walk long distances to fetch water, or queue for hours at the town well. Children will be better protected from waterborne diseases and able to attend school, learn, grow and develop to fulfil their potential.
This water intervention is part of Compassion’s Complementary Interventions program.
Complementary Interventions—Completing Compassion’s programs
Compassion seeks to address all the obstacles that can hinder and impede the healthy development of children. From providing clean water to emergency relief, income-generation training and many others, Compassion’s Complementary Interventions tackle some of these additional concerns and provide solutions that enhance, improve and complement their core programs.
For more info on Compassion’s work visit www.compassion.com.au or call 1300 22 44 53.
A year ago family, friends and social network buddies all helped DMDC to raise $1741 toward safe drinking water for a community in Rwanda. This year, we are aiming to raise $2000 to help provide clean water for 601 children in India. We’re currently sitting at $1560… sweeeeet! There have been some developments today worth sharing.
Stoked to use the internet and social media to raise money for worthy causes.
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At the time of publishing, that’s less than 25 hours to raise $440… easy!
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EDIT: IN THE SPACE OF JUST OVER 24 HOURS, THIS PROJECT WENT FROM $1400 SMASHING THROUGH THE $2000 TARGET AND LANDING ON OVER $2800!!! CRAZY GOOD. THANKS AGAIN TO ALL THOSE WHO GAVE TOWARD THIS PROJECT, AND THANKS ALSO TO THOSE WHO ENCOURAGED OTHERS TO GIVE. STAY TUNED FOR FINAL TOTAL AND SPECIFICS ABOUT THE PROJECT. PEACE
I’m incredibly wealthy. I have 10+ access points to clean water in my house!! One of my responsibilities as a follower of Jesus is to be generous with the much that I have been given, because not everyone has access to the resources I have on tap.
Every 20 seconds, a child dies from a water-related disease. But these deaths can be prevented by providing them with clean water. I’m partnering with Compassion Australia to help provide hundreds of children access to clean water through purification systems, rain water tanks and other water-harvesting systems.
Funds raised will be used to help fund water projects in 3 Indian towns:
Direct beneficiaries: 646 (601 children, 45 adults)
Last year $1741 was raised by readers of my blog for a project in Rwanda. I think it’s incredible to be able to use social media and a blog to raise money for something useful! This year I’m aiming for $2000. Any amount would be appreciated.
DONATE NOW. Aiming to reach $2000 by the end of January. Help spread the word…
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Today is Compassion Day 2010. “Each year, on one action-packed day, Compassion unites with Christian radio stations across Australia to take up a mighty challenge – changing the lives of 1600 children living in poverty.” This website isn’t a radio station, but I figure it’s a good opportunity to encourage readers to be generous. // Find out more info
Rwanda – Battling for safe drinking water – here’s a project that readers of dmdc have previously partnered with Compassion. // Find out more info about Compassion Day