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Charity gets 20% more when you donate now.

Felix Ker — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:06:17 +0000

THIS POST IS NO LONGER VALID.

This post is a response to: Gift of Hope (Donate $10, I’ll contribute $2)

I was just random mentioning my own tiny efforts to make the world a better place to my friend, Audrey and I’ve now got my first donor. She’s paid up RM$50 and I’ll be topping up RM$10 for a bag of mushroom spores (at RM$60.

Also, I’ve received emails regarding this and people are interested in donating too!

So, don’t hesitate to contact me. I’m very sure your dollar will make a difference.

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Gift of Hope (Donate $10, I’ll contribute $2)

Felix Ker — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 07:01:33 +0000

DO NOTE that I should’ve removed everything below as a request from World Vision, but I’m keeping this for my own records. What you see below is all invalid.

The event ended and I sent RM$430 (approx US$120), according to World Vision (I totally forgot how much I donated until they told me). I’m looking forward to the next Gift Of Hope. Hopefully you’ll all support the event along with me.

I’m a sponsor for a child with World Vision since 2008. Quite proud of myself since I do not have much time for community service.

Speaking about this, sometime mid-March, I going to send in my orders for World Vision‘s Gift of Hope programme.

What’s Gift of Hope? How it works?

You’ll buy something for yourself or your loved ones and they’ll be sent to the needy over at the different countries depending on the item you bought.

What am I considering to send? (NOTE: 1.00 USD = 3.59790 MYR)

I don’t know how much funds I’ve got, but I’m considering the following items:

Education

Children’s Workbooks (Sarawak, Malaysoa; RM$20)
School Uniforms (Sarawak, Malaysia; RM$20)
Library Books (Lebanon; RM$35 per set)

Community Development

Seed Funds (Laos; RM$250 per set)

Agriculture

Mushroom Spores (Thailand; RM$60 per set)
Vegetable Seeds (Thailand; RM140 per 3kg bag of mixed seeds)
Organic Fertilizer (Thailand; RM15 per 10kg bag)
Farming tools (Thailand; RM130 per set of tools)

Recreation & Self-Development

Educational Toys (Thailand; RM50 (minimum contribution))

I don’t believe in providing food actually since it doesn’t support them long-term. The gifts I listed above are the lower priced gifts that I can somehow afford, but still checking my budget and thinking which I should contribute.

Count me in!! And how do I go about doing it?

Since I’m going to send in my own orders, you can donate along with me. I’ve got a donate button below for you to tag along. Exchange rates are be below too. You can specify what you’d like to contribute, provided you donated the right amount. If you’d like the gift card, I’m also able to mail it to you after I receive them.

For every $10 you donate, I’m going to donate an extra of at least $2 (Thats 20% additional!). I can’t promise much since I don’t know how much will come along. However, I don’t expect much to come from the public actually since my blog doesn’t get much readers and the recession has hit people badly.

Otherwise, you can send in your own orders.

Click here to download the form.
Print it.
Fill it in.
Mail the filled form back to World Vision Malaysia’s Address. (Address is on the form)

How to donate?

Donate button is above. If you’ve got no Paypal, you can use a credit/debit card too. For a $10 donation, Paypal takes $0.59 off as transaction fees (I think). Please send at least $2 so at least when it reaches me, I’ll see something there.

We can work it out through Internet Banking (POSB/DBS/UOB) if you’re in Singapore. I can also accept funds through Malaysian Banks (I’ve got Public Bank). Drop me an email ( felix@ker.sg ) or Comment below.

According to XE.com, 1.00 USD = 3.59790 MYR (at time of writing; 2009.02.21 02:42:33 UTC)

I’m have to be very transparent with regards to donations received. I’m going to do a post after I send out my form.

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How I wish I was Daddy at 13!

Felix Ker — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:35:46 +0000

I was ‘somehow’ a daddy at 19 coz I Sponsored a Child. Though not alot, I played my part to improve someone’s life. You can do so too. Contact me, we’ll see how I can share some information and advice with you.

I came across this news article whereby this boy became a father at 13. Isn’t it nice when you’re 14/15 and your child starts to call you daddy? Let’s do some maths:

At 20, his child enrolls into primary school.
At 26, his child has already completed primary school education and starts going to a secondary school.
By 31, if he’s got a smart/hard working child, the child would be at university.
Somewhere around 35, the child should be out in the society making his own money.
He can retire then. Or if he chooses to work on; it’s all up to him.

Life’s good, isn’t it?

I wish I was a father at probably 18. I want to retire early.

Problems at 18

Diapers expensive leh!
Milk powder not cheap too!
Your wife and child’s medical expenses?

If you do not have the ability to raise a kid up now, practice abstinence or have safe sex (99% isn’t safe!). felixker.com recommends practicing sexual abstinence; only through abstinence you get 100% assurance and prevention against STDs.

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Details of WorldVision Sponsored Child

Felix Ker — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:29:37 +0000

My apologies, this is a delayed post. Okay, now read on.

I find ourselves very lucky. If you’re able to be here reading my blog, I’m pretty sure you’ve got a decent Internet connection and at least a computer.

Some facts inside the brochure

Child’s Name: YANG, Xiao Dong
Birthday: 16/01/04 (That makes him 4 years old!)
Photo: Cute!
Health: Satisfactory
Sibling(s): 1 brother

Xiao Dong is not in school yet. He doesn’t help out with house chores as he’s too young.

Both parents are self-employed as farmers. According to statistics, farmers (in Yongsheng, North-West Yunnan) account for 93.7% of the population. The annual per capita income is RMB 608 (US$89 on 6 Nov 08) and per capita food consumption is 397kg.

Do check out the brochure by clicking it to enlarge.

Updates

Xiao Dong actually got his senior to help him write me a letter. I’ll share it soon. Give me time to actually do the posting!

My target

I do not only want to sponsor a child. I would love to sponsor children. More and more!

Thank you for giving me some attention. Without your attention, this child won’t be sponsored. Again, I must repeat that you (readers) are part of this Sponsor a child project.

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Email from World Vision

Felix Ker — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:02:40 +0000

Updates! (Received 11 days ago, but it slipped my mind to have it posted here.)

Email from World Vision

Dear Felix,
Greetings!
Thank you for your interest in joining us to help the poor and needy through the Child Sponsorship Programme. Your kindness and support will surely help your sponsored child and family in providing and improving their basic needs for living.
We have already received your application and your credit card details form. Please be informed that your sponsorship ID is : 138XXX (Censored). We are in the midst of processing your application and will be assigning a child from the country as per your preference. A picture folder of the child and sponsorship kit will be sent to you through snail mail. Please notify us if you do not receive the said documents in 2 weeks’ time.
Once again, we thank you for your support in the child sponsorship programme. We hope to hear from you soon.
Best Regards,
Dorcas Moh
Donor Relations Department
“Our vision for every child, life in all its fullness, Our prayer for every heart, the will to make it so”
愿每一个孩子，活出丰盛；求每一颗心灵，矢志达成。
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World Vision Malaysia Berhad
Tel No : 603-7880-6414
Fax No : 603-7880-6424
Website : www.worldvision.com.my
Mailing Address : P.O. Box 8171 Kelana Jaya, 46783 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
Street Adress : 106 & 108 Block A, Kompleks Kelana Centre Point, Jln SS7/19, Kelana Jaya, 47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor

As you can read, I’m waiting for processing to be done before I finally start having a sponsored child!

Why am I doing this?

Who doesn’t want more money to spend? I would love to have more bags and more clothes but the thought of some kids that really need our help. I decided to start helping them, as much as I can.

Why am I telling you so much?

You may wonder what I do with the money I make from this blog. Not alot, but definitely enough for my hosting fees and to support a child.

As for my own living expenses, I’ve got my father to support me until I finish school.

Why World Vision?

The best thing I like about them: They “teach a child to fish, and not use my donated funds to them fishes“.

Next update.. Until I receive the welcome package from WorldVision!

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