Felix Ker's blog

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.

1. Click here to download the form.
2. Print it.
3. Fill it in.
4. 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.

I’m turning 19 in a week’s time or so. Still young I know.

I must say that I’m very lucky as compared to many people in the world. I get what I wish for and often time I get to do what I want to do.

Charity!

For this year’s birthday, I’m going to do something different. Instead of me receiving presents, I’m going to donate money to charity. And the amount I will donate all depends on you.

Tell me more!

Simple. As on title, for every comment posted here, I will donate $0.10 to charity. The donation will not be done live (not as you comment) though. I will send the amount to charity at the end of this event.

Which charity organisation?

I’ve got a few in mind. Such as SPCA (Singapore/Malaysia).  

Are there any charity organisations available in Malaysia or Singapore that I can help? If you’re going to request that I donate to any particular (registered) organisation, do mention in your comment. I will read each and every comment.

What if you lie?

If you’re afraid I will cheat (cheat myself?), close the window and ignore this post. Why would I want bad karma? =)

How can I play a part?

1. Add your comment. (Just say hello is fine.)
2. Tell your friends.

Rules

For every game/event, there will be a set of rules you must follow.

1. Each person is only allowed to comment once. Don’t spam/cheat.
2. This event ends on 4th October 2007, 11.55pm (GMT+8)

For now, I can only think of two rules.

Now, rule(s) for myself.

1. I must donate more than (number of comments * $0.10).