Sunday, February 28, 2010

3rd Annual Landmine Relief Fund Auction and Fundraiser

THIRD ANNUAL
LANDMINE RELIEF FUND
AUCTION AND FUNDRAISER!

Cambodian Self Help Demining depends on donations from people like YOU to make a difference.

In the first 14 months we were in existence we:

  • Cleared 4 'low priority' villages in Cambodia
  • Cleared over 163,000 square meters of land
  • Put over 2,400 people back on land that was killing them last year

AND WE DID IT FOR $4,313 PER MONTH.

That paid for 15 deminers, a support staff (cook, guards, etc) of 3 and an amazing office manager who attends school full time, works for us 6 days a week, is paying for her siblings to attend school and does some volunteer work in her free time.

All of this work is funded by private donation.

Peabody's Cafe, a wonderful place to meet and eat, in downtown Palm Springs, CA, helps with a fund raiser every year.

Come help us clear more of the 5,000,000 mines left in Cambodia.

This year our fundraiser is:

Tuesday 6 April, 2010

Where: Peabody's Cafe, 134 S. Palm canyon Drive, Palm Springs, CA

When: 7pm

If you cannot attend, you can still support Aki Ra and the team by donating at our website:

http://www.landmine-relief-fund.com/

CLICK ON THE PAYPAL BUTTON

Thank you

Every dollar changes a life.

MINH MUI - CHEEVIT MUI

(one mine - one life)

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Boots on the Ground

CSHD has finished its first year demining. Let me tell what we have all done:
  • We cleared over 163,000 square meters of land.
  • We cleared 75 landmines
  • We put over 2,400 people back on land that was killing them
  • We did it for $4,313 per month!

Now maybe 75 landmines doesn't seem like a lot. It cleared land in 4 villages. It freed the population from the fear of death and dismemberment. It changed the lives of over 2,400 people. It is a huge accomplishment.

How much did that cost us? $26 to change a life!

That is what you have accomplished. That is what your donations do. They put 'Boots on the Ground'. And those boots are changing lives.

This year we intend to add a second team. It'll be run by Sophary, who graduates from university in July with a degree in accounting. She wants start an all woman team, to work alongside our current demining team.

You can help Sophary make this happen.

Watch a new video on CSHD. Here is the link: http://www.blip.tv/file/3071875

Arkoon Babu

Akira