Friday, July 22, 2011

Appeal: Water for Rural Kenya (Part 3)


Hi all
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After  a  week  in  in Kuching ,  Fr   Francis  left  Kuching on 21/07  morning at  1040  to KL  where  he  will  stay  till 2Aug    . After  that  he  ,  Indigo and Brian  ( 2 future  priests!)  will fly back to  Kenya.  It will  be sometime  before  we'll  see  him  again .

To  see  them   off  this  morning   was  his host  Peter  Wong  , Amelia with  husband  and  son ,  and myself.  While  here  Fr Francis and team  stayed at  Peter Wong's house  and   Amelia  lent  her car  to them  throughout  their  stay.




Fr  Francis says  big  thank  you  to  us all.  He  is    very happy  to have  met  so many  new  friends  .  He  has  taken  most  of  our  addresses  and  will be  in contact  regularly .
 
Yesterday  I  counted  all  the  money  raised      from  my friends  ONLY ( he  has  other  people helping) and  squared  off accounts   with him so  that  he can  bring this  money  back to Kenya .  On  14th July , 2 days  before  he arrived  in Kuching  from Miri , I  set out  to  ask you all to dig  into  your  pockets  for  $ 15000  ringgits  to  build  a water borehole with a manual handpump  in  Turkana, Kenya   where  Fr Francis  is  stationed. After  5  days  of   meetings and  making  presentations  to small  groups  of  friends  of  5-6  people ,  we have  collected  a princely sum of $ 35850 .   This   is  more than enough to  build 2 water boreholes.
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My frens  in KL  have  also  pledged   another $ 850  so far which  will  added  to  the  Kuching  donation . They  will do some more and  I think it will be  bigger  before   he  leaves  for home.   If we hit $ 45000,  we  can  build  the  3rd  borehole.  Yes  we can !!
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Fr Francis  has been Kenya   for the  last 24 years  and  will most  likely do so  for the rest of his life.    His  org MCSPA is  also  on the i\Internet. We  wish  him well.  He  has  extended  an invitation   ( or challenge!!!)  to  us all to  visit  him .  He  can  be  contacted at  francis.ks.teo@gmail.com.  Anyone ????




List of Donors

Borehole 1 
Chen Siew Kian (KL)500
Richard Wee2000
Simon Liaw500
Anonymous 1 (Kch)5000
Ng Koon Teck1000
Nick Lau 500
James Yong ( S'pore)500
Sim Khee How500
Stanley Chong 500
Ben Wong 1500
Cindy Kueh 100
Then Su Yew500
Sim CK50
Kevin Chin (Perth)200
Anonymous 2 ( S'pore)1000
Shanon Lee1500
Alfred  and Betty Wong1000
Yong and Irene2000
Louis Ng1000
   19850
Borehole 2
Alex Ting 8000
Michael Ting 8000
16000


Thanks  and  bye  .
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Bob  Chew  Pok Vun
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p/s   It   would  be great   to  pursue the target of  $ 45000  for the  3rd  borehole .  If  you still  wish  to donate  before  he leaves , pls  contact me  . You may  also  bank in  directly to  my ac  Public  bank Bhd   3125837330 . I  will  make  sure  it  will  get to him. Thanks.

6 comments:

  1. Great job, boys & girls.

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  2. Uncle Bob, well done pulling this together.

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  3. The drought and famine in Africa seems to be getting worse. The pictures on CNN are heart-wrenching. More help needed, ladies and gents.

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  4. who's in the pictures?

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  5. Congratulations to Bob Chew and all the donors. Noble and good deed. Well done!

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  6. WELL DONE, BOB AND ALL WHO CONTRIBUTED.

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