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.
.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 !!
.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
List of Donors
Borehole 1 | |
Chen Siew Kian (KL) | 500 |
Richard Wee | 2000 |
Simon Liaw | 500 |
Anonymous 1 (Kch) | 5000 |
Ng Koon Teck | 1000 |
Nick Lau | 500 |
James Yong ( S'pore) | 500 |
Sim Khee How | 500 |
Stanley Chong | 500 |
Ben Wong | 1500 |
Cindy Kueh | 100 |
Then Su Yew | 500 |
Sim CK | 50 |
Kevin Chin (Perth) | 200 |
Anonymous 2 ( S'pore) | 1000 |
Shanon Lee | 1500 |
Alfred and Betty Wong | 1000 |
Yong and Irene | 2000 |
Louis Ng | 1000 |
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.
Great job, boys & girls.
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ReplyDeleteCongratulations to Bob Chew and all the donors. Noble and good deed. Well done!
ReplyDeleteWELL DONE, BOB AND ALL WHO CONTRIBUTED.
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