Project: we help children to continue the school in Kauditan

Over the years, with the Sunflower Association, we have tried to respond to the many needs of poor people in North Sulawesi in Indonesia and especially children and young people, thanks to distance adoptions and people who have helped us to build a small school and a social fish cooperative.

In a Kauditan's school

The commitment of the Sunflower Association is to stay close to children who decide not to continue the school Second Elementary of Kauditan.

Now our energies are in the family home, which today accommodates 5 children, Debora 11 months, Tasya 12 years, Saprin 12, Frola 14 years old, 9 years .

Day of Smiles for poor children

We would like to arrange to December 12, 2016 an unforgettable day, remembering the first year of the foundation of the free school of small, Paud Bunga Matahari in Airmadidi.

Children are our most precious treasure

If Providence us a hand the idea is to make a lunch with 300 people, 100 of whom are our school children, with competitions for all children.

I thought to football games, to the drawings and in the parade with costumes.

The day we want to start at 8:00 am with the transport bus at all with lots of green that you can see in the video that I put on You Tube.

This day we spend in the Paniki Sports Park, five minutes from Manado.

Lunch at 12:30, and we will follow the awards of all children with the delivery of a T-shirt with the name of the school, return at approximately 16.00

For more information please call +6281340801189 (Ibu Theresia).

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Claudio di Paco duets with many artists for charity

The singer from Livorno, Claudio di Paco, has decided to launch a CD for charity for our poor village of Batang in Indonesia, thanks to all the artists who have given their support to this project and that are brought into play in a series of duets unmissable.

The new cd by Claudio di Paco for charity

A brief released a video clip promoting this album, which you can hear in a concert to be held on August 20 and in a few weeks we will give you all the news and keep you informed on this great event.

On behalf of the Sunflower Association thank all those who agreed to be part of this record, and everyone will buy it supporting our activities for the benefit of the most needy.

I leave this little reflection found on the wall of the children's home in Calcutta.

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82 children received uniforms

We have succeeded to make the uniforms for 82 children of kindergarten Paud Bunga Matahari, thanks for help of so many people.

The latest uniforms for Paud Bunga Matahari

Thanks to the help of Anna, Giusi and Gino di Telgate (4,200,000 rupiah), Anna and Giacomo of Gandosso (350,000 rupiah) and Vittorio and Elena di Telgate (350,000 rupiah); we were able to buy 32 uniforms that were missing for the kindergarten.

These you see in the picture are the latest uniforms that have come and Tuesday, when the school starts again, will deliver to the children and we will thank you in a video.

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New Project: Church becomes a place of play during the week

To finish this project of the Church becomes a place of play and school for the kids during the week, it still takes around 3.500 Euro (50 million rupiah), ask for a help also to each of you, in union there is strength.

Pastor Meidy during the opening of the school

A few months ago I went to see my friend Meidy pastor of the Pentecostal Church of Makalisung and we talked about a new and innovative project (Church "Gereja" which will be transformed during the week in a meeting place, play and school for children) and we said, we leave and God willing, and will send us his Providence.

The fact is that the work started and we have already completed the skeleton thanks to free labor and materials that gave us now ask to you to support us in this new cutting edge design that makes that a church will also become house and that It goes to cover the Kema area, on the sea, in the village of fishermen Makalisung.

Now to buy bricks, concrete, and complete the church / house making even the toilets it still takes 50 million rupiah (about 3.500 EUR).

Following'll do the finishing and the chairs with tables and games to put in it, we now see to be able to carry out the work, I hope in your heart and in your good hand that has never been lacking.

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Sara, Gianfranco, Davide and Francesca buy coloring books for all children

A very special thanks to Sara , Gianfranco, Davide and Francesca who contributed to buy, for the new class of kindergarten " Bunga Matahari ", different coloring books and some to learn the alphabet and numbers .

Coloring books for every children

They sent an offer of 459,495 rupee and we immediately called the library to let us have a book for each children.

The project is about to leave and these days we were able to finish even a small outdoor area, which will complete quietly with a few games.

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New Project: school and house for students

Sunflower Association, is active in school for many years and helps the poorest situations, with sponsorships and solidarity tourism.

The project for a new school

For some time you are thinking of expanding our project to reach more young people, creating new classrooms, with bathrooms and building at least two other houses for hospitality students or asrama.

The project includes two masonry structures to make us classrooms and four bathrooms with two adjoining wooden houses with two floors.

All with chairs, tables, blackboards, cabinets, beds, supply of sanitary and electrical systems and a water pump that comes from the well that we dug earlier.

The budget is around 650 million of Indonesian Rupiah (about 47,000 euro).

For any donation, sponsorships or to help us realize this project:

Bank transfer: BANK: BANK RAKYAT INDONESIA

BRANCH: Airmadidi

SWIFT CODE: 002 BRINIDJA

HEADLINE: SUNFLOWER ASSOCIATION

ACCOUNT NUMBER: 3646-01-020874-53-7

A moment of meeting and celebration

Or better with Western Union (so in betting shops, in some banks) or Money Gram (so the mail) with this header:

Name: Maria Theresia

Surname: Mongdong

Address: Sarongsong II 

Postal Code: 95371

City: Airmadidi

Province: Sulawesi Utara

Country: Indonesia

To learn more, my contact in facebook is:

https://www.facebook.com/mauro.pegoraro.92

Email:

don.mauropegoraro@gmail.com

sunflowerassociation68@gmail.com

Website:

http://viaggiinindonesia.blogspot.com (solidarity tourism)

http://sunflowerassociation1.blogspot.com (our association)

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