The power of sharing and smiles

The beauty of living and being with Indonesian people, is sharing, the smile which never lacking and that contagious you.

Share lunch with people

Whenever you're in some village, the coming to the table and invite all to eat together becomes a time of celebration (usually leave their guests eat and then if there's anything left divide it between them).

Anyway in any house you enter, you have to willingly accept what you offer is their way to welcome you and take you respect.

And if you're lucky enough to hand them something, it becomes a magical moment and then rush to the village a lot of children that you are reaching out and smile at you.

Too bad sometimes not all have to, but they're happy anyway and share that gift with others.

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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)

If you want to see the quote click here: quote

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Enzo Lucente make a Distance Adoption of Christian Dalughu

Enzo Lucente has decided to distance adoption of Christian Dalughu six and a half years.

T-shirt and shorts for Christian

The mother is a housewife and when it is called to be in the house to fix up the gardens and has such good care of the flowers, but it is also a great cook and knows how to make sweets exceptional called Selfie Caudis.

The father Dani instead bring the scooter people at the market.

Enzo gave them 1,428,369 rupiah which allowed us to go shopping to buy a Christian family and a T-shirt and a pair of shorts, sneakers and the school uniform, milk and all the stationery, with a small game.

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Elisa Butti helps Eva Theofilia Evata Bambumgan

Elisa Butti and family have helped Sunflower Association by sending the money (1,300,569 rupiah) to buy the bathroom door (310,000 rupiah) and help Eva Theofilia Evata Bambumgan four years.

Eva Theofilia Evata Bambumgan happy with the gifts received

Dad Maxi Bambumgan 43 years working as a Security and mom Oktafina Lasa is 45 years old and is a housewife, has two brothers and one sister.

Roger: 24 years studying in universities and cleans to pay for studies Dian: 20 years ago the cleaning in school Alfa: 16 years attend school SMA.

We took the girl a beautiful dress, you can see in the photos and a new pair of sandals, she did not want to get dirty because they did not want them and use only on Sunday when he goes to Mass.

In addition we were able to buy him milk, a little game, and 5 kg of rice, three fish, eggs for the family.

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