We Light Up Their Lives!™
I was recently in Cambodia 12 - 21 October 2007 and had a wonderful time. I met many nice people and saw many things we don't normally see in my country, Singapore. It broke my heart to see so many dirty-faced children begging in the streets. And many of them approached me. To give them money would only encourage them to beg more... so what do I do?
On 28 Oct 07, I decided to set up an NGO to help these children and registered the domain littlematchkids.org... The name Little Match Kids is inspired from the fairy-tale, The Little Match Girl. It is one of my favourite fairy-tales which always brings a tear to my eye...
The Cambodian children remind me of the Little Match Girl - full of innocence, but poor and hungry... Like the Little Match Girl, their lives could be shattered by child trafficking, diseases, malnutrition etc... So I think it's an apt name for the NGO.
LittleMatchKids.org is non-profit and helps raise awareness of poverty/healthcare/child trafficking in Cambodia through photography. Its other objectives include:
I was recently in Cambodia 12 - 21 October 2007 and had a wonderful time. I met many nice people and saw many things we don't normally see in my country, Singapore. It broke my heart to see so many dirty-faced children begging in the streets. And many of them approached me. To give them money would only encourage them to beg more... so what do I do?
On 28 Oct 07, I decided to set up an NGO to help these children and registered the domain littlematchkids.org... The name Little Match Kids is inspired from the fairy-tale, The Little Match Girl. It is one of my favourite fairy-tales which always brings a tear to my eye...
The Cambodian children remind me of the Little Match Girl - full of innocence, but poor and hungry... Like the Little Match Girl, their lives could be shattered by child trafficking, diseases, malnutrition etc... So I think it's an apt name for the NGO.
LittleMatchKids.org is non-profit and helps raise awareness of poverty/healthcare/child trafficking in Cambodia through photography. Its other objectives include:
Fight Poverty
Enhance the Quality of Life
Create Opportunities
Protect Their Future
Make Dreams Come True
The NGO is still in its infancy and needs more work to get it together. It is my hope to set up a school to teach Photography, Creative Writing, Art & Design to these children. Education is key in helping these kids off the streets.
If you can help or know of people who might like to help (need a web designer URGENTLY/volunteers/sponsors), would be great!
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