Kathleen Keegel Childrens Fund
Caring For Orphans and under-privileged Children of Sri Lanka
2006 Building Begins
An Australian based, charitable organization committed to caring for orphans and under-privileged children of Sri Lanka.
It was the primary aim of the KKCF to establish and manage an orphanage and to care for orphans and other under-privileged children.
Two of our representatives; Olivia (nee Keegel) and Fred Bartholomeusz,have been based in Sri Lanka since March 2004.
We are in the process of establishing an orphanage and children’s learning centre geared towards caring for orphans, abused and neglected children.
We have an agricultural project on a 9 acre block in the south east of the country.
There has been much work done in the community, particularly in providing relief for victims of the tsunami and in assisting with children’s literacy development.
Our Orphanage St Anthony's Boys' Home Hewadiwela is open for business. We have done a lot of work in preparing the property including an upgrade to the kitchen facility, repairing the buildings, fixing the well and refurbishing classroom s for after school tuition.
The main problem that we have now, is the completion of the fencing around the property. This is a high profile project for KKCF as it will ensure that we have a secure environment for the children and staff as well as protecting the property and facilities
We have commenced the project and the plan is to build a 4 foot high brick block fence and then add another two feet of security mesh to the top of the fence.
However, the perimeter of the property is quite large (5 acres), so we are turning to you for help in completing this project. We are asking that you ‘donate a block'. Each block is valued at $5.00 and you can donate as many or as few as you like. At the end of the project a plaque will be struck to commemorate the donations to the wall.
Those of you that donate 10 blocks or more will be individually acknowledged on the plaque.
To Donate a block please go to http://www.kkcf.org/ways_to_support/donate-a-block and to read more about this wonderful cause go to http://www.kkcf.org/home
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The company’s unique business model has resulted in rapid expansion and now has offices in Victoria, Queensland, WA and NSW.
For more information contact:
Michael Sloan,
Director
The Successful Investor
T: 03 8413 8888
E. michael@thesuccessfulinvestor.com.au
W: www.thesuccessfulinvestor.com.au
[Consumer Affairs Victoria website – http://www.consumer.vic.gov.au]
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