We have all made donations to large charities where our money goes into their bank and we have no idea what our dollar was for. With this project you can be involved in whatever level you wish. You can involve yourself with helping, you can visit the site and see what we are doing or you can kindly donate and know your money is going toward saving a child, or you can buy gifts for yourselves, your friends, your business associates right here in our shop.
You will be a partner in an actual shelter that will give these children the care they deserve. By doing this they can have proper nourishment and health care along with education. Please advise if you require further information. Join together with us and make the Sunbeam Children's Village a success. Our Foundation now needs to raise money for on going projects.
All of our Board of Directors and Executive committee are volunteers, so every dollar raised goes directly to The Sunbeam Children's Village.
Please click here to read a beautiful article "Ray of Sunshine for snowy Beiwan" from 1997 by Nuri Vittachi from the archive of The Standard. This is a small excerpt:
Sunday, July 13, 1997
Slowly, the mountains come alive, but not with the sound of music. It is the distant murmur of children's voices. They appear, seemingly out of nowhere, and struggle along the paths that wind between the peaks of the craggy landscape.
The youngsters trudge slowly. There is no spring in their steps. Some have been tramping the rocky path for two or even three hours, although it is early in the morning. As they approach, one notices they are barefoot, the soles of their feet flattened and given square edges by the year-round pounding against the stones of the rough-hewn path that leads them to school.
Although Beiwan is just one day's drive from Hong Kong, the weather is severe as the terrain is mountainous. Winter is marked by frosty nights, and a soft layer of snow falls regularly.
Curiously, some of the children do not have black hair. Their poor diet means they have pigmentation problems, resulting in brown or reddish hair.
The children of the Beiwan mountains are heading for a place which has become very special to them: a school, built by local officials with a lot of outside help, consisting of love, sweat, tears and money from the people of Hong Kong. [Click to read the entire article]
We Welcome Your Help
The Sunbeam Children's Village opened in May, 1999.
The total initial cost, at that time, including furniture, fixtures and operational costs for a three year period was estimated at HK$6.78 million (approx. US$904,000).
We will need your support as well as that of the Hong Kong and international communities to continue what we started.
Every dollar raised is channeled directly to the Project. If you wish to make a tax deductible donation, if you wish to volunteer your help, if you wish to help these needy children in any way, please contact us.
Your support and assistance is needed.
Our Sponsorship and Donor forms with your debit information can be faxed or mailed to us:
Please make cheques payable to Sunbeam Children's Foundation Ltd. and send them to the Hong Kong address below.
All donations above HK$100.00 - US$13.00 will be duly recognised and issued with tax-deductible receipts.
Sunbeam Children's Foundation Ltd.,
GPO Box 6651, Central,
Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 2887-1611
Fax: (852) 2887-1744.
Sunbeam Children's Foundation Ltd.,
1918 Hazeltine Court
Henderson, NV 89074
USA
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR HEARTFELT GENEROSITY.
