2011 is going to be an exciting year for Book Haven with a list of interesting Projects lined up and some generous Donations & Sponsors to help fund some of these Projects.
On-Going Projects:
1) Phone Ngeun Primary School, Vang Vieng, Laos:
With the assistance of Daniel Bedard, a volunteer teacher from Victoria, Canada, Book Haven & Felicia Tan/Kenny Ch'ng helped by contributing US$300 to set up a mini-Library for the School. This Project will be completed at end of Feb 2011
2) Harvest Centre:
20 sets of the CD-ROM Training Materials (donated by Twenty-Twenty Media) were delivered to Harvest Centre in Jan 2011
3) SAHABAT Support Centre:
A lorry-load of furniture (1 table with 6 chairs, 3 medium-size cupboards, 3 small shelves, 1 writing board, 10 additional chairs) and one 29-in TV were delivered to SAHABAT Support Centre on 31 Jan 2011.
12 set of CD-ROM's Training Materials, 50 story books and 2 bagful of soft toys were all delivered in Jan 2011.
In addition, there is a Corporate Sponsor which came up with RM5,000 which will be used to furnish the mini-Library with books & book cabinets in the Centre.
4) Matu Learning Center (supported by BLESS Community Services):
A total of 175 books in 3 boxes were delivered to Matu Learning Center thru one of the Volunteer Teachers, Janice on 31 Jan 2011
Generous Donors:
1) Xylog Computer Systems (Azmir Mohd):
Xylog has generously agreed to donate RM5,000 to fund the costs of books & books cabinets for the mini-Library at SAHABAT Support Centre.
2) Tony Tan/Yin Mei:
In Nov 2010, Tony & Yin Mei generously donated RM1,000 to Book Haven in memory of their mother/mother-in-law
3) Katherine Ku:
In Nov 2010, Katherine Ku, one of business colleagues, donated RM100 to Book Haven.
4) Ooi Say Teng & Ng Ooi Wah:
Ooi ST get to know about Book Haven Project when we were in Chiang Mai on 20 Jan 2011 and when we get back, he sms me & pledge a RM500 donation to Book Haven.
5) Class of 82, USM:
For contributing RM1,000 to the Phone Ngeun Primary School Project
6) Sumita Ratnasingam:
Sunita's family was moving to Johore and Sunita, an avaid reader, was kind enough to call us & generously donated all her books - 250 in all, mostly Seeet Valley series to Book Haven. I managed to arrange a collection from her Subang Jaya house on 28 Jan 2011
7) Roving Books (Anne Ooi):
Anne Ooi delivered a set of Encyclopedia to Harvest Centre on 8 Feb 2011
8) Twenty Twenty Media (Richard Small/Karen Leong):
In Jan 2011, Karen Leong handed to me 30 sets of CD-ROM Training Materials for pre-school children and 30 copies of Reader's Digest (past issues)
9) Felicia Tan/Kenny Ch'ng:
Donated US$300 for the mini-Library Set-Up in Phone Ngeun Primary School in Vang Vieng, Laos
10) Fyaro Liew and son, Joshua Liew:
Donated 50 story books & 2 bagful of soft toys which were subsequently passed to SAHABAT Support Centre in Ampang Point, Kuala Lumpur
11) Freddy Wong & Lee Jia Hwei: Donated furniture - tables, chairs, shelves, cupboards to SAHABAT Support Centre in Ampang Point, Kuala Lumpur.
Two boxes (102 books) of children's story books, waiting for a home, was also collected on 31 Jan 2011.
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