Bloom bags: Camboida. A social enterprise

Bloom Cambodia is a 'Social Enterprise' . Founded by Diana Saw, the concept was, from the start not to be dependent on 'aid / donations / handouts' etc but to create a business which would be self sustaining, provide employment for Cambodians and help reconstruct Cambodia, ravaged relatively recently by war and social unrest. The organizers of Rose Charities very much agree with Diana's concept. In Sri Lanka several hundred small businesses to date have been created the Rose Charities Sri Lanka, micro-credit program in the Kalmunai, Batticaloa, Area for the same purpose. Microcredit is a great concept but it cannot cover every person; there are many who simply are unable to start their own businesses. For those, there is need for fair jobs and employment. Thus Dianas wonderful 'Bloom' project is a model of what can be done to assist in this area. Dianas talent, drive and compassion are both successful and impressive..

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See also: www.BloomCambodia.com
For NY Connection see www.Surfkini.com

Dr Collin Yong (Canada) awarded ASEAN-Canada Association 'Asian Hero' Award

Rose Charities Canada Director Collin Yong has been awaded the ASEAN-Canada Society ' Hero' award for 2009. Collin, a Consultant Pediatrician at Vancouver Children's Hospital, has carried out many humanitarian and teaching visits overseas including to the Philippines, China, Ethiopia, Peru, Malaysia and Vietnam. Collin lead the third Rose Charities Emergency Child relief Team to S.E. Sri Lanka in early 2005. See also www.RoseCharitiesPeople.blogspot.com
Apart from being a Rose Charities Canada Director, Collin is current Chair of Vancouver Chinatown Rotary Club, and an active field participator in many Rotaplast missions
In his spare time (not much of this !) Collin is a professional standard jazz guitarist, well known around Vancouver for his musical abilities. See www.collinyong.com

A sad-happy farewell. Consul General family hold barbecue for orphans

Jan and Bill Johnton left Vietnam in June 2009 after three years. Jan Johnston was winner of the Charity Rose Award 2008 and co-founder of Rose Charities Vietnam. As part of their farewell they invited kids from an orphanage sponsored by Rose Charities Vietnam to a barbecue party. Band and 'bouncy castle' were kindly donated by supporters



Jan writes..."Quynh & Yen and Thao & Danh (Rose Board members) came to the event and
Quynh presented an official cheque to Sister Vinh for funds raised by
HMS Regina and Albetta, as well as the wife of Consul General of Singapore
and the lady who first introduced me to Be Tho. Mr. Tuan from DAN
Jewelry very generously sponsored the food and we had drinks donated
by Coke . Santa Fe sponsored the very
popular bouncy castle. Bill helped in the pool as you can see,
and while it was not captured on film Sister Vinh and I
also ended up in the pool, both of us fully clothed! . The
press members put on a puppet show for the kids! The children
put on a presentation of their own and when the rains came we all
gathered inside. A well known singer was there, I
think he came with the tv crew, so he sang to them in Vietnamese and
then I taught them the Hokey Pokey and Skinymarink, with Bill on
guitar. It was a fabulous day, bitter sweet because it was the last
day I spent with this wonderful group of children, all of whom have
taken up residence in my heart!

Over 700 microcredit businesses from Rose Charities Sri Lanka

Rose Charities Sri Lanka recently passed the 700 small businesses mark on it s microcredit program. These range from breeding budgerigars to repairing bicycles. The microcredit progam has been running for three years and continues to expand. Rose Charities Sri Lanka is an Sri Lankan Government registered NGO assisitng where it can, all Sri Lanka citizens in need. Programs include youth sports, education support, college scholarships, counseling for at risk children, and microcredit / microfinance. It also runs a community center and vocational training activities

Aid to Sri Lanka conflict displaced persons

Rose Charities Sri Lanka, assisted by donations from Rose Charities USA , Canada, and AMDA International ship food and supplies to the conflict displaced persons of Sri Lanka. Many thousands of persons, from all ethnic groups and religions have been displaced by the recent war and Rose Charities is one of many Sri-Lanka NGO's who are assisting.





Rose Charities Sri Lanka has considerable experience with crisis situations in Sri Lanka. It was founded at the time of the Asian
Tsunami and since then has implemented programs in emergency child health, education, counseling, and sports-for peace programs. It is a registered Sri Lana aid organization and operates both its own programs as well as cooperatively with several other excellent Sri Lanka organizations. Its programs are also supported by AMDA Canada




Rose Charities Sri Lanka is based in Kalmunai, in Ampara Province in S.E. Sri Lanka. It is an area of mixed ethnicity and several major religions and a major target area for displaced persons on the east side of Sri-Lanka

Female Community Health Volunteer program Nepal

Rose Charities NZ supports the Lumbini Eye Hospital FCHV (Female Community Health Volunteer) Program which has recently been started in South and Central Nepal. This wonderful program trains local women from the community to identify and provide simple treaments where appropriate for eye disease. The identifcation of early signs of disease can prevent later blindness in several diseases incuding glaucoma, trachoma and cataract. One of the programs organizers is Dr Basant Shama, who is Hon. Vice President of Rose Charities International.

Ear surgery for Cambodian poor.

May 2009. A specialized international ear surgical team from the organization IMPACT (UK) carried out an operative mission with Operation FIRST-Rose Charities at Chea Chumneas hospital primarily for Cambodian poor. 40 patients with hearing problems were screened and 12 operations performed using highly specialized equipment donated by IMPACT.

The mission is the latest in the continuing program of visits by international teams and experts who come both to teach and provide surgeries mainly for the poor. Rose Charities has welcomed such vists since its inception in 1998 and, together with Operation FIRST is hugely appreciative of those donate time and resources to do so.