Update 9 Reached 50% of Goal
We have together reached 50% of our goal. Thank you all for your support. Here is a posting from Janis Lindblom of Cambodian Cocoon: “How truly exciting & amazing is it to see the progress on the land which...
Update 8 a Gift From Above
Our sincere thanks go out to Bart Belanger from Kids at Risk Cambodia, for introducing us to Sarah, who works with an American charitable foundation. Her interest in CIO has led the Foundation, which wishes to remain anonymous, to...
Update 7 Would you like to own a square meter of land?
I met Peter Albert at CIO this last November. He is a long time supporter of the orphanage both financially and as an English teacher. In addition to being a generous donor to this GFM campaign Peter has started...
Update 6 Complete The Land Purchase
Dear Friends of CIO, Thank you for your support. Can you help us spread the word? So far over 100 generous folks like yourself have made it possible for CIO to make a down payment on land for their...
Update 5 The Sun Shines Brightly on CIO
Dear Friends, I have just returned from my 6th trip to Cambodia and 4th visit to CIO. In what is often a dark world, the sun has been shining brightly from the U.S., Australia, N.Z., Germany and Scotland on...
Update 4 Money Well Invested
Tina and I are adamant that the highest percentage possible of your generous donations directly benefit the CIO children. As a result we are donating $500.- for each $10,000.- of GoFundMe (GFM) contributions to cover the cost of GFM...
Update 3 CIO Bicycle Shop
The kids had about 30 bikes but only 5-6 were serviceable. So we bought tools, tubes and tires and went to work . As is always the case at CIO everyone pitched in. As of yesterday we had 18...
Update 2: Activities with the Kids
The kids don’t understand or care much about land deals but they love soccer and volleyball. So on behalf of the Bath Rotary I had two goals fabricated, purchased nets for the new goals and a net for the...