We made it! And we would like to say THANKS!
To all our lovely friends, relatives and business sponsors, thank you so much for your support. Together, Ginni and I raised a total of $17,222.26 for CARE Australia.
Particular thanks to our major sponsors who all donated generously. These include Distribution Central Pty Ltd, Device Technologies, Bright Print Group, Mind Body Motion Fitness Solutions, Body Shape Warringah Mall and Col Crawford Brookvale.
The CARE Australia “I am Powerful” Cycle Challenge was an amazing experience. The entire trip was an endless series of treasured memories shared by nine powerful and beautiful Australian women. Each had put an enormous effort into fundraising for CARE Australia.
The trip had many daily highlights but for all of us, the most outstanding day was International Women’s Day, which is celebrated as a public holiday in Vietnam and Cambodia. We visited the regional CARE office at Kompong Trabek (around 2 hours from Phnom Phen) and were briefed on various projects that this office is overseeing.
Firstly we visited the Koko Kchok Commune. We had an overwhelming greeting from more than one hundred women from the surrounding villages. We enjoyed a play performed by the students from the local school which depicted the problems faced by families in small communities and the need for a family to earn money to survive, which is often placed over the need for a child’s education. We were distressed to learn that young Cambodian girls who move to the cities for work so they can help support their family are, unfortunately, very often exploited. Instances such as these are increasing. There were many tears shed.
From Kok Kchok commune we drove further through the drought stricken rice fields to Kroal Village. A tiny village, but the villagers had the biggest smiles you have ever seen. We learnt about the credit and loans program CARE is facilitating – enabling the locals to buy livestock and fertilizer and in turn producing sustainable incomes for themselves and their communities. We shared boiled sweet potato (yams) dipped in palm sugar and took lots of photos. We discovered that laughter transcends any language barrier.
The next project was at Krous Village which has a water irrigation system installed by CARE Australia. Traditionally, Cambodians only produce one rice harvest a year as the dry season is so extreme, making farming almost impossible. However, with the installation of the new pump and correct irrigation channels Krous Village will be able to produce three rice crops per year. The new system not only produces enough food for the village, but also a surplus to sell and provide an income. This was the first year that Krous Village has yielded a harvest in the dry season. The people of the village were incredibly excited to show off their pump. These moments for us were priceless.
The exchange of cultures will never leave our hearts and minds and we thoroughly enjoyed swapping information and stories. Our Q&A session with the villagers was extremely funny, particularly when Lyn, through our English interpreter, explained that not only do some Australians lie in the sun to get a tan, but if that if is not successful, they go to a beauty salon and pay to be spray painted brown! This caused uproarious laughter! Not speaking the language was never going to be a barrier.
The cost to donate a water pump for a Cambodian village is $US700. Please contact CARE if you would like to make a donation. You can specifically request where you would like your money allocated. www.careaustralia.org.au
For video footage and further photos of our cycle, visit http://inspiredadventures.posterous.com/day-ten-care-australia-and-inspired-adventure
The CARE Australia “I am Powerful” Cycle Challenge was an amazing experience. The entire trip was an endless series of treasured memories shared by nine powerful and beautiful Australian women. Each had put an enormous effort into fundraising for CARE Australia.
The trip had many daily highlights but for all of us, the most outstanding day was International Women’s Day, which is celebrated as a public holiday in Vietnam and Cambodia. We visited the regional CARE office at Kompong Trabek (around 2 hours from Phnom Phen) and were briefed on various projects that this office is overseeing.
Firstly we visited the Koko Kchok Commune. We had an overwhelming greeting from more than one hundred women from the surrounding villages. We enjoyed a play performed by the students from the local school which depicted the problems faced by families in small communities and the need for a family to earn money to survive, which is often placed over the need for a child’s education. We were distressed to learn that young Cambodian girls who move to the cities for work so they can help support their family are, unfortunately, very often exploited. Instances such as these are increasing. There were many tears shed.
From Kok Kchok commune we drove further through the drought stricken rice fields to Kroal Village. A tiny village, but the villagers had the biggest smiles you have ever seen. We learnt about the credit and loans program CARE is facilitating – enabling the locals to buy livestock and fertilizer and in turn producing sustainable incomes for themselves and their communities. We shared boiled sweet potato (yams) dipped in palm sugar and took lots of photos. We discovered that laughter transcends any language barrier.
The next project was at Krous Village which has a water irrigation system installed by CARE Australia. Traditionally, Cambodians only produce one rice harvest a year as the dry season is so extreme, making farming almost impossible. However, with the installation of the new pump and correct irrigation channels Krous Village will be able to produce three rice crops per year. The new system not only produces enough food for the village, but also a surplus to sell and provide an income. This was the first year that Krous Village has yielded a harvest in the dry season. The people of the village were incredibly excited to show off their pump. These moments for us were priceless.
The exchange of cultures will never leave our hearts and minds and we thoroughly enjoyed swapping information and stories. Our Q&A session with the villagers was extremely funny, particularly when Lyn, through our English interpreter, explained that not only do some Australians lie in the sun to get a tan, but if that if is not successful, they go to a beauty salon and pay to be spray painted brown! This caused uproarious laughter! Not speaking the language was never going to be a barrier.
The cost to donate a water pump for a Cambodian village is $US700. Please contact CARE if you would like to make a donation. You can specifically request where you would like your money allocated. www.careaustralia.org.au
For video footage and further photos of our cycle, visit http://inspiredadventures.posterous.com/day-ten-care-australia-and-inspired-adventure
The CARE Australia “I am Powerful” Cycle Challenge was an amazing experience. The entire trip was an endless series of treasured memories shared by nine powerful and beautiful Australian women. Each had put an enormous effort into fundraising for CARE Australia.
The trip had many daily highlights but for all of us, the most outstanding day was International Women’s Day, which is celebrated as a public holiday in Vietnam and Cambodia. We visited the regional CARE office at Kompong Trabek (around 2 hours from Phnom Phen) and were briefed on various projects that this office is overseeing.
Firstly we visited the Koko Kchok Commune. We had an overwhelming greeting from more than one hundred women from the surrounding villages. We enjoyed a play performed by the students from the local school which depicted the problems faced by families in small communities and the need for a family to earn money to survive, which is often placed over the need for a child’s education. We were distressed to learn that young Cambodian girls who move to the cities for work so they can help support their family are, unfortunately, very often exploited. Instances such as these are increasing. There were many tears shed.
From Kok Kchok commune we drove further through the drought stricken rice fields to Kroal Village. A tiny village, but the villagers had the biggest smiles you have ever seen. We learnt about the credit and loans program CARE is facilitating – enabling the locals to buy livestock and fertilizer and in turn producing sustainable incomes for themselves and their communities. We shared boiled sweet potato (yams) dipped in palm sugar and took lots of photos. We discovered that laughter transcends any language barrier.
The next project was at Krous Village which has a water irrigation system installed by CARE Australia. Traditionally, Cambodians only produce one rice harvest a year as the dry season is so extreme, making farming almost impossible. However, with the installation of the new pump and correct irrigation channels Krous Village will be able to produce three rice crops per year. The new system not only produces enough food for the village, but also a surplus to sell and provide an income. This was the first year that Krous Village has yielded a harvest in the dry season. The people of the village were incredibly excited to show off their pump. These moments for us were priceless.
The exchange of cultures will never leave our hearts and minds and we thoroughly enjoyed swapping information and stories. Our Q&A session with the villagers was extremely funny, particularly when Lyn, through our English interpreter, explained that not only do some Australians lie in the sun to get a tan, but if that if is not successful, they go to a beauty salon and pay to be spray painted brown! This caused uproarious laughter! Not speaking the language was never going to be a barrier.
The cost to donate a water pump for a Cambodian village is $US700. Please contact CARE if you would like to make a donation. You can specifically request where you would like your money allocated. www.careaustralia.org.au
For video footage and further photos of our cycle, visit http://inspiredadventures.posterous.com/day-ten-care-australia-and-inspired-adventure
The CARE Australia “I am Powerful” Cycle Challenge was an amazing experience. The entire trip was an endless series of treasured memories shared by nine powerful and beautiful Australian women. Each had put an enormous effort into fundraising for CARE Australia.
The trip had many daily highlights but for all of us, the most outstanding day was International Women’s Day, which is celebrated as a public holiday in Vietnam and Cambodia. We visited the regional CARE office at Kompong Trabek (around 2 hours from Phnom Phen) and were briefed on various projects that this office is overseeing.
Firstly we visited the Koko Kchok Commune. We had an overwhelming greeting from more than one hundred women from the surrounding villages. We enjoyed a play performed by the students from the local school which depicted the problems faced by families in small communities and the need for a family to earn money to survive, which is often placed over the need for a child’s education. We were distressed to learn that young Cambodian girls who move to the cities for work so they can help support their family are, unfortunately, very often exploited. Instances such as these are increasing. There were many tears shed.
From Kok Kchok commune we drove further through the drought stricken rice fields to Kroal Village. A tiny village, but the villagers had the biggest smiles you have ever seen. We learnt about the credit and loans program CARE is facilitating – enabling the locals to buy livestock and fertilizer and in turn producing sustainable incomes for themselves and their communities. We shared boiled sweet potato (yams) dipped in palm sugar and took lots of photos. We discovered that laughter transcends any language barrier.
The next project was at Krous Village which has a water irrigation system installed by CARE Australia. Traditionally, Cambodians only produce one rice harvest a year as the dry season is so extreme, making farming almost impossible. However, with the installation of the new pump and correct irrigation channels Krous Village will be able to produce three rice crops per year. The new system not only produces enough food for the village, but also a surplus to sell and provide an income. This was the first year that Krous Village has yielded a harvest in the dry season. The people of the village were incredibly excited to show off their pump. These moments for us were priceless.
The exchange of cultures will never leave our hearts and minds and we thoroughly enjoyed swapping information and stories. Our Q&A session with the villagers was extremely funny, particularly when Lyn, through our English interpreter, explained that not only do some Australians lie in the sun to get a tan, but if that if is not successful, they go to a beauty salon and pay to be spray painted brown! This caused uproarious laughter! Not speaking the language was never going to be a barrier.
The cost to donate a water pump for a Cambodian village is $US700. Please contact CARE if you would like to make a donation. You can specifically request where you would like your money allocated. www.careaustralia.org.au
For video footage and further photos of our cycle, visit http://inspiredadventures.posterous.com/day-ten-care-australia-and-inspired-adventure
The CARE Australia “I am Powerful” Cycle Challenge was an amazing experience. The entire trip was an endless series of treasured memories shared by nine powerful and beautiful Australian women. Each had put an enormous effort into fundraising for CARE Australia.
The trip had many daily highlights but for all of us, the most outstanding day was International Women’s Day, which is celebrated as a public holiday in Vietnam and Cambodia. We visited the regional CARE office at Kompong Trabek (around 2 hours from Phnom Phen) and were briefed on various projects that this office is overseeing.
Firstly we visited the Koko Kchok Commune. We had an overwhelming greeting from more than one hundred women from the surrounding villages. We enjoyed a play performed by the students from the local school which depicted the problems faced by families in small communities and the need for a family to earn money to survive, which is often placed over the need for a child’s education. We were distressed to learn that young Cambodian girls who move to the cities for work so they can help support their family are, unfortunately, very often exploited. Instances such as these are increasing. There were many tears shed.
From Kok Kchok commune we drove further through the drought stricken rice fields to Kroal Village. A tiny village, but the villagers had the biggest smiles you have ever seen. We learnt about the credit and loans program CARE is facilitating – enabling the locals to buy livestock and fertilizer and in turn producing sustainable incomes for themselves and their communities. We shared boiled sweet potato (yams) dipped in palm sugar and took lots of photos. We discovered that laughter transcends any language barrier.
The next project was at Krous Village which has a water irrigation system installed by CARE Australia. Traditionally, Cambodians only produce one rice harvest a year as the dry season is so extreme, making farming almost impossible. However, with the installation of the new pump and correct irrigation channels Krous Village will be able to produce three rice crops per year. The new system not only produces enough food for the village, but also a surplus to sell and provide an income. This was the first year that Krous Village has yielded a harvest in the dry season. The people of the village were incredibly excited to show off their pump. These moments for us were priceless.
The exchange of cultures will never leave our hearts and minds and we thoroughly enjoyed swapping information and stories. Our Q&A session with the villagers was extremely funny, particularly when Lyn, through our English interpreter, explained that not only do some Australians lie in the sun to get a tan, but if that if is not successful, they go to a beauty salon and pay to be spray painted brown! This caused uproarious laughter! Not speaking the language was never going to be a barrier.
The cost to donate a water pump for a Cambodian village is $US700. Please contact CARE if you would like to make a donation. You can specifically request where you would like your money allocated. www.careaustralia.org.au
For video footage and further photos of our cycle, visit http://inspiredadventures.posterous.com/day-ten-care-australia-and-inspired-adventure
The CARE Australia "I am Powerful" Cycle Challenge was an amazing experience. The entire trip was an endless series of treasured memories shared by nine powerful and beautiful Australian women. Each had put an enormous effort into fundraising for CARE Australia.
The trip had many daily highlights but for all of us, the most outstanding day was International Women’s Day, which is celebrated as a public holiday in Vietnam and Cambodia. We visited the regional CARE office at Kompong Trabek (around 2 hours from Phnom Phen) and were briefed on various projects that this office is overseeing.
Firstly we visited the Koko Kchok Commune. We had an overwhelming greeting from more than one hundred women from the surrounding villages. We enjoyed a play performed by the students from the local school which depicted the problems faced by families in small communities and the need for a family to earn money to survive, which is often placed over the need for a child’s education. We were distressed to learn that young Cambodian girls who move to the cities for work so they can help support their family are, unfortunately, very often exploited. Instances such as these are increasing. There were many tears shed.
From Kok Kchok commune we drove further through the drought stricken rice fields to Kroal Village. A tiny village, but the villagers had the biggest smiles you have ever seen. We learnt about the credit and loans program CARE is facilitating – enabling the locals to buy livestock and fertilizer and in turn producing sustainable incomes for themselves and their communities. We shared boiled sweet potato (yams) dipped in palm sugar and took lots of photos. We discovered that laughter transcends any language barrier.
Firstly we visited the Koko Kchok Commune. We had an overwhelming greeting from more than one hundred women from the surrounding villages. We enjoyed a play performed by the students from the local school which depicted the problems faced by families in small communities and the need for a family to earn money to survive, which is often placed over the need for a child’s education. We were distressed to learn that young Cambodian girls who move to the cities for work so they can help support their family are, unfortunately, very often exploited. Instances such as these are increasing. There were many tears shed.
From Kok Kchok commune we drove further through the drought stricken rice fields to Kroal Village. A tiny village, but the villagers had the biggest smiles you have ever seen. We learnt about the credit and loans program CARE is facilitating – enabling the locals to buy livestock and fertilizer and in turn producing sustainable incomes for themselves and their communities. We shared boiled sweet potato (yams) dipped in palm sugar and took lots of photos. We discovered that laughter transcends any language barrier.
The next project was at Krous Village which has a water irrigation system installed by CARE Australia. Traditionally, Cambodians only produce one rice harvest a year as the dry season is so extreme, making farming almost impossible. However, with the installation of the new pump and correct irrigation channels Krous Village will be able to produce three rice crops per year. The new system not only produces enough food for the village, but also a surplus to sell and provide an income. This was the first year that Krous Village has yielded a harvest in the dry season. The people of the village were incredibly excited to show off their pump. These moments for us were priceless.
The exchange of cultures will never leave our hearts and minds and we thoroughly enjoyed swapping information and stories. Our Q&A session with the villagers was extremely funny, particularly when Lyn, through our English interpreter, explained that not only do some Australians lie in the sun to get a tan, but if that if is not successful, they go to a beauty salon and pay to be spray painted brown! This caused uproarious laughter! Not speaking the language was never going to be a barrier.
The cost to donate a water pump for a Cambodian village is $US700. Please contact CARE if you would like to make a donation. You can specifically request where you would like your money allocated. www.careaustralia.org.au
The exchange of cultures will never leave our hearts and minds and we thoroughly enjoyed swapping information and stories. Our Q&A session with the villagers was extremely funny, particularly when Lyn, through our English interpreter, explained that not only do some Australians lie in the sun to get a tan, but if that if is not successful, they go to a beauty salon and pay to be spray painted brown! This caused uproarious laughter! Not speaking the language was never going to be a barrier.
The cost to donate a water pump for a Cambodian village is $US700. Please contact CARE if you would like to make a donation. You can specifically request where you would like your money allocated. www.careaustralia.org.au
For video footage and further photos of our cycle, visit inspiredadventures.posterous.com/day-ten-care-australia-and-inspired-adventure
For further information about CARE Australia
CARE Australia – Defending dignity, fighting poverty
In some of the poorest regions of the world, CARE is empowering women, and their communities, to create meaningful change in over 55 million people's lives. CARE aid work is carried out in 70 countries and has a worldwide staff of more than 14,500 people. Over 90 per cent of CARE staff are citizens of the countries in which they operate.
At present, CARE Australia manages programs in 20 countries. The countries where they work varies, as CARE Australia responds to the most urgent needs around the world.
Women are adversely affected by poverty. Of the one billion people living in poverty, 60 per cent are women. Of the seventy-two million children who don’t attend primary school, 57 per cent are girls.
CARE recognises that improving women’s lives can be a critical first step towards enduring social change. They know from experience that when you help an individual woman, her entire community benefits. When a woman is equipped with the proper resources, helping her become an active participant in her community, she can earn more, live longer, access education and make decisions that can guide her, and her community, towards a better future.
Join CARE to help women live, learn, earn and lead.
Help her live by giving her access to adequate health services, educating her community on gender-based violence and discrimination, and providing support in emergencies.
Help her learn by giving her the education she deserves.
Help her earn by giving her the opportunities for employment and new livelihoods.
Help her lead by giving her the ability, and the voice, to change her circumstances and those of her community.
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A HUGE Thank you to our generous sponsors
Thank you to all these wonderful businesses and friends that have donated to our cause.
- DISTRIBUTION CENTRAL
$6,500.00 has sponsored both Ginni and I. Which equates to $3,250 towards my individual $10,000 goal. - BRENT VAN DEN BERG DEVICE TECHNOLOGIES
- BRIGHT PRINT
- VERNON LEONARD
SAVVY GRAPHICS - JANE SAKOVITS
INFORM COMMUNICATIONS GROUP - WORLDWIDE ONLINE PRINTING – CROWS NEST
- LOIS HEWITT
IMPACT CAREER SOLUTIONS - IAN DIMMOCK
REEF DIGITAL MEDIA - JENNY FALZON
- CARINEH GRIGORIAN
DISTRIBUTION CENTRAL - SUSAN OLIVER
PRINT PRODUCTION - JO JENNINGS
DESIGN 91 - AMANDA
CATHRx LTD - GINA AND CHAS
- DEB FOWNES
TRAVELWORLD NORTH SYDNEY - TRISH BARNES & FAMILY
- COUSIN RICK & PAULA
- BULL SON & SCHMIDT
- SPRATT FAMILY
- JENNY, ANNIKA & ZIGI BLAU
- SIOBHAN McCAMMON
- KERRY BARNETT & PAUL
- BROOKVALE HOTEL
- GRANT SCURR
BOB JANE T-MARTS BROOKVALE - KAZ MUDDELL
MIND BODY MOTION FITNESS SOLUTIONS - MARIAN MOFFATT
- PENNY & ELLA MAWER
- MRS SUSAN FRANCE
- NUPUR BHUSHAN
- RICHARDS FAMILY
- FELICITY & ALEX
- DAVID SMYTH PHOTOGRAPHY
- SUSIE HICKS
- THE SEBEL MANLY BEACH Prize donation
- BROOKVALE WINE CELLARS Prize donation
- BROOKVALE BIKE FACTORY Cycle helmet donation
- COL CRAWFORD MOTORS Prize Donation
- JENNY-LEE BOOTH
- QUENTIN MUNRO
- BRONWEN BLACK
- KRISTY JUDGE
- BERNARD GOULD & FAMILY OCTOPUS PRODUCTIONS
- GREG McDONELL
- TOUCIA, JIM & ELLA
- ROB & JOHN COLES
- JO HANLON
EDWARDSON HANLON - PERNILLE DAY
- MARIA & ROBERT JOHNSON
- CATHERINE CONAGHAN
- JOY DONOGHUE (mum)
- DANITA & LAURENCE
- NICKELJACK
- LOUIS & MARK
- MONICA WYNNE
- TONY CARLON
CARLON LEONG - BASSAM
JOHN AZZI HAIRDRESSING Prize donation - ROGER & AVRIL DREW & GRANDMA LEONARD
- PAUL BYRNE
RED ROCK EVENTS - SUZY JACOBS
THE ATHENA NETWORK - NARELLE MARSHALL
FOOD FOR HEALTH - MATTHEW DONOGHUE COMMTECH SECURITY
- JON BAILEY
ALPHA ADVANTAGE - CHRISTINE RYAN
- EMBROID ME
NORTH SYDNEY
Cycle shirts
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