A Trip To The Dentist

Karen Butler, a director of Kais Village Orphanage wrote:
In early March we took 14 children to the dentist. This included some children from the local village who needed some urgent treatment. It took most of the day in surgery (everyone had a nice lunch during the noon break). After treatment the children came back to our house for snacks and drinks and to play until dark.

The children visit the dentist every 6 months for check ups (the work is carried out free of charge). CamKids supports these visits by paying for the transport as the surgery is some 2 hours drive away in Phnom Penh. CamKids also pay for emergency unscheduled visits to the dentist.

If you would like to help support one of our medical or dental projects, please contact us at medical@camkids.org.

Changing Lives

One of our HIV+ boys, who is now being supported by one of our generous donors through our Child Sponsorship programme, has recently had his life completely changed for the better.

Last month CamKids trustees agreed to build this little boy's family a small house for just US$2,500 because their home was dangerously run down. We did it with the support of the local community who all wanted it for them (we always have to be wary of causing jealousy and friction within small communities when singling one family out).

Many thanks to the directors of Kais Village who organised the project and took the before and after photographs for us. The boy's father, who is a builder, designed the new home and says it is perfect; everything he ever wanted. He was completely moved by the gesture and said he never imagined in his wildest dreams that he would be able to build his children a safe house.

If you would like to help support one of our medical projects, please contact us at medical@camkids.org or send an email to sponsorship@camkids.org to find out more about our Child Sponsorship programmes.

Kais Village Nursery Blessing

We thought that you might like to see some pictures of the recent formal blessing of Kais Village Orphanage Nursery, which was entirely funded by CamKids and built by the Royal Engineers and CamKids volunteers in 2008 (you can see more pictures and read more about the Nursery construction here and here).

The nursery, which is big enough to comfortably sleep 40 babies, looks fantastic and is even better than we could have imagined. Thank you to everyone involved in the project, including our supporters, donors and fundraisers, without whom it would not have been possible.

In these difficult times, we still need to raise more money to help meet the running costs of the nursery. Please contact us or click one of the links if you would like to make make a single donation or a regular donation to help us reach our target. Please mark your donation 'Nursery'.

CamKids Spring 2009 Newsletter

We are pleased to announce that our Spring 2009 Newsletter is now available.

The Newsletter includes details of projects at New Futures Organisation and Who Will Children's Village, including the extension of our Child Sponsorship programme to these organisations. We also have updates of our Farm and Medical projects at Kais Village Orphanage as well as updates on our Rumdoul Thmei school and other eduction projects.

To access the Newsletter, please click Here or Here or Contact Us and we will send you a copy by e-mail. If you sign up to our Newsletter Here, you will receive your copy by e-mail every 6 months (your details will not be used for commercial or any other purpose).

Thank you once again to all of our donors and supporters, for your continuing support and without whom none of this would have been possible.

With Best Wishes

The CamKids Trustees

A Heroic Effort

A huge congratulations and thanks to Tara Taing, who completed the Reading Half Marathon last week in a personal best and raised over £1,300 for CamKids in the process.

Tara is a Chinese Cambodian living in the UK, whose family were able to start a new life in Australia after the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime.

Tara has asked for the money to go to the Rumdoul Thmei school, in Kampong Speu district, which is financed by CamKids. The funds will be extremely welcome, as 2 new teachers started at the school this year and there are plans to build a further 3 classrooms in 2009.

If you would like to raise money for CamKids, please visit our JustGiving site: www.justgiving.com/tccc or contact us at justgiving@camkids.org for information and fundraising materials.

Giving Children Wings

It was the best of times (to half quote Charles Dickens) the day Phnom Penh International Airport and Société Concessionnaire des Aéroports (SCA) opened their arms to the children of Who Will, a local NGO based in Phnom Penh, which is supported by CamKids. The request was for a tour of the airport and its various internal divisions in order to give the children an insight into what career opportunities are available. What they were given was much more.

They were met at the Welcome Desk by Monirath SOK, Secretary to the Operations Manager and Samnang CHEY, Assistant Manager – Operations. Each child was given a bright yellow Visitor jacket and an airport pass and then all were taken to a briefing room where Florent de WARREN, Deputy Operation Manager – Airport Services, told them the itinerary and the ‘rules of engagement’ – be conscientious of other passenger, stay together, don’t run, etc.

They were taken to a Check In desk and each given a boarding pass on Flight WW001 of Who Will Air. From here they were taken through Security, into the VIP Lounge and then past Immigration onto a bus driven by the patient and informative Naro YOU. which took them to the Control Tower.

Here they were briefed by Bunkong NOV on all the instruments, the operation of a control tower and what requirements were necessary to become an Air Traffic Controller.

Boarding the bus they were taken to an aircraft of Indo-chine Airlines – a 737-200 – where they were awaited by two pilots Sivanthan DOUONG and Sophea UY. Each child was shown his or her seat, according to the boarding pass, and given the opportunity to sit in the co-pilot seat while being briefed on all the instruments by Sivanthan DUONG who never wavered in his professional, pleasant and repetitive narrative. They had the opportunity to walk through the aircraft, look at the galley, ask many questions and even use the toilets.

They were then driven to the Fire Department, stopping on the way to watch an aircraft land and see all the machinations that occur to ensure people disembark and eventually receive their luggage.

At the Fire Department they were met by the crew led by Sunday SEN, Safety and Rescue FFS Manager, shown the fire engines and allowed to climb inside and ask questions. They were then given a demonstration of the power of the water hose (3 00 litres per minute) and all then headed for the bus to be taken to the VVIP section.

The VVIP section is the separate section of the airport reserved for kings, presidents, prime ministers and other special envoys. They were taken to the reception lounge where each child was given a gift of a cap with the insignia of Cambodia International Airport and a booklet. They were then, by special permission, given the opportunity to visit the premier lounge and, for a while, imagine what it would be like to be a king….

It was then back into the bus to be taken to the terminal building where their journey had started three hours previously. They had been accompanied throughout by Monirath SOK, Samnang CHEY and Florent de WARREN, who had responded to the myriad questions and looked to the comfort and safety of a bunch of boisterous children – Florent also being the photographer of the day and had taken over 150 photos.

There is something about a bunch of happy children that affects everyone that comes into contact with them. And so it was this day. Passengers that normally sit sullenly or morosely waiting for the seemingly interminable hours to pass before boarding their flight, smiled when the children walked past, some even greeted them.

The effort that was put into this trip by the management and staff of Phnom Penh International Airport has ensured that the dreams of a number of children have been realised and their horizons broadened.

You can find out more about CamKids' work with Who Will HERE.

CamKids selected by Dataquest UK as its charity of the year

CamKids is delighted to have been chosen by Dataquest UK as their Charity of the Year.

During our fundraising 'Al Murray Golf Classic' last year, the company made a donation of £5,000 and will make a further donation for every transaction generated through their association with CamKids. Dataquest UK are specialists in business technology and supply digital copiers, telecommunications, information technology and document management solutions. For further information, please visit http://www.dataquestuk.com/.

The money donated by Dataquest UK has been put into our medical fund and will support the cost of a much-needed doctor and nurse at Kais Village Orphanage. The doctor visits once a week and the nurse is now a full time member of staff. This has proved to be of great benefit as levels of day to day hygiene have been improved and ongoing medical care will no longer be a problem.

We would like to thank Dataquest UK for selecting CamKids and wish them good luck with their fundraising for CamKids.

CamKids Xmas Appeal

The credit crunch is hitting charities hard at the moment, with many donors understandably cutting back on their spending. In addition, for charities like ours, whose expenditure is linked to the US Dollar, our income is being badly eroded by the fall in the value of the £.

If you feel that you can help us to help a child in Cambodia, please give whatever you feel you can afford. A small amount really does go a long way in Cambodia - for example, £3 is enough to send a child to school at our Education Project in Takeo for a whole year!! We can assure you that any amount you raise will be put to great use. At CamKids, we are all volunteers, have all of our services donated to us and so we can guarantee that 100% of any money you raise will go DIRECTLY to the children.

Lots of our supporters have decided to ask friends and family to make donations to CamKids, rather than send them presents this year. If you would also like to do this, please ask them to make the payment to our JustGiving Xmas Appeal site: www.justgiving.com/camkids.

Alternatively, you can set up your own JustGiving site in favour of CamKids, so that you can keep track on how much you have raised. Just go to: www.justgiving.com/tccc. Much easier than chasing people for cash and sending off a cheque. It is quick and easy and means that you don’t need to chase your sponsors / donors for the money. If you are a UK taxpayer, JustGiving will reclaim an additional 28% in Gift Aid from the UK government, on our behalf.

Thank you for supporting CamKids – we are really grateful to all of our friends and supporters and the Trustees would like to wish you a Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year.

New Project - Who Will Children's Village

The slideshow below shows the construction of the first house at a new Cambodian NGO, Who Will's Children's Village, which is supported by CamKids and which I visited on my recent trip to Cambodia.

The village will ultimately comprise 10 family houses and ancillary accommodation to enable the project to function as any normal local village community. Each house will have three children’s bedrooms, a supervisor’s suite of bedroom and en-suite shower room and a kitchen/living room.

Initially each of these will have a house mother with space for up to 12 children. The house mother will be responsible for bringing up her family as if their true mother. She will buy the food from the market, cook, clean and generally be their mother.

As the project evolves, the house mothers will be replaced by married couples with a maximum of 2 of their own children. They will be offered occupation rights to each house that will be conditional on them agreeing to “foster” up to 8 disadvantaged or orphaned children. These couples will probably be from poor local families so should have good connections in the area. Who Will will retain a supervisory role with a local Village Manager living in the village to ensure that the standard of nutrition, health, education and discipline matches the strict rules/code of conduct that will be established.

Ultimately, the directors of Who Will expect that this village will appear to be just another country village and it will be fully integrated into the community and the children will not carry the unjustified stigma of “coming from an orphanage”. Who Will’s role in the future management will likely entail subsidising food and education costs in addition to its general supervisory position.

CamKids is proud to be supporting this project, which is run by a board of directors in Cambodia, which includes a long-term friend of the charity and former Chairman of Sunrise Orphanage in Phnom Penh.

Mark Purser

CamKids Trustee

CamKids wins funding from Gulf For Good

Gulf for Good (G4G), is a charitable organisation based in Dubai, which organises international challenge events to raise money for worthwhile causes in the area in which the challenge takes place.

CamKids is pleased to announce that it has been selected by G4G as the recipient of the next event, The Great Asian Cycling Challenge, which takes place from 26 March to 4 April 2009 in Vietnam and Cambodia.

Starting at the ancient city of Ho Chi Minh (formerly known as Saigon), participants will ride through the heartland of the Vietnamese Mekong Delta on paved, small country roads along the flat river valley of the Co Chien River. More flat roads, with a few short small hills surrounded by shimmering rice paddies will take them to the border with Cambodia, via Temples and Khmer villages to the magnificent ruins of the Angkor Wat Temple complex. The last day will take the participants along an excellent route on dirt and sand tracks and rural paved road through typical Cambodian countryside.

This will be G4G's 24th challenge. The challenges have included trekking, cycling & kayaking adventures in Morocco, Egypt, India, Tanzania, Thailand, Cambodia, Nepal, the UAE, Jordan, Sri Lanka and Peru. So far, around 400 people of 30 different nationalities have taken part, ranging in age from 15 to 70. Over £700,000 has been raised for charities in the above and neighbouring countries.

For more details about the challenge, please follow THIS LINK.

Al Murray - Benefit for CamKids at The Brewery in London

LAST 50 TICKETS REMAINING @ £95 each plus VAT to CamKids fans and supporters, including food & booze (full price is £150).

Join us and The Pub Landlord – Al Murray for an afternoon of fun and Christmas cheer at the Brewery on Chiswell Street on Friday 5th December. Hosted by Dr Kevin Jones.

There will be a pints for the gents and a glass of white wine for the ladies!

Al's TV show, Happy Hour, has won a British Comedy award and a National Television award.

You and your guests are guaranteed an afternoon of fun and laughter with one of the UKs finest comedians.

We look forward to welcoming you on the day.

ALL HAIL TO THE ALE !

To book: call MBN Promotions on 0161 926 9569 or email sales@mbnpromotions.co.uk. Mention CamKids when you book, to receive the specially discounted price.

New Futures Organisation

During a recent visit to Cambodia, I spent a few days in Takeo, about 2 hours South-West of the capital Phnom Penh, to visit the New Futures Organisation (NFO), which CamKids is now supporting.

NFO consists of an orphanage for 55 children and a nearby Vocational Training and drop-in centre. Some of the children in the orphanage are in their teens and so the aim is to try to equip them with the necessary skills and training to find work when it is time for them to leave. Sponsorship has already been secured to fund the cost of putting some of the children through college, including medical training. However, many more long-term donors are needed to secure the futures of these children.

CamKids is now funding the monthly food costs for all of the children and is also making available our donation collection and payment systems to NFO, to allow them to receive donations in the UK, Australia and the US, without any deductions for administration costs or funds transfer fees. In addition, we have also extended our child sponsorship programme to the younger children at NFO and are helping to find sponsors for those children who are able to secure places at college.

NFO welcomes volunteers from all around the world with particular skills or just the enthusiasm to help with whatever is needed at the time and to help teach English to the children. At the Centre, there are 8 rooms for visitors and volunteers. Guests are charged $5 per night and this helps to cover some of the running costs of the orphanage and the Centre. Alternatively, volunteers can stay at one of the nearby guest houses. Reports from the volunteers have all confirmed what an enjoyable and fulfilling time they have had and many have returned in the following year to stay for longer.

If you would like to volunteer for a day, a week or a year, please contact: neville@newfuturesorganisation.com. If you would like to sponsor a child, a college student or support our work with NFO in any other way, please send an e-mail to sponsorship@camkids.org.

Mark Purser
CamKids Trustee

Quantum of Solace - Exclusive Charity Gala Screening

Northwest Vision and Media and ODEON – the UK’s largest cinema operator – are delighted to be joining forces to host an exclusive charity screening of the latest Bond installment, Quantum of Solace, on Thursday 30th October – the day before the hotly anticipated blockbuster goes on national release at cinemas across the UK.

Northwest Vision and Media works on behalf of the digital and creative industries in the Northwest to grow a world-class digital and creative economy within the region. It has teamed up with the city’s brand new 14-screen state-of-the-art cinema, ODEON Liverpool ONE – located at the heart of the Liverpool ONE complex – to celebrate its opening and raise money for two extremely worthwhile charities, First Light Movies and CamKids.

The exclusive charity gala screening promises to be the event to be seen at this year. Stars of the small screen are tipped to be in attendance, as well as Liverpool’s very own Bond girls – modelling the latest collections from the array of stylish shops situated within Liverpool ONE.

VIP tickets to this special event are priced at £25* and include admittance to the film as well as the essential cinema treats, from ODEON Liverpool ONE. Guests will also be invited to dance the night away at a private after-party hosted by the city’s most desirable hot spot, Kingdom. All proceeds from ticket sales will be divided equally between First Light Movies and CamKids.

Phil Westhead, General Manager of ODEON Liverpool ONE, says: “We’re thrilled to be celebrating the recent opening of ODEON Liverpool ONE with an exclusive screening of the most exciting film of the year. The fact that it’s supporting two such worthwhile causes makes it all the more special – we can’t wait to throw our doors open and invite Liverpool’s film fanatics to be a part of the celebrations.”

Doors open at 7.30pm with the screening starting at 8.00pm prompt.

* Tickets for the exclusive charity gala screening of the next Bond adventure, Quantum of Solace, can be purchased on ODEON’s website odeon.co.uk, via the ODEON Filmline on 0871 22 44 007 or by calling in at the ODEON Liverpool ONE cinema box office. A limited number of tickets are available on a first come first served basis.

Vision and Media, which chose CamKids as its charity of the year for 2008, also have a limited number of premier tickets available, priced at £40. This includes your seat and admittance to the pre and post screening private parties. To purchase one of these exclusive tickets, email 007@visionandmedia.co.uk. For more information visit www.visionandmedia.co.uk.

John Barrowman & Scott Gill - a thank you

We would like to say a big thank you to fans of John Barrowman (who plays Captain Jack from Dr Who, among other roles) for raising $1,200 on his fansite from the sale of John's souvenir flyers. John has very generously matched this with an equivalent donation, bringing the total up to $2,400.

The money will be used to purchase furniture and equipment for the Kais Village nursery, which John's partner, Scott, helped design and worked on in Cambodia earlier this year.

To see John and Scott's video thank you to their fans, follow This Link.

Thanks also to George and everyone at Barrowmanonline for their hard work.

Thankyou to our JustGiving Fundraisers

We would like to offer a big thanks to all of our supporters who have raised money for CamKids through JustGiving sponsored runs, cycle events, birthdays, weddings and other fundraising initiatives.

Recent heroic work has included Matt and Sophia's epic 1,000 mile cycle ride from Land's End to John O'Groats - battling all the elements during the appalling summer we have just had. Also, Daniel's 100 mile Manchester bike ride and Kamila's 5.6km corporate running challenge. We would also like to wish good luck to Rachel, who competes in a half Marathon on 5 October.

You don’t have to use our JustGiving site just for sponsored or special events - you can also use it as a general fundraising tool to tell your friends and family that you are a CamKids supporter and ask them to join you. Far easier than rattling a tin or chasing donors for cash. Lots of people set up a fundraising page after a trip to Cambodia to let their friends know how they have been affected by the country and how they can help the children. Scroll down to the bottom of this Weblog to see some other ideas from our current fundraisers.

If you would like to raise money for CamKids, please visit our JustGiving site: www.justgiving.com/tccc or contact us at justgiving@camkids.org for information and fundraising materials.

2008 Al Murray Golf Classic

Following the success of the golf day last year, the 2nd Al Murray CamKids Classic was held at Leatherhead Golf Club on Friday 29th August. Sixty seven golfers hit the fairways ........ actually, 67 golfers teed off and, in truth, considerably fewer hit the fairways. Al Murray, Abi Titmuss and Marc Warren took to the golf carts and headed round the course providing entertainment and refreshments.

Amazingly there was some good golf played on a fantastic course, but we also had our share of hackers. Everyone had a fabulous day and the weather remained kind, even if the course didn’t.

Following their efforts on the course, there was a free pint of London Pride (donated by Fullers) for every golfer. After a few beers, regaled stories of monster drives, long distance putts and greens hit from seemingly impossible positions, 86 people sat down to a wonderful 3 course meal and an evening’s entertainment.

After dinner, Al and Abi drew the raffle and gave away some great prizes donated by various generous sponsors. Al then presided over an unbelievably successful auction which skyrocketed the profit for the day to over £17,000.00!!!! A truly staggering amount that will do so much in Cambodia - and remember that every penny of those profits will make it to Cambodia helping to enrich, and possibly even save, many children’s lives.

Many many thanks to;
Al Murray, Abi Titmuss and Marc Warren for their heroic efforts.
Gail Taylor for all her help in the organization and execution of the day
All our sponsors and donors
Tim Lowe and all the staff at Leatherhead Golf Club
All the volunteers who gave their time

........ and mostly to all the golfers and guests who turned up, had a great day, gave generously and helped to change children’s lives

SEE YOU ALL NEXT YEAR

July Newsletter

We are pleased to release the second 6-monthly Newsletter from CamKids - The Cambodian Children's Charity.

This edition starts with news of the completion of a large nursery at Kais Village Orphanage, with the assistance of members of the Royal Engineers and volunteers from the UK and Australia. We also have updates of our Farm project and Child Sponsorship programmes at Kais.

We also include an update on Rumdoul Thmei school, in Kampong Speu Province as well as other ongoing projects and reports of some of the fantastic fundraising work which our supporters have completed recently.

To access the Newsletter, you can either click on the image above, Here or Here or Contact Us and we will send you a copy by e-mail. If you sign up to our Newsletter, you will receive your copy by e-mail every 6 months (your details will not be used for commercial or any other purpose).

Thanks again to all of our donors and supporters, without whom none of this would have been possible.

With Best Wishes

The CamKids Trustees

GIVING FROM ABROAD - If you are an Australian or American taxpayer, you can now make tax deductible donations to CamKids. Please send Mark Purser an e-mail at: finance@camkids.org, for further details.

SPREAD THE WORD - please forward this blog entry or the Newsletter to any friends or family who you think might be interested. if you could ‘cc’ the e-mail to us as well, we will add their e-mail address to our Newsletter database, so that they receive the next issue directly.

We will never provide personal information to any other organisation. If you wish to unsubscribe from this Newsletter, please contact us.

Your exclusive invitation to a VIP event

On behalf of CamKids, Northwest Vision and Media is organising a VIP event at the Beluga Bar and Restaurant, 2 Mount Street, Manchester M2 5WQ on Thursday 31st July, from 6pm.

For more information on the event, please click on the image below:

To RSVP and for a full list of raffle prizes please contact:

Gemma Johnson
Northwest Vision and Media
Room LG45, BBC
Oxford Road
Manchester
M60 1SJ
Tel: 0161 244 3754
Email: gemmaj@visionandmedia.co.uk

CamKids Latest Newsletter

We are pleased to report that our latest Newsletter is now available.

The July Newsletter includes news of the completion of the nursery at Kais Village Orphanage, with the assistance of members of the Royal Engineers and volunteers from the UK and Australia. We also have updates of our Farm project and Child Sponsorship programmes at Kais.

We also include an update on Rumdoul Thmei school, in Kampong Speu Province as well as other ongoing projects and reports of some of the fantastic fundraising work which our supporters have completed recently.

To access the Newsletter, you can either click on the image above, This Link or Contact Us and we will send you a copy by e-mail. If you sign up to our Newsletter Here, you will receive your copy by e-mail every 6 months (your details will not be used for commercial or any other purpose).

Thank you once again to all of our donors and supporters, without whom none of this would have been possible.

With Best Wishes

The CamKids Trustees

Northwest Vision and Media Sponsored Bike Ride to Paris

Last Thursday, 2 members of staff from Northwest Vision and Media completed a gruelling 3 day bike ride from London to Paris, to raise money for CamKids. This is one of the fundraising events which Northwest Vision and Media have organised during 2008, after selecting CamKids as their charity of the year. Here is Lynsey's report:

Here's the proof that Alice and I didn't just sneak off to do some shopping on the Champs-Élysées. We did three long days in the saddle, setting off from South London on Thursday morning and finally arriving at the Arc de Triomphe at 7:00pm on Saturday.

Thanks again for all your support and encouraging texts along the way and of course for your sponsor money. Our current total stands at £1,648 which is well over our original target and we still have a few last minute pledges to add. So all those aches and pains (and my new found addiction to ibuprofen) now seem worthwhile.

Thanks again!

Lynsey

Lynsey and Alice's total is now over £2,000, including Gift Aid - enough to educate 800 children at ETO school - a fantastic result. If you would like to add to Lynsey and Alice's sponsorship total, visit their JustGiving page:

http://www.justgiving.com/northwestvisionandmedia.

Or why not set up a JustGiving page yourself ! Contact us for details.

Rumdoul Thmei School Update

A number of CamKids Trustees travelled to Cambodia recently, to review our current projects, to assess some exciting new ones and to help with the Nursery build at Kais Village Orphanage (see recent article Here). More articles will follow, once we have finished sorting through our thousands of photos and manage to get through the backlog of work which was waiting for us when we got back !

Whilst we were at Kais Village, we visited Rumdoul Thmei school, the acquisition and renovation of which was funded by CamKids, to see how the work was progressing (see last update on the school opening Here). We are pleased to report that most of the work has been completed on budget, including improvements to the water and waste systems, the construction of a house for the teachers, sub-dividing the large building into 3 separate classrooms and building a wall all around the school, for improved security. This involved a great deal of land infilling and the final works, including the construction of the permanent security post, will be competed later this year, once the land has settled down and the rainy season is over.

Unfortunately, our visit coincided with the Khmer New Year and so school was not in session. However, knowing that we would be visiting, the teacher asked some of the children if they would come to school that morning, to see us. Over 120 children made the journey - some of them walking more than 5 km in the blazing sun !! We were very honoured and had to send out for more crisps and soft drinks for the children (see the slideshow below). The children sang some songs to us and the teacher explained about the schools and other donors in the UK and Australia who have helped CamKids to give them the chance of an education. It was very moving and they honestly appreciate that there are people on the other side of the world who are thinking of them and who want to help.

Thank you again to all of our very generous donors who have made this possible and also to our regular donors who help pay for the ongoing cost of running the school. We are still looking for sponsors to help cover the running costs and if you would like to find out more about the project or if you would like to sponsor a teacher or a student, please send an e-mail to: Mark Purser. Alternatively, to make a regular online donation, please click REGULAR or SINGLE, to make a single online donation. Please mark any donation 'Rumdoul'.

2nd Annual Al Murray Golf Classic

The 2nd Al Murray Golf Classic, to benefit CamKids, will be held at Leatherhead Golf Club on 29 August 2008.

Demand from existing CamKids donors and supporters has been so high that tickets for this year's event have now sold out.

If you would like to register your interest for a place at next year's event, please send an e-mail to contact@camkids.org or send a message from the sidebar on the right of this weblog.

To see a short video of last year's event, made by our friends at GBTV, follow:
This Link.

Kais Village Nursery Build Update

CamKids' construction of a Nursery at Kais Village Orphanage is almost complete and we thought that our donors and supporters would like to see some photos showing the progress of the build.

The team from the Royal Engineers has returned to the UK, leaving some final fit out and snagging work to our local contractor to finish. They were helped during April by a number of volunteers from the UK and Australia, who survived the very high temperatures and occasional torrential downpour. The nursery, which is big enough to comfortably sleep 40 babies, looks fantastic and is even better than we could have imagined.

We still need donations to help with the equipping of the nursery. Please contact us or click one of the links if you would like to make make a donation to support this build or a regular donation to support the running costs of the nursery or to support future builds. Please mark your donation 'Nursery'.

CamKids selected by Northwest Vision and Media as its Charity of the Year

CamKids is delighted to have been chosen by Northwest Vision and Media, the agency that works on behalf of the TV, film, radio, digital and games industries in the Northwest of England, as their staff's Charity of the Year.

Across the year staff will be holding various fundraising events to raise as much money as possible for CamKids. For more information about Northwest Vision and Media go to www.visionandmedia.co.uk.

We would like to thank the staff of Northwest Vision and Media for selecting CamKids and wish them good luck with all of their fundraising activities.