Dear katea,
Thank you very much for your effort and what you have found. I will add your resources to the resource section of our new village and forward your findings to our local representative James for his reference.
We will try to contact these two organizations and try to get help from them.
Thank you again for your active participation and keep up the good work!
If you have any more information to share with me or any other request, please feel free to contact me.

Best regards
Jean

Namaste!
Here's what I found:
Program education and others
Web address Unavailable now
Email cdf_k@yahoo.com
Address Chainjirowa Aparperachara,
Khagrachari Sadar, Khagrachari Hill Tracts 4400
Bangladesh
Phone 88-0371-61181
Fax unavailable
Description Create Development Foundation was founded in 2002 as a nonprofit, non-governmental, non-religious, non-political, private grantmaking organization intended to reduce illiteracy, poverty, injustices, disadvantaged, racism, discrimination, disease, and man-made disasters that affect minority indigenous communities and citizens of Bangladesh. The goals of CDF are the alleviation of poverty, injustices, illiteracy, and disease, and the promotion of human coexistence and peace, and national and international cooperation.
Contact name Mong Mong Thun Marma
Title General Secretary
Email cdf_k@yahoo.com
Phone 88-0371-61181

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Web address http://www.asiafoundation.org
Email info@asiafound.org
Address 465 California Street, 9th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104
USA
Phone 415-982-4640
Fax 415-392-8863
Description The Asia Foundation is a nonprofit, nongovernmental grantmaking organization committed to the development of a peaceful, prosperous, and open Asia-Pacific region. The Foundation supports programs in Asia that help improve governance and law, economic reform and development, women's participation, and international relations. The Foundation gives priority to strengthening leadership and the capacity of local organizations, as well as improving public policy. Foundation grants are given for education and training, technical assistance, exchanges, policy research, and educational materials. Founded in 1954, The Asia Foundation is headquartered in San Francisco, has 17 offices in Asia, and an office in Washington, D.C.
Contact name Ms. Eileen Pennington
Title Assistant Director, Washington
Email epennington@asiafound-dc.org
Phone 202-588-9420
Fax 202-588-9409
Grant Types multi-year
general operating support
program
project
other (not listed)

Activities supported capacity-building & technical assistance
monitoring of human rights
other (not listed)
publications
reporting of human rights violations
scholarships/fellowships
seminars, conferences, meetings
training

Geographic priorities or focus asia

Areas of Funding human rights (general)
civil and political (general)
economic, social, cultural (general)
assembly, association
development
education
elections, participation in gov't
expression, opinion, info
justice
racial and ethnic minorities
women

Restrictions No assistance to individuals

taken from www.hrfunders.org :) please check

katea

Dear Estelle,
Thank you for your work. I will add these links to our village's resource section and wiki page when the new village is ready.
If you find other resources, please let me know.

Best regards
Jean Yuan

Here's a few links to organizations that might be able to help with funds for the childrens books or in donating books and materials. There are links to other sites on these as well. I hope this helps.

Book Aid (http://www.bookaid.org/cms.egi/site/index.htm)

Biblionef (http://www.biblionef.org)

Adult LeArning Documentation and Information Network
(http://www.unesco.org/education/aladin/resource.html)

Dear Knut,
Thank you for your information.

Could you be kind enough to provide us with more details about this vost father concept? I mean their website link, contacting information etc.

The fund raising proposal of our project for children learning driving will be ready within several weeks. Our kind neighbour Sayantan will help us draft it. When it is ready, I will give it to you for these charity organizations' reference.

Thank you again for your help.

Best regards
Jean Yuan

Hi all,

In Norway we have some charity organisations, who use the voster family consept. It means they find a family in Norway who promice to pay usually about 40 US$ each month to a project.

The foster family get a child they can write to and the child shall inform the foster family about the work in they camp, they daily life etc.

Maybe this could be something for your project too?

Regards,

Knut

Dear Estelle
Thank you for your contribution. I will add it to the resource list and further contact potential people that might help.

Besr regards
Jean

I read something a while ago about sustainable fuel. I believe India is experimenting with ethanol and other alternative sources.
Here's a link to an article, I know that there are many students from India that study chemical engineering in the UK. Someone might know of some who could help.

(http://www.saeindia.org/saeconference/ethanolfuel.html)

Dear Rajesh Saraf,

Welcome to Madurai village and thank you for your active participation!

Currently, the poor children in Madurai who are above the age for admission into the schools have the only option to work. The ability to drive is essential for employment in Madurai. So the goal of the village is to assist the local community in Madurai in setting up a driving school.

We need your kind help to do research on the internet to find potential funding organizations or individual donors(the website link, their contacting information and if possible, building up steady connection with these organizations) willing to donate our project.

Apart from necessary funding, materials for education, like school uniforms, note books, pens, pencils are also needed for children in the driving school. other educational materials (for instance, textbooks for driving, cars, fuels)are also in great need. If you can find people or organizations willing to donate these, please also contact me.

Thank you again for your active participation!

I'm looking forward to hearing from you again!

Best regards
Jean Yuan

Namste

I can work as Resources person for funding with the help of internet.

Thanks

Rajesh Saraf

Dear neighbours,

My name is Yuan, wenjin and I am now the new facilitator for Madurai village.

As you can see, poor children in Madurai village are suffering from poverty and they can't even earn enough money to cover their daily necessities. The ability to drive is essential for employment in Madurai,so a driving license is very important for these poor children to have a demand in the market for employment opportunities.

Now the driving school needs funding resources. Please try to help us to find potential funding resources. Sponsorship at transport companies, driving schools are also warmly welcomed.

Apart from necessary funding, materials for education, like school uniforms, note books, pens, pencils are needed for the community to motivate the children who were dropped out from the school during the previous year. It would be like an incentive to make the children to rejoin the school and continue their education. For driving schools, other educational materials are also in great need.

We are looking forward to your help!

Best regards
Yuan, wenjin

P.S. My English Name is Jean, you can also call me in that way.

Dear NABUUR Volunteers.

Today it's International Volunteer Day.

We would like to take the opportunity to thank you for your dedication and invaluable support towards finding solutions.

The time and energy put forth into your volunteering work really make life changing differences for other people.

As NABUUR grows we are honored to work with passionate volunteers such as yourself, as you are the ones who make it happen.

NABUUR and all those involved celebrate you today, and we look forward to a long and continued collaboration.

It couldn't be done without you.

Warm regards,

Siegfried Woldhek

CEO NABUUR.com

Dear James,

How about livelihood projects for your community? There's so many resources in your locality that can be tapped and used in your advantage. One example is effort in producing high-value crops. It is planting vegetables that will suit best your area. What do you think?

Best regards,

Junjun

Dear Ramesh,

Making Agarpathi, Chalk pieces can be doneby the mothers group of the children. already many activities are conducted by the members of our women groups like pappadam making, But we donot know how we can sellit through internet.

With warm regards,

James. .

Vanakkam,

Making chalk pieces,making agarbatthis etc. can also be fruitful sir.
Through internet the commodities can be sold.
what is your idea sir?

Regards

A.Ramesh aravind