Project Kyrie X'mas Project - Feeding the HIV/Aids poor and the Destitutes for the 2nd year in 2018

Dear frens,

Thank you for all who supported this project last year. We have made many who have little and sick, very happy by supplying & supporting them a whole year with monthly food rations.

We may not know these people nor will we likely meet them but together with Christ, we have managed to feed monthly in 2017:

80 HIV/Aids adults in Draksharam  with Rs306 food package
70 HIV/Aids children in Veeraghattam with Rs500 food package
10 HIV/Aids adults in Paikaraopeta with Rs300 food package
50 Destititues @ Rs 400 food package bimonthly

A total of 210 packets of food rations per month for sick and needy people in Andra Pradesh amounting to SGD$23,796. 

I am happy to update that the Canossian sisters have been diligently & lovingly been distributing these food rations for us and also taking photos and submitting the receipts every month. 

Those who have been following our Project Kyrie on Facebook can see the happy faces, proof of purchases and distribution on Project Kyrie India Facebook page.

The end of the year has come where we have to decide if we are able to recommit to buying these food items for the poor in 2018. 

Our brothers and sisters living in poverty, cannot do anything if we cannot provide the funds. They will be disappointed and be turned away.

Last sunday at mass, we sang the song 'Table of Plenty' and it goes like this...

'Come to the feast of heaven and earth!
Come to the table of plenty!
God will provide for all that we need,
here at the table of plenty.

O come and sit at my table
where saints and sinners are friends.
I wait to welcome the lost and lonely
to share the cup of my love.'

listen : https://youtu.be/_t8O_PwPlKA

Jesus says Come come ALL to HIS table of plenty and he will provide for all that we need... he will share the cup of HIS love...

This song has always spoken to me because of the overwhelming love and generosity Jesus has for us all and how wonderful it would be if we can all be a little like HIM, to share, love and be generous to the poor who need us like we need HIM.

Through blessings of God, our table has always been one that is plentiful, shall we together partake in God's table of plenty?

Shall we continue to say 'Come Come' to the poor, the hungry and the sick to come get their food for yet another year?

Shall we open up our hearts and share with others, the cup of God's love through us?


If you can, please do join us to share some of our blessings with the poor who need us. I can be contacted at 96956267. Receipts and acknowledgements can be provided by the Canossians if needed.

With God's help and yours, let's make this happen and stand in solidarity with Christ and take care of the hungry for 2018!


God Bless Everyone and May you all have a wonderful and blessed 2018,

Mill

A big thank you for 2016

Dear Frens,

God has been truly wonderful for the year of 2016.

Together with like minded friends supporting Project Kyrie's initiatives to help the poor, we have accomplished much this year.

In the last quarter of 2016, Jesus have worked fast and furious.

For the poor children in Myanmar He has supplied through our wonderful friends one year supply of milo for 306 children. A cup every day!

4 kindergartens run by the Salesian sisters have also been blessed fully with educational toys and much needed school equipment and Jesus has taken care of the children down to their pens, face cloths, t-shirts and tooth brushes!

To close the year, we have also just confirmed another donation ( Special Thanks to Ai Ling & Friends) that will allow us in total to provide food rations for every month in 2017 for the very poor in India :

• 160 HIV/AIDs Children and Adults
• 50 Old and Aged Destitute ( who will receive food rations once every 2 months in 2017)

We thank all donors from the bottom of our hearts for sharing so generously with the poor. We wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a wonderful year ahead that is filled with God's love for 2017. 

May God fill your homes and hearts with joy and May He bless you abundantly for your love shown to the poor.

All Glory to God \o/\o/\o/

God Bless,

Mill

Our gift of love to children of Myanmar this Christmas!

Update! 17/Nov/2016

We have achieved our target of SGD$6350 to buy milo for a year!

Thank you to all donors who responded to our appeal to provide 306 children from four kindergartens in Myanmar with one year supply of milo for 2017.

Together, we have made everyday of 2017, a better day for these children. It makes my heart smile to know that these children are not hungry and they have the strength to study and play at school because we shared our blessings.


We also completely achieved our target of SGD$6112 and more to buy all the needed educational toys and playground equipment.

I can't thank everyone enough for chipping in. It's a wonderful Christmas gift from us in Singapore to the kids and Salesian sisters in Myanmar.

Special thanks to Shidah, Susan Lee, Christina Tan, Susanna Kang, Yvonne Teo,Winnie Teo, Honey Ng, Pauline Goh, Jennifer Tan, Suzanne Khor, Charissa Lim, Alice Tan, Helena Lee and some of our anonymous angels.

Photo updates will be on Facebook!

God Bless,

Mill

Dear Frens,

Christmas is here again.

It's a season of plenty, a time of feasting and excesses for many of us.

It's also a time for thanksgiving as we take stock of the year and
thank God for all his blessings.

As we prepare for Christmas, in our season of plenty, let's also remember
those who are hungry and have little.

Christmas is about God's love for us and we mustn't forget to share this
love with others.

For this Christmas, let's band together to feed children who are hungry and provide these children with a proper education.

Our gift to the children from Myanmar this Christmas :

1. Furnish 4 Salesian 
kindergartens 
in Myanmar with much
needed teaching aids and playground equipment for kids to learn and
grow.

The kids are from poor villages and parents may be farmers , drivers
or jobless due to poor health or fighting to cope after being
displaced due to various calamities.

 Items Needed:
1. Rubber foam mats - 300pcs - SGD $350
2. KG Kit - 10 box kits - SGD $699
3. Tower rings - SGD $210
4. Toys & plastic objects - SGD $210
5. Shapes and Colours - SGD $70
6. Learning about animals - SGD $53
7. Climb & Slide rPlay house - 4 units - SGD $2772
8.Learning about fruits - SGD $350
9. Iron Bars - 4 units - SGD $1398
Total - SGD $6112

2. Nutritional Support - To support the children's education they also need good nutrition .

To supplement the children's meager diet at home and to sustain them
through school, Sisters have sought our help to provide Milo for the
kids.

The hours that they spend in school, the kids will have nothing to eat. Young children cannot spend hours without food. Kids too I believe can't study when they are hungry. 

A cup of Milo is all the kids hope to get at school. We would like to provide them
with this cup of Milo every day for a year.

2 months ago, our donors provided some milo and the kids were over the moon

Milo Costs for 4 Kindergartens :

1. Hlaing tha Yar - 31 children,
2. Pyin Oo Lwin - 25 children,
3. Chanthagon - 25 children and
4. Anisakan - 225 children.

Total 306 children

One week 25 kids consume about 3 packs. One pack is about 4000kyats.
For the whole year the total amount needed for the milo is 5,875,200
kyats . Total for a year SGD $6350 for 306 children to have a cup a day.

This is Project Kyrie's Christmas project. Whatever you can share with the kids will go a long way for their future and their health. 

We need to meet a timeline of 10th November, so we can pass our gift of love
to the Salesian Sister who will be passing through Singapore on the 14th of
November.

As usual pls whatsapp me at 96956267 if you are interested to contribute so we can consolidate the funds to buy these items and give these children who have so little a wonderful Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

& God Bless!

Mill

Celebrating Christmas - Food Rations for HIV affected adults and children in India

Update 16 Nov 2016 :

We wish to thank all kind donors for making it possible for us to support an extra 80 poverty stricken people suffering from HIV/Aids in Draksharam, India for 15 months.

We have just arranged for $7,800 to be sent safely to Canossian Sisters in India to purchase and distribute the rations on our behalf.

As shared previously in the last post, we were able to add another 80 bags of precious food for the poor for Oct to Dec 2016.

Many people have come forward to share their blessings and now I am happy to update that we managed to continue the monthly food rations and provide the HIV poor in Draksharam with food for the whole of 2017.

For October 2016 , cost per bag of ration was Rs 170

From November 2016 onwards we have added protein powder as the HIV/AIDS patients have found strength in proteins to combat their illness. This food package has been amended and will cost RS 308.

Oil 1kg - Rs 68
Groundnut 1/2 kg - Rs 58
Green Gram 1/2 kg - Rs 34
Ragi powder 1/2 kg - Rs 18
Jaggery 1/2 kg - Rs 30
Protein powder - Rs 100
Total Rs308


Frens, who would still like to contribute food rations for our sick and suffering brothers and sisters, we are still looking to provide another 80 bags of food rations to the HIV/Aids centre in Veeraghattam run by the Canossians.


Per Bag of rations for Veeraghattam is Rs 400. They are given a little more because they come from further away.


Rs 400 is approx $8.30
80 bags x $8.30 =$664 a month
1 year support of food rations we will need $7,964



God Bless,

Mill

Dear Frens,

I sit here just barely 2 hours after lunch, taking out a cheese bun costing $1.20 and filling it up with 2 extra slices of cheddar cheese and lathering it with extra marmalade to accompany it with a cuppa tea. What luxury and abundance!

I can't help but feel so blessed and at the same time my heart pains when I turn my thoughts to adults and kids in Draksharama, India, who are not only suffering from HIV//Aids but are also hungry without having enough nourishment to fight this illness.

The Canossian sisters, who are on the ground fighting the brave battle to feed and minister the poor with HIV/AIDS, consoling them. when distributing food rations, they see the joy in the eyes of the sufferers when they receive monthly food rations and the disappointment of those when there is not enough to distribute.

We just sent up SGD $2150  to buy 260 food packages for distribution at Jeevan Jyothi Canossa Health Centre. It is a message of hope and mercy of Jesus from us for the 3 months leading to Christmas 2016.

We have assisted to cover their shortfall of 80 food packages in October , 80 in November and provide extra 100 food packages for the sick and hungry in December 2016.


Food package provided to the HIV/AIDS patients consist of :

Dhall 1kg - Rs.120/-

Ground nut 1kg - Rs.100/-

Oil 1kg - Rs. 85/-

Jaggery 1kg - Rs. 60/-

Ragi powder - Rs. 35/-

Total cost = Rs.400/-


The HIV/AIDS Patients gather once a month at Draksharama and Veeraghattam.


At each of these centres there are about 250 and 150 HIV/AIDS sufferers that gather respectively for their medication, counseling and if there is support food rations.If anyone feels called to support this on-going project to cover this short fall for 2017 and support these Canossian centres with food packages of Rs400 for HIV/Aids sufferers, pls contact me.

Each package will go a long way to comfort and prolong the life of a HIV/AIDS sufferer. Many of which are innocent children who contracted this illness from their parents.


The HIV/Aids sufferers amongst the poor in India are the modern lepers in our world today. 

This is the jubilee year of mercy. We thank Jesus for giving us the opportunity to reach our brothers and sisters who have so little and we thank our donors for making this gesture of mercy in Jesus name possible!


God Bless,
Mill
'what you are doing I cannot do, what I am doing you cannot do, but together we can do something beautiful for God' - Mother Theresa

Building the Kingdom of God! \o/\o/\o/

Matt 9:37 Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.

Dear Frens,


We would like to thank Albert and Joseph for helping Jesus put more workers to work the plentiful harvest.


With the many things that are happening in our world, it is rare that there are still many selfless people who will sacrifice their lives to help the many people who are in need. it is also more urgent now then ever to share and show the love of God to those who may not have known or felt him in their lives.


Mayette and Therry are 2 such courageous women who wants to follow Jesus into the battle field and give their lives to others for the Glory of God.




We wish to thank Albert and Joseph for their sponsorship of $6,615.39 for the 1st year of Mayette's and Therry's formation with the Salesians Sisters who run the Don Bosco Schools for the needy in Cambodia, Myanmar, Philipines and India.

May God bless them abundantly for always sharing their blessings with others.


For those interested to be part of this area of God's work, we have another 5 aspirants, 1 from Cambodia and 4 from Myanmar who require sponsors for their formation. Their formation will be conducted in Philippines, Canlubang Laguna.


If anyone feels called to support these girls from poor backgrounds and sponsor their 1st year of formation and assist in Kingdom building of our loving Father, pls come forward and do let me know.





To be a Catholic nun, they will need to go through:

2 yr of being an aspirant
1-2 yrs of postulancy
2 yrs in the novitiate
Then she will be able to take her first vows




God Bless Everyone and have a good rest of the week!


Your In Christ,
Mill

Thank You CHARIS

On behalf  Paul Raj, Juliana Foo, Fr Justin, Myself and the Leper Colony in Chennai, we wish to thank CHARIS for partnering us to build 5 bathrooms and 5 latrines in Arunachala Nagar, Sorancherry Post Chennai 600072, India.

Sanitation is so important to our Human Dignity and Spirit. We hope this little gift from Singapore will allow our Lord to do wonders in the lives of families living in the leper colony.

We wish give our deepest thanks also to ALL who have done the work to make this miracle happen for people with leropsy, who always feel they have been left behind and forgotten.


God Bless,
Mill

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Chennai Floods - Cyclone hits , Will we help?

Today is the day we can make a difference!

 

Worst flood in 100 years - Chennai

Can we imagine living a day in the lives of those who need us?

Dear frens,

 How far do we have to be from the poor before we still feel comfortable to help?

 Isn't it easier for us to help the poor who live near us like in Malaysia, Thailand and Cambodia and find it more difficult to help others who live further away like in Ukraine, Africa and India?

Is our discomfort in helping those further away because of the miles that separate us? Or is it that we are not familiar with their culture and hence do not feel a familial closeness with them?

The fact is regardless of race & culture , our human condition is the same. We feel pain the same way,  we feel the same hunger and we mourn our loses just as deeply.

The Chennai floods, worst they have had in 100 years. Apart from damaging homes of the poor . I can't even begin to say I can imagine what the suffering people in Chennai is going through there, especially when he/she is poor, cold, hungry,  bed-less, sick and dependent.

 Join us this Christmas and usher in the new year by helping the forgotten poor and hungry as we reach out to them and gift blankets and food items to the poor in flooded Chennai village of Muttukadu in Chennai.  If there is enough contributors we will put in thin mattresses and more food items.

If you are keen to join us and contribute, pls whatsapp me at 96956267. The deadline is tight so pls let me know within the next few days.

 God has blessed us through the year . Let's together be thankful for 2015 and help our poorer brothers and sisters to celebrate Christmas and usher in the New Year with our gift of love.


 All glory to God.

Yours In Christ,
Mill

Lifeline opportunity for 5 orphans and launching Project Kyrie AHW in India

Dear friends,

We are happy to update that we have finally found 5 very poor orphans to offer the opportunity to study and to live with full board at the Udhaya Vasal Boys Home.

After the 1st year of education, we are hopeful that the simple printing business funded by friends of Project Kyrie will be able to support the education costs and living expenses of these 5 children till they are ready and able to support themselves many years from now.

Poverty in India can be devastating. These children would like to give their deepest thanks to Declan, Juliana, Alice, Benel, Joseph, Albert, Chek Khiaw, Susanna, Mark, Francesca and Our Anonymous angels for making this project to change lives possible.

Many thanks also to many who have tirelessly worked through the difficulties to get this project off the ground.

Stay blessed everyone! All Glory to God!

Your In Christ,
Mill

"Compassion means that if I see my friend and my enemy in equal need, I shall help both equally. Justice demands that we seek and find the stranger, the broken, the prisoner and comfort them and offer them our help. Here lies the holy compassion of God."- Saint Mechtild of Magdeburg (1210-1297)

This Christmas 2014 - Helping children in poverty reach for the Stars!

Children from Udhaya Vasal Boys Home, a Catholic Boys Home

Dear Frens,

It has been my dream to help at least one child with no possibilities, no opportunities, no dreams, no hopes, no home, no food, no shelter, to fill him and fill his life with some of the opportunities I have had in my life, a warm home, a good education and love.

Often when I travel to poorer countries, I see children running around the streets, begging, selling things or just hanging and sleeping around street corners with nothing to do, neglected and unwanted.

I always feel a sense of pain at the bleak and daunting future faced by this child. His future is marked by minutes and days and not by years ahead as it is for us when we speak of our future.
The dangers they face on the streets at such a young age on his own is scary to think about especially if he has no adults to care for him and doesn't know when his next meal would be.

My thoughts are always if only I could help them...and now I can and I hope you too have the same sentiments and we can help these children together.

As you know, we have been exploring and feeding the poor in India. The poverty in India is immense.



We found a established Catholic Children's Home run by Somascan priests since 2004 -  they are taking care of 20 children who come from extreme poverty. 

The Children's Home provide a safe haven for the children as well as food, a roof over their heads and place them in schools.

We told the Priest that we wanted to rescue more poverty stricken children especially orphans from the streets in India and the priests have agreed :

1) to search and take in another 5 orphaned or homeless children aged about 8 -12 yrs old into their Children's Home on behalf of us.

2) to finance the upkeep of these 5 children till they are old enough to look after themselves,  the priests have agreed to manage and run a small print shop.


So for our Christmas project this year, we will help these 5 poverty stricken children reach for the Stars! To fill their lives with hope and possibilities!

We want to take the children off the streets and give them a normal life, they will be able to have shelter, to eat, to play, to study, to pray, to live the life of a normal child in safety of the Children's Home.

The total cost needed is $24,500

1) $8750 - The  maintenance of 5 orphaned / homeless boys for year 2015-2016.

• Expenses of each child is $1750  for full board and education for the year.
• 2016 onwards, we target for the earnings from the print shop to pay their yearly upkeep.
• We need sponsors for these 5 orphaned or homeless boys for at least the first year.

 2) $15,750 - Start up expenses for the print shop.

• Printing shop - we have plans to start immediately as soon as in Oct/Nov as location and all key personnel have been identified and are ready to go.
• Costing of 2nd hand equipment are detailed below.
• Printer personnel has 15 yrs experience and can repair and service printing equipment himself.
• Low salary as printer and family will live at the printing premises.
• The Somascan priest will be fully managing the operations.

Project Kyrie cannot make this project happen without you.
Every contribution will make a difference.

Let's all gather together to rescue these children from a life of extreme poverty on the streets with no education.

Christmas is a time of giving so let's give generously and share our blessings with these children who have nothing.

You can contact me through email or whatsapp me at 96956267 if you would like to join me and make your contributions.

As always donors and volunteers are free to visit the boys and also to visit the print shop as well.

May the Lord bless you and your families always!


God Bless,
Mill

'Charity may be a very short word, but with its tremendous meaning of pure love, it sums up man's entire relation to God and to his neighbor'.- Saint Aelred of Rievaulx (1109-1166)


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Apendix


YEARLY MAINTENANCE 2015-16 FOR 5 ORPHAN BOYS IN CHENNAI, INDIA

          CATEGORY                                                 PER BOY INR            SGD        

School Fee for English medium school                          30, 000                     $625         

Uniform clothes & stitching                                    6, 000                       $125             

School shoes (white & black)                                   3, 000                      $62.50           

School accessories (bag, lunch box and bag,                   5, 000                      $104.20       

water bottle, pen, pencil, note books, etc.)

Stationery & toilet items per year                           10, 000                     $208.30        

Sports items per year                                                        5, 000                      $104.10            

Colour dresses includes inner wear,                                 15, 000                    $312.50        

banyans per year

 

Food expense, electricity & other miscellaneous       50, 000                  $1041.65

per month

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TOTAL                                               420, 000 INR           $1750 per child

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Set up of small print shop

                        CATEGORY                                                COST: INR              Cost SGD

1.     Second hand off-set printing machine                           250, 000                  $5208

2.     Paper cutting machine: 32 inches                                 100, 000                   $2083

3.     Heater                                                                               5, 000                   $104.20

4.     Machine Tables, steel racks, etc                                     50, 000                  $1041.65

5.     Perforation Machine                                                         5, 000                  $104.20

6.     Paper stocks                                                                    15, 000                  $312.50

7.     Spiral Binding Machine                                                    8, 000                  $166.65

8.     Shop & house advance (refundable)                    100, 000                  $2083.30

9.     Rent for shop and house for 3 months (per month)    16, 000 X 3              $1000

     10.  Salary for Joseph for 3 months (per month)              15, 000 X 3                 $937.50

11.  Salary for DTP: Desk top publisher/designer (per month)  5, 000               $104.20

12.  Electricity Bill approximate per month                              5,000                 $104.20

 

13 Office for client consultation                                               120,000             $2500

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                                                                                                         756, 000 INR = SGD$15,750

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Thank You Aloha Changi Resorts on behalf of the poor!

We wish to thank Aloha Changi Resorts for the donation of 21 sets of TV. The needy community who have no TVs in Toa Payoh, RC Zone 1, are now happily enjoying their new TVs :)

Special thanks to Sim Yong, Peter Ng and Irene Leong for all your efforts in getting the TVs to those who need them.

God Bless,
Mill

Charity may be a very short word, but with its tremendous meaning of pure love, it sums up man's entire relation to God and to his neighbor.- Saint Aelred of Rievaulx (1109-1166)

Partnering Red Dot Traffic to provide under-privileged children with educational opportunities

We wish to thank Red Dot Traffic Golf Charity 2013 for their successfully fund raising for the under-privileged. 

On behalf of  under-privileged kids who have received special educational assistance through Morning Star's Nova programme, we wish to thank Red Dot Golf Charity Committee for their generosity and effort in providing this educational opportunity for under-privileged kids to get the help they need to start out their young lives right.

Special thanks to Kitch Lum and Eugenie Sia for the heart and care that was put into this project.

The 2013 children participating in NOVA have done so well that we are looking for more friends of Project Kyrie who might want to participate in this project in 2014 to put more under-privileged kids through the NOVA Programme.

The best way to stop poverty is to stop the vicious cycle of poverty. 

The difference between children whose parents have money and children whose parents have no money is that the latter lack the cultural capital provided by their parents.

Reaching out to needy and under-privileged kids at a young age and by providing them with the proper guidance and extra mentoring will we enable them not only to achieve better grades but be guided from young on how to make good decisions which will be crucial, later in their lives.  

So friends of Project Kyrie, if you would like to raise funds through your private activities to put more under-privileged children to participate in this hugely successful programme called NOVA , pls do contact me as there are more children waiting to join this programme :)

(NOVA) Programme - Nurturing One’s Valuable Attributes

Mission NOVA is a learning support programme for discouraged and under-achieving children.

The objectives of the programme are as follows :

•         To give the pupils strategies to cope with learning in school
•         To empower the parents with parenting skills that complement the project to bring about a positive impact on pupils’ learning      
•         The facilitator/s will be in school daily to guide the pupils in the programme
•         Each pupil will be given an Individual Educational Plan (IEP)
•         Pupils will be taught strategies and skills to cope with learning
•         Pupils will be taught ways to affirm and receive affirmation from peers
•         Pupils are coached in social behavior
•         Pupils are taught to take charge of their lives (rules and consequences)

The programme is run daily after school for a period of 2 years for the selected child, unless she is able to ‘graduate’ earlier after a year. This programme also works on a small facilitator-pupil ratio of 1:8. 

The programme details are as follows :

The schools selected will identify pupils from Primary 1 to 5 for the programme.  All the pupils identified will be from families with financial difficulties.

The identified pupils are severely under performing as they lack the home environment to support them and some may even lack a proper space to reinforce what they had learnt in school or to complete homework. 

While many of the identified pupils may have parents who try very hard to help, they may be unable to because of their own lack of education or work/family difficulties.  

With the NOVA programme, the school is most certain that these under privileged children will be able to meet their ability as they will be closely guided and taught the strategies required to succeed. Most importantly, this programme reaches out to their parents as well to equip them with the parenting skills required to nurture their daughters in a warm and loving relationship.

The total cost per year for the 16 pupils is $80,640, at $420 per child per month (inclusive of lunch).

The estimated cost of start-up furnishing of allocated room (with tables and chairs in clusters) would be $3000-$4000.

If full funding is secured the programme will be able to commence for selected children

The selected school will have to identify the space for the programme in the school and will begin furnishing the room once we are able to confirm that we have the funds to start it. 

*As with most programmes, each family may be asked to pay a token sum monthly to ensure their child’s regular attendance unless the family’s financial situation is absolutely dire. This is a negotiable point with the donor.

* Donations are tax deductible

What better fun than to organise a fun-filled event and to help children for a life time? :)

God Bless,

Mill