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Dear Brothers and Sisters;
On behalf of Susila Dharma Canada, I would like to wish you a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year, and to say a big THANK YOU for your great generosity and support throughout 2006. Last year, thanks to you, we meet many of the goals we set ourselves at the beginning of the year, and to provide an unprecedented level of direct support to projects:
Membership. In 2005 SD Canada had only 30 members across the country. We set ourselves the goal of increasing that membership to 100 Subud members in 2006. Well, we didn't quite make it. We only had 92 members by the end of 2006. But that's ok. In 2007 we know you will help us. We are asking every member to bring a member - a friend, a family member, or a fellow Subud member who, like you, wants to support our projects to make a difference in poor communities around the world. Can you convince one brother or sister (besides yourself) to give $20 to participate fully in our project support? Thank you.
Fundraising. Our proposed budget for 2006 was $18,680. But we thought that for such a rich country, we could do better. So we met all our commitments to our projects and raised another $11,463 for emergency relief after the Jogjakata Earthquake, to help the KUU Prep School for Street Children, and $8,800 to buy a new minibus for YUM's Children's Village Orphanage.
Project Highlights:
All of our projects are doing well, but special mention should go this year to Tierraviva's work with incarcerated mothers and their children living in Argentine prisons. Tierraviva has established a formal partnership with the Ministry of Justice, who is looking at Tierraviva's work as a model of rehabilitation and prevention, and is going to help finance a workshop in which the incarcerated mothers will receive some income for toys and art they are producing with technical support of Subud project workers.
Great progress has also been made with the Fundacion Amanacer. SD Canada has been encouraging for many years that the three distinct projects at Amanecer work together (Semillitas, Colegio and ICDP). This year, for the first time, Fundacion Amanacer will submit a joint proposal to provide a comprehensive programme of support and inclusive education for the neighbouring Embera Chami indigenous community.
Also, we would like to share with you a brief excerpt from a report from Kathy Langston about the Romania Abandoned Babies Project on which Helina Van Zeggelen is working (below). Due to special interest among our members for this initiative, it is proposed that we double our support this year. |
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DONATIONS & MEMBERSHIP
Susila Dharma is an organisation within the Subud structure created by Bapak to call our attention to the importance for us, as Subud members, to be active to helping address the social and educational needs of our communities. While Susila Dharma Canada is the social and educational ‘wing’ of Subud Canada, and hence serves all Subud members in Canada, it maintains a distinct legal status as a non-profit association.
To become a member of SD Canada, all you have to do is make a $20.00 donation a year, which is fully tax deductible! Our registered Charity Number is 0798132-09 |
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