A RIPPLE EFFECT GOES A LONG WAY

AFTER

So as the building of CLC progressed, Banie's wife @golit, who is also my bff, told me that the kindergarten is in need of a few learning material for the school (eg White boards, white board markers, A4 papers, teaching aids, stationeries etc etc). I was so excited to help but I don't have the resources nor extra cash to give (I am not working in corporate world anymore. Working with a non-profit organisation what I received is only a peanuts.. you know what I mean). Too bad..😩😩

However, this doesn’t discourage me in wanting to help to donate to the CLC. I am a strongly believe of the saying “Where there’s a will, there’s a way” and Justin Bieber say “Never Say Never”.. LOL.

Then, BAAMM an idea came to me out of nowhere, I do have a strong Will that is my skill in baking. And I do have a Way, I remembered that Ms. Jen, my ever lovely cousin, talk so passionately about helping children (previously she was attached with UNICEF). So, I contacted her and thanked God, she is as passionate as I am in helping those unfortunate children. So, we name our mission #MisimencariSikarap means to look for extras money.

I love baking and I know my LIHING Fruit Cakes is something I can sell. Knowing this, my cousin Jen Lasimbang and I, pledged to fundraise to get supplies for Kg Tinanduk Kindergarten, by baking LIHING Fruit Cakes.

In December 2017, with lotsa sweats and muscles pulled, we managed to bake more than 100 KGs of fruit cakes. It surpassed our expectation to fundraise only RM500.00. We managed to collect RM 4,200.00 (YAYYYY). Ok..ok enough said.. You see, I'll tends get excited easily just telling the achievement that we had. Sorry my bad… 😂😂😂

Today, I want to show you the wonderful results of our sweat and muscles and tears too. Banie went to Kg Tinanduk, Pensiangan yesterday to deliver the tables, chairs and stationeries supplies that the school needed. It was supposed to be delivered sometimes in December last year. However, due to the unpredictable weather in Borneo, it was not delivered as scheduled. It has been raining heavily for weeks and then BAD NEWS kicking in; the road to the jetty is cut off due to heavy rain... sigh... It is so fortunate yesterday that they (Banie and his team) able to drive in such condition using our 4WD tarahat (worn out) and managed to get and hired a boat to Tinanduk.

This is one of the many challenges to reach to Kg Tinanduk. The engine of the hired Boat broke in the middle of nowhere. Luckily these boatman are very experienced, managed to fix it and continued their journey as if nothing happened.

Six kindy tables and Twenty Five chairs to be carried out to the kindergarten. Just look at that strong physic men helping out to do the task.

Lastly, group photo with the teacher and kids with the few stationeries and learning materials that we managed to get for them.

All these photos is taken by Banie. Thanks to him the supplies were safely delivered to Kg Tinanduk Kindergarten. Here, I sincerely would like to express my gratitude to those who supported us. A BIG thank you and God Bless.

**P.s - I am still looking for fund from any generous contributor.
This fund is to upgrade the ceiling of this Kindergarten. We managed to fundraise to buy plywood and other materials to fix the ceiling for the school last year. Two months ago, Banie and his team delivered the materials and pending for them to form a group of people/volunteers to commence work. However, due to the bad weather and road condition not being accessible, the materials have been left there for the last two months. Previously, during Banie and his team’s visit, the teacher in the CLC informed that some irresponsible culprit stole the materials.

This is so sad, the materials were supposed to be installed yesterday by the team. Now, what’s left is the kids have to stand the heat in the afternoon, without the ceiling been installed. This create a very uncomfortable environment for them to study with all the heat that sometime could reach up to 30 Celcius. It’s like been put in an oven for God Sake!

Maybe you all can share how to fundraise using steemit? I don't know and I'm open to any suggestions.

That's all for now.

Doing good holds the power to transform us on the inside, and then ripple out in ever-expanding circles that positively impact the world at large. ~ Shari Arison

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Xoxo,
kilathecla