Donate for a Home for Children in Need

Dear family and friends,

My name is Andrew Kong or fondly referred to as Andy, Drew, King, Kong or King Kong by some of you. It has been one of my life goals to do something to contribute back to the community and the world. I am glad to say that I am taking the bold step now to realise the dream. For the next 2 months, I will be travelling to Nepal for 2 major tasks.

First, I will spending some time teaching English language at buddhist monastery. I will be working for 4-5 hours a day, 6 days a week, harnessing my teaching and coaching skills. What is more important is that I am reaching out to this community to learn and appreciate their monastic lifestyle and at the same time helping the younger monks and nuns to gain confidence to reach out to the greater world out there. This is a personal funded task.

Second, I will be spending the last 2 weeks of my travel trekking to the Mount Everest Base Camp to raise fund to build an orphanage for 50+ children in 2015. . This is a challenging trek testing both my physical and mental fitness to the base camp (5,545m altitute – Mount Everest is 8,848m). Those who know me well will wonder how I will survive a week of no shower during the trek.

Why I am doing this? A couple of months ago, I was watching this BS documentary called “The Day My God Died”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV5W6F4L5i8&wide=1 The documentary chronicled the prevalent child sex trade industry in Nepal and India. I was appaled by the atrocities and lack of protection of these vulnerable children. Watching the documentary, I couldn’t help to realise that education, good living conditions and stricter laws are really the recipe to combat the injustice. While I can’t do much about the laws, I am taking these small steps to ensure that the children are given an opportunity at proper education and better lifestyle.

Therefore, I am appealing for your donation to build the Nepal Children Home. Just to be clear, all your donation will proceed to the construction of the orphanage. I will be personally responsible for my own trekking expenses (e.g. flight, accommodation, meals, etc.) No matter what is the amount, be it 1 dollar, 1 ringgit, 1 peso, 1 renminbi, 1 rupee, 1 baht – you can make a difference in this initiative. As an added incentive, I will publish a photo journal blog to document my journey to Nepal. And I am throwing in a song that I will play on my piano too.

I have been told you will be given a receipt for your donation. I suspect you may actually use this receipt for tax deduction purpose.

To make a donation, click the donate button at the bottom of this page.

On behalf of VIN, thank you for your support and consideration.