We were given a great opportunity to visit several of Byrraju Foundation’s adopted villages in West Godavari and East Godavari districts in Andhra Pradesh. Their model is community based, and demand for development programs comes from the community leaders and local councils.
Byrraju Foundation’s first program in a village is a health centre that provides [...]
So we recently had the great opportunity to complete a new project in Nicaragua by funding 10 hand built wells. This project was led by our friend Paul and he was able to work directly with Maria, a local leader in the community.
The wells were drilled to about 60 feet (18 meters) [...]
Here is a new picture of our little friend Meliton from Peru. He is 4 and a half years old now and is doing well. He is is good health and will be starting school soon.
There is a beautiful little school in Haiti that could really use some assistance. We are going to try to help them put in a new well so they will have clean drinking water
We used some of the advertising money that this site generates to sponsor a well dig in bolivia. It took three days and was a great experience. The well pumps clean water to a small community.
haiti is awesome. here are a few pics from a little trip we took. the first week we helped construct a little hospital that is being built and the second week we helped a bunch of doctors and nurses see about 1,000 patients.
Using a bit of money generated by the ad sales on this site, we were able to take a bunch of street kids to the local pool for an afternoon. Instead of shining shoes all afternoon, we were able to treat them to a little time off.
We are very excited to be able to sponsor Meliton from Peru. He was born on the exact same day and year that our internet company was started. One day we may even get a chance to meet him! Read a bit more about this project here and also check out WorldVision.org.
We were given the great opportunity to sponsor a facial surgery in Vietnam. The great doctors over at Interplast traveled to Vietnam and did many reconstructive surgeries. They found one girl who was a twin and almost was killed because of her deformity
