Unbelievable Donation Stories

Here are some links to videos taken over the past few years and the stories that go with them

Last comment added: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:15:03 PDT

Unbelievable Donations History

Here is the history of Partners For Others 2005 to 2007

Ray

Last comment added: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:19:52 PDT

African & Reggae Night Portland

Another Ndombolo/REGGAE Night in Portland.

Please support us "EVERY LAST FRIDAY OF A MONTH", Your support crucual. We will be able to keep the African/Reggae Night in Portland forever. Remember, we are creating a culture so please raise with us. We trust that there is NO place for African/Reggae music in Portland so swing & sway in the African way.... all de way.

The theme of this night is "CONNECTION" people from various parts of the world come together to listen and dance to the sound of African/Reggae music.

WHEN: Friday, April 25th WHERE: The City (424 SW 4th street, downtown PDX) WHY: African Night- Together As One (TAO) COVER: $5.00 ONLY. ("Only Cultivation Can End Starvation And Heal The Nations!") TIME: 10 PM

Brought to you by:

Sir CK(Tanzania), Dj Madness ( Zambia ) BIG RIDDIM… PURE FIRE…. a mixture of Ndombolo, Bongo Flava, Zambian, Roots Reggae, Kenyan Flava & (Katitu style), Soukous, Dancehall, Ugandan, South African, Ragga Muffin.

This is a twice-in-a-lifetime-opportunity to meet those OTHER people from all over the world, particularly, the great continent of AFRICA. Kick back and relax to the sounds of Reggae & African Muziki.

KARIBU (Welcome....)

See you on Friday!

Peace & Guidance

Last comment added: Fri, 02 May 2008 23:09:14 PDT

In Swaziland, $500 becomes .........

For Ned members not familiar with the work of Ray & Jackie Brosseuk through Partners for Others, an overview of their AMAZING achievements can be found at the beginning of the Unbelievable Donations - 2008 thread.

Right now, Ray and Jackie are in Swaziland (with their 6 kids!) bringing a huge and ambitious set of projects to fruition (and listed here) - start-up projects that will rapidly become sustainable local businesses generating far-reaching and enormous benefits for the entire community they are working with.

One week ago, Meron and the Board of SOLID donated $500 (YAY SOLID!!!) to Swaziland Projects 2008 (through Partners for Others) and since then a Chip-In account has been created to see if the NED Community can at least match SOLID's donation and give the Swazi Community a hand.

Brick by brick - Every dollar REALLY does makes a huge difference!

Last comment added: Sat, 24 May 2008 08:34:39 PDT

UNBELIEVABLE DONATIONS 2008

NOW HERE IS HOW IT ALL STARTED ON THE OMIDYAR NETWORK :)

Unbelievable DonationPosted to: Ray B-r-o-s-s-e-u-k (CCAL30) (1414) by Ray B-r-o-s-s-e-u-k (CCAL30) (1414), Fri, 21 Jan 2005 22:00:13 PST Edited: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 08:28:55 PST Feedback score: 2010 (* * * * * * * * * ) Tags: community success Comments: 1356 by 62 members (most recent: 9 weeks ago by Lois *~end all wars~ Brayton (CCAL30) (346)) Viewed: 18672 times by 552 members

Original first Post.

My wife and I were just given two transport truckloads of construction nails, 37 tons, all in 50 lb boxes. We will be shipping them overseas to be used for the rebuilding in the tsunami region and also some into the south pacific for the building of schools and dormitories ect.

I can't tell you how incredible this is. I went home this week to unload all of them into my warehouse; I am a little sore right now. It will take more than five, forty-foot containers this year to get all the nails shipped. We will be able to put roughly 7 or 8 tons per container and the rest will be clothes, shoes, food ect, otherwise the container will be to heavy, maximum weight forty two thousand pounds.

These nails were from Tree Island Nails in Vancouver It just goes to show you that there is really good people out there. All we have to do if we want to make a difference in this world is believe we can and move forward (action) with that belief and commitment and it will happen. I asked the owner why he would give such a large donation and he said he was inspired by what my wife and I are trying to do and just wanted to help. So it just goes to show you that if you just start trying even if the nay sayers say it can’t be done keep on trying

Pictures

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2 005-1/938053/IMG_2608.JPG

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2 005-1/938053/IMG_2610.JPG

Thanks again

Ray

Almost 3 years have gone by since this first post on Unbelievable Donations.

Here is the overview of what happened in 2005, 2006 and 2007

January to April 2005 Donated items start to come in.~~ April 2005 tried to send a container to Sri Lanka for Tsunami relieve, unable to, due to political problems in Sri Lanka~~ April 24/2005 Shipped a full 40 ft container to Fiji, with some items going on to Papua New Guinea. Arrived May 27th~~ June 20th/2005 Shipment of items to Tanzania, Toye Wigley’s project~~ September 16th/2005 Shipped computers, clothing and schoolbooks to Belize Central America~~ September 30th/2005 another 40ft container to Fiji, arrived Nov 16th.~~ August 7th/2005 40ft container to Phuket,Thailand, Meron Moroz project~~ October 3rd/2005 40 ft container to Ghana,West Africa.~~ November 2005 Started working on a project with David Bale for Bread Line Africa to ship containers to Africa.~~ December 2005 trying to send items to Moses’ school project in Sudan.~~ December 2005 started working on sending a 40 ft container of dehydrated food, clothes and tents to Gabriel’s Project in Sudan Africa. I think this is the most exciting and meaningful project to date.~~

I want to say that this has been an amazing year and it could not have been done without all of your support.

Ray and Jackie Brosseuk

SUMMARY OF 2006 PROJECTS

Breadline Africa Kids in Cans, thanks goes to David Bale~~ Stop Genocide wristbands Completed, sent the wristbands that we did not sell along with a check to Gabriel.~~ The Sudan & Chad Refugee camps project Completed, all the money was sent to Gabriel.~~ Sudan School project with Moses We raised money and sent it to Moses.~~ Shipment to Fiji in May Completed, A close personal friend donated the funds required, Jackie and I sent cash to help pay for the distribution costs throughout the islands.~~ Shipments to Swaziland Children’s Aids Orphans Two containers a 40ft and a 20ft were sent in Feb.~~ June 25th another 40ft container to Swaziland Arrived, distributed.~~ Kamae Children Money sent to them in August.~~ Oct 15th another 40ft container to Swaziland Arrived Dec 18th, All Paid for and distributed~~ Nov 15th another 40ft container to Swaziland Arrived, all Paid for.~~ Kitchen Building for the kids under the tree Completed, we gave them a container to use, they are trying to sell it and then use the funds to build a block building.~~ Second Life, Better World Island Jackie and I were asked if we would take over Better World Island in 2006, we are thrilled with the potential of this Virtual world and the enormous possiblities that lie ahead.~~

2006 was an amazing year, Thanks to the O-Net community and to all of you who helped make this happen.

Ray

SUMMARY OF 2007 PROJECTS TO DATE

February 2007 Swaziland & Lesotho I flew down to clear the container thru customs and to help distribute both of them. While I was there, I met up with Anna & Beth from Salt Spring Island and Meron Meroz flew down and joined us 2 weeks later. We all helped with the distribution of the items. It was one of the most rewarding and memorable trips (fun too:) Meron and others from her community countinue to support the people in Lesotho and are arranging the shipment of another container this year. Cost of both containers was $17,190~~ May 2007 Fiji A 40 ft container sent, $7,960~~ June 2007 Swaziland a 40 ft container sent, arriving soon cost $8,700. August 2007 sent another container to Swaziland, cost $8,700.~~ October 2007 sent another container to Swaziland, cost $8,200.~~ October 2007 sent another container to Lesotho, cost $8,100.~~

Jackie and I are commited to continue sending containers of much needed items to the unfortunate children of Africa and other parts of the world.

Total expenditures for 2005, 2006, and 2007 to date, were well over $200,000 U.S.

As you can see, it has been an amazing journey over the last three years and it's great to be able to continue sharing the stories with you here at NED.

Thanks again for all the support each one of you have given and most of all I want to say THANK YOU on behalf of all the children you have helped through out the world. I know if they could write to you here, they would say thank you for giving me some clothes and the soup for me to eat and for the toys I play with now and the books I learn to read and most of all, thank you for showing me that you love me

Ray & Jackie Brosseuk

Partners For Others

Looking forward to a great 2008 at NED

Here are some links to videos taken over the past few years

Also here is the link to the stories behind the videos

http://www.ned.com/group/pfo/new s/4/

Lesotho

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F wUfwFiNXns

Fiji Boat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6 Vt-3FTTQAc

Swaziland water tank

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=GL iUwDwraLA