Email update - Gradutating, Xmas plans & Cambodia project News
Hey Everyone,
It's the end of an Era.. after 6 years at uni i'm finally graduating!
After coming back from Thailand I haven't been in touch with many people this year (a lot longer for others) so i thought as i'm now leaving uni life, that i'd send out a quick update.
I'm also posting this on my blog (online diary) - http://davidbacon.nomadlife.org so you can read it there at your leisure.
No updates today about Nyah (my daughter for those who are REALLY out of contact) - you'll have to check out her blog for that http://nyahelizabethbacon-journal.blogspot.com
From the 5th of December until about the 17th Jan i'll be in Poipet, Cambodia working on my project. (check out the website if you haven't before - http://carpets.wyps.org)
After the 25th i'm officially finished uni and will be Graduating!! (Finally!)
You are all invited to my (and my housemate Andrew's) graduation party on Sat the 26th November (Family invited for lunch but be warned it's going to be a big one). Proper invites will be out this week - please feel free to invite anyone who may not have received this.
BBQ from 12pm and party till late.
21 Anstey Cr (continues from Stirling St off south road)
Marleston
Good news for the Cambodia project
Thought you might be interested in the recent good news we had from UNESCO for the Carpets for Communities project in Cambodia - they gave us a grant of $3,700 (See below for details).
Also when i was selling curry at uni with some friends (thanks guys!) to raise money (we made $100) a mature age student got pretty excited about it all and offered to help out. I wasn't sure how much until i spoke to him a couple of times and he offered the assistance of an accountant to help us get incorporated in Australia.
On calling the accountant they informed me that the cost of registering was $1,100 and that he was going to cover it! (Looks like the curry paid off of more ways than one Luci!)
He develops properties and also wants to help marketing and suggested something along the lines of packaging the carpets with houses.
A few months ago, some friends in the the Fair trade club at Flinders ran an info night at a club in town. They asked me to speak on the project (as it's a fair trade project) and donated all the earnings ($1,200). It was a great night and lots of people were very interested.
It seems to be all good news!
Current reality of the project is that we have over $20,000 in funding already granted (which covers the set up phase until July 2006). On the ground we are still finalising our production process and product (after a few changes from our buying partner in Thailand) but we have currently produced more than 100 carpets and are expanding to more families in December. (currently at 8 families)
Hope you are all well and i hope to see lots of people at the graduation party.
It's the end of an Era.. after 6 years at uni i'm finally graduating!
After coming back from Thailand I haven't been in touch with many people this year (a lot longer for others) so i thought as i'm now leaving uni life, that i'd send out a quick update.
I'm also posting this on my blog (online diary) - http://davidbacon.nomadlife.org so you can read it there at your leisure.
No updates today about Nyah (my daughter for those who are REALLY out of contact) - you'll have to check out her blog for that http://nyahelizabethbacon-journal.blogspot.com
From the 5th of December until about the 17th Jan i'll be in Poipet, Cambodia working on my project. (check out the website if you haven't before - http://carpets.wyps.org)
After the 25th i'm officially finished uni and will be Graduating!! (Finally!)
You are all invited to my (and my housemate Andrew's) graduation party on Sat the 26th November (Family invited for lunch but be warned it's going to be a big one). Proper invites will be out this week - please feel free to invite anyone who may not have received this.
BBQ from 12pm and party till late.
21 Anstey Cr (continues from Stirling St off south road)
Marleston
Good news for the Cambodia project
Thought you might be interested in the recent good news we had from UNESCO for the Carpets for Communities project in Cambodia - they gave us a grant of $3,700 (See below for details).
Also when i was selling curry at uni with some friends (thanks guys!) to raise money (we made $100) a mature age student got pretty excited about it all and offered to help out. I wasn't sure how much until i spoke to him a couple of times and he offered the assistance of an accountant to help us get incorporated in Australia.
On calling the accountant they informed me that the cost of registering was $1,100 and that he was going to cover it! (Looks like the curry paid off of more ways than one Luci!)
He develops properties and also wants to help marketing and suggested something along the lines of packaging the carpets with houses.
A few months ago, some friends in the the Fair trade club at Flinders ran an info night at a club in town. They asked me to speak on the project (as it's a fair trade project) and donated all the earnings ($1,200). It was a great night and lots of people were very interested.
It seems to be all good news!
Current reality of the project is that we have over $20,000 in funding already granted (which covers the set up phase until July 2006). On the ground we are still finalising our production process and product (after a few changes from our buying partner in Thailand) but we have currently produced more than 100 carpets and are expanding to more families in December. (currently at 8 families)
Hope you are all well and i hope to see lots of people at the graduation party.
