November 200
HELP A POOR CHILD is grateful to Craig Haggerty and the proprietors of Devonshire House, a Business Centre based in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire for complimentary use of office space and a dedicated exclusive phone line for the charity.
18th October 2005 – London, UK
The media has played a major role in helping to keep us up to date with the latest in Pakistan, following the devastation caused by the 8th October earthquake. They have also been instrumental in raising awareness and help needed to asist those still living in the worst hit areas.
1st October 2005
The 25th Anniversary fund-raising Gala Ball held on 1st October 2005 at the Harrow Leisure Centre UK, was an evening not to be forgotten by the 1,000 guests who attended the event. Treasurer Chris Green said he was delighted but not surprised by the generosity of those who attended, as we have always had their support – it’s as if people came to this function with a clear determination to help the charity.
HAPC’s plans to build a children’s village to care for some of the tsunami orphans, is now gaining momentum following the painstaking efforts of the Chennai committee and in particular, the co-ordinator of this project, Rev. Anjaneyan Govindasamy. The following is his report.
After visiting several sites, we have settled on building the village in The Nilgiris, and the process of land acquisition is under way.
July 2005
Helpers at the HAPC stall bring to a close a successful fund-raising and awareness day at the recent G.O.A. Festival, held on 31st July in Mitcham, Surrey, UK.
1st June 2005
The Good News Movement Group (Greenford based) organised a Tsunami Fundraising Function on Saturday 7th May 2005 in aid of HAPC’s Children’s Village project.
Tim’s London Marathon effort raised £540.20p for HAPC’s Children’s Village project.
1st March 2005
Following the Tsunami disaster, Christine and Sunita from Bristol, wanted to do something positive and decided to organise a dinner dance on February 26th. A common friend Rani, who comes from an area in Sri Lanka that was badly affected, decided with her husband and their friend, to join with Christine and Sunita in organising this fund raising event!”
Legendary Beatle John Lennon’s hit single “Imagine” is to be used on the charity’s promotional DVD. Mr. Lennon’s wife Yoko, has kindly granted HELP A POOR CHILD permission, to use this World No.1 hit single. The 6 minute DVD production is soon to be issued for the promotional and marketing needs of HAPC.
