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Central Coast BPW (
Australia ) continues to support Project 5-0 by
Megan Smith organising raffles Christmas and January
Barbecue Club Meetings. Donations are forwarded
to the Project 5-0 Global Peace Village housing
scheme.
Our club also funds a student, Eva, at the Project
5-0 funded Nursing School in La Paz, Mexico. We
have bought a few bricks towards the new extensions
of the school building at $100 each.
In April, we raised $2,000 to buy 20 Birthing
Kits at $170 each for our member Margaret Aggar
to take on her next trip to East Timor. Margaret
is a member of Central Coast BPW. She is a Midwife
and a Childbirth Educator. On her annual leave
from the Gosford Hospital, she travels each year
to Dili, East Timor, to educate and assist midiwves,
mothers and babies in the region.
We had a movie night as a BPW fundraiser in April
2007, 169 people attended. We charged a small
fee for food and beverages, and held a stall selling
East Timorese handcrafts. Many local businesses
donated gifts for raffle prizes. Members and their
husbands enjoyed helping to make the function
most enjoyable and profitable for the purchase
of the birthing kits. The biography movie, "A
Hero's Journey," was the premier showing
of the current Prime Minister of East Timor, Xanana
Gusmao.
Ceantral Coast BPW shall continue to support Project
5-0, Eva's student fees, and Midwives of East
Timor.
Barbara
Hunter
BPW Central Coast, Australia
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