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Peter has been and is currently doing some fantastic and amazing work out there on Gili Trawangan, for people and children that have nothing, and a lot of them are very ill.
I myself cannot wait to get out there and help out as much as possible, but am aware that this may be a very hard hitting experience.
The reason for this blog post is because the organisation needs to get sponsorship for the great work that they/we are doing. Our job is do help Indonesians help Indonesians. We help by teaching them technology & setting up new non profit projects.
For example, Endri is an Indonesian (who is 1 in a million). All he wants to do is help all the sick children in Lombok. Endra also comes from a poor background and is very trust worthy and also works for free, which is very rare. One of our many aims, is to set him up with systems, and spark his dream to be able to help his fellow man. We will help him set up his own trust. Some of this money raised will help Endri to do his job and help the distributions of the food to the people that need it most.
Also, funding can help these extremely poor families so that they can use Indonesian hospitals to get operations for these kids.
We will be using Facebook feeds to report, show photos etc. (and I will use this blog) to show all of our donors that 100% of their/your money is going to great use, and exactly what it is going on.
If you read over Peter's website you will see that none of this money goes towards us, the volunteers, we (all the workers) pay for our own food, transport etc. So all the money raised, YOUR MONEY goes towards the cause. And I am a little bit proud to be a part of it.
"So what am you, Mikey, doing to raise money!?" I hear you ask. Fair question. I have been back in England for just over a year now, and ever since I have been back my brother has been trying his up-most to get me to grow a beard. But he has had no luck, I am not keen on the idea at all, I think...well it doesn't matter what I think, I just don't really want a big beard. But about 2 months ago, down our local pub, after having a few drinks, my brother finally got me...."I will give you £100 towards the charity of your choice if you grow your beard 2 inches!".... how could I say "No!" to this offer, so I took him up on it, and straight away I know the charity I wanted to donate that £100 to, http://npogilitrawangan.weebly.com/
Unfortunately for me, about a month later, down the pub again with my brother and a few other friends, he brought the issue up again. Not content with me just growing my beard 2 inches, in that it wasn't making me unhappy enough. So now getting more people involved in on this monstrosity that is my face, but the rules have changed now, it's not only for 2 inches, oh nooooo, now people are sponsoring a certain amount per inch that I grow it.....now there's no limit to how long this can go!
So my plea to you is, as much as I hate this thing on my chin, the longer it gets, then the more money that goes to such a good cause. So please either just sponsor the 2 inches, or sponsor my beard per inch, and it really really does go to such a great cause....once again http://npogilitrawangan.weebly.com/
Sadly, Peter doesn't have a registered charity number yet so I looked into setting up on other fund raising sites, but these companies take a percentage of the money donated, so I want to cut out the middle man and make sure all of your money goes towards the projects. So this is a trust thing on your part, people that know me, know that I mean it when I say all the money will go to http://npogilitrawangan.weebly.com/ but to do this, if people would like to sponsor me then they will need to get in contact with me, tell me how much they want to sponsor, and for what for (i.e. per inch or a certain length), and I will have to send you my own bank details to pay the money. It works on, if you know me and trust me, and want to sponsor such a great cause, then please do, please get in contact with me, and you have my complete guarantee that all the money raised WILL go to http://npogilitrawangan.weebly.com/. However, if you think that this all sounds a bit suspect, or you don't trust me, or you just don't want to sponsor, then all is good. But non of this money will go towards me, or any other volunteer, we're all just trying to do a good thing for people that are sadly a lot less fortunate then ourselves.
Thank you for reading this post, really all of your money will go to help people that are so much more worse off then we are. But what ever amount you can donate, and what ever we can raise would be great. My brother has very generously already donated £100 to the cause (assuming that I get my beard to 2 inches), but I would like to AT LEAST double that figure, so with your help lets make this happen.
"So what am you, Mikey, doing to raise money!?" I hear you ask. Fair question. I have been back in England for just over a year now, and ever since I have been back my brother has been trying his up-most to get me to grow a beard. But he has had no luck, I am not keen on the idea at all, I think...well it doesn't matter what I think, I just don't really want a big beard. But about 2 months ago, down our local pub, after having a few drinks, my brother finally got me...."I will give you £100 towards the charity of your choice if you grow your beard 2 inches!".... how could I say "No!" to this offer, so I took him up on it, and straight away I know the charity I wanted to donate that £100 to, http://npogilitrawangan.weebly.com/
Unfortunately for me, about a month later, down the pub again with my brother and a few other friends, he brought the issue up again. Not content with me just growing my beard 2 inches, in that it wasn't making me unhappy enough. So now getting more people involved in on this monstrosity that is my face, but the rules have changed now, it's not only for 2 inches, oh nooooo, now people are sponsoring a certain amount per inch that I grow it.....now there's no limit to how long this can go!
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| That's me in the middle. This photo was taken the day after the original deal was made back in March 2014. |
So my plea to you is, as much as I hate this thing on my chin, the longer it gets, then the more money that goes to such a good cause. So please either just sponsor the 2 inches, or sponsor my beard per inch, and it really really does go to such a great cause....once again http://npogilitrawangan.weebly.com/
Sadly, Peter doesn't have a registered charity number yet so I looked into setting up on other fund raising sites, but these companies take a percentage of the money donated, so I want to cut out the middle man and make sure all of your money goes towards the projects. So this is a trust thing on your part, people that know me, know that I mean it when I say all the money will go to http://npogilitrawangan.weebly.com/ but to do this, if people would like to sponsor me then they will need to get in contact with me, tell me how much they want to sponsor, and for what for (i.e. per inch or a certain length), and I will have to send you my own bank details to pay the money. It works on, if you know me and trust me, and want to sponsor such a great cause, then please do, please get in contact with me, and you have my complete guarantee that all the money raised WILL go to http://npogilitrawangan.weebly.com/. However, if you think that this all sounds a bit suspect, or you don't trust me, or you just don't want to sponsor, then all is good. But non of this money will go towards me, or any other volunteer, we're all just trying to do a good thing for people that are sadly a lot less fortunate then ourselves.
Thank you for reading this post, really all of your money will go to help people that are so much more worse off then we are. But what ever amount you can donate, and what ever we can raise would be great. My brother has very generously already donated £100 to the cause (assuming that I get my beard to 2 inches), but I would like to AT LEAST double that figure, so with your help lets make this happen.
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