ASIA CONNECTION INC. --- 2007 Annual Report
Time to put forth a summary of Asia Connection's activities over the year gone by, and share a financial report with our supporters. We're still a very miniscule NGO in the grand scheme of things, but we take
satisfaction in being able to provide small but useful grants with minimal administrative costs.
We pretty much followed the pattern of previous years in our actions and donations in 2007: main focus is still on programs being implemented in
The Indradevi Association's AIDS care and prevention program in Cambodia is a major recipient of ACI support, thanks to the vigorous fund-raising and liaison efforts of Don Luce in Buffalo New York and Kay Halvorson in St. Paul.
Also, we do what we can to help support the work of Dr. Edric Baker and his colleagues at the Kailakuri Health Care Project in Bangladesh — a model program of 'poor helping the poor', which we consider in some ways a reflection of the late Dr. Pat Smith's work at Minh Quy Hospital in Kontum.
ACI Program Director John Havican carried on with his medical outreach activities, participating in three reconstructive surgery missions with different volunteer groups from the
Not only has John established an excellent working relationship with the National Hospital of Odonto-Stomatology in
A new clinical laboratory in Kon D'rsin village is now in place, funded by ACI. Scholarship money has been provided for three students who are now preparing for entrance exams to medical school in
and for the facilities in Kon J'dreh and Kon D'rsin.
The above programs have absorbed most of our effort and donations, but as always we are ready to make smaller contributions to other worthy causes that come to our attention: Christian Peacemaker Teams and Rabbis for Human Rights in the Middle East; East Timor Religious Outreach which supports needy schools in Timor; Good
Samaritan Mission, which provides daycare services for migrant worker families in central
By and large, as
Also, according to a recent report from the World Bank,
After much discussion among ourselves, and a lot of work by Laura Motton, a volunteer web-site designer with Grassroots.org, an organization that helps fledgling non-profits with web-sites, we've finally gotten ourselves a presence on the web (as you can see!). We had some initial hesitation about this, wondering whether it might be just as well to carry on our efforts in traditional low-key ACI style without extraneous publicity. But for practical reasons we decided to go ahead and occupy our own little corner of cyberspace. “Better to light a candle...”
Here's a review of ACI financial activity over the past year:
Total contributions received Balance on hand 31 Dec. 2007 39,159.00
Income:
Balance on hand 1 January 2007
(including 52,155 earmarked
for Indradevi AIDS program)
Total income 130,159.80
Disbursements:
Kontum
Kailakuri
Christian Peacemaker Teams
Rabbis for Human Rights
East Timor Outreach
Good Samaritan daycare
IIRD (rural development,
Certificate of Deposit (scholarships)
Administration (bank fees, postage,
Total disbursements 90,964.80
18,479.80
111,680.00
35,322.00
19.000.00
2,000.00
392.80