Archive for August, 2007
Posted in August 18th, 2007
Bobby at Bestest Blog of All Time did some neat work earlier in the year getting another blog of mine “off the ground” and exposed to a remarkably wide readership. Apparently more people are resorting to getting their information from blogs than traditional websites these days - which is one way of saying there […]
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Posted in August 18th, 2007
Posted in August 18th, 2007
I have been fortunate enough to be able to visit some of the places where we have donated goods. Its a useful way to be able to give feedback to the donors. And one way I can understand how best to direct our resources. On one of these visits we stopped at a roadside stall […]
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Posted in August 14th, 2007
I will work out how this should be slotted into the side bar once I get my head around Wordpress a bit more. But in the meantime we have started getting some advertising about Network Heaven out on to the internet. If you have a blog or website that you are happy to link up […]
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Posted in August 13th, 2007
Last year I was able to send my old expensive Minolta camera (purchased 1989 for about $500) with fancy zoom lens etc to Sri Lanka. The camera had not got much use however, I discovered several years ago that moisture had got into the lens (purely by storing it in a dress cupboard). […]
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Posted in August 13th, 2007
Last year 2006 I had the opportunity of sending my old scanner (which was over 7+ years old) to Sri Lanka because it became redundant. The scanner had been purchased with a PC, Printer + Scanner in 1999. The printer became dysfunctional and I replaced it with another printer/scanner […]
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Posted in August 13th, 2007
Originally 7 February 2007
This is really intended as a photoblog - gifts collected in January have made it through to some young girls at an orphanage in Cambodia. In addition to these gifts, sent from a company in Sydney, volunteers made up gift packs which contained a few surprises for the girls.
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Posted in August 13th, 2007
Originally Posted 13 January 2007
Saturday morning and a small group of friends and neighbours (one from as far afield as the UK) drop by to help package goods for dispatch. Cup of coffee and some cake fuel the process. But the real fuel is a passion for the poor and a desire to to
something […]
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Posted in August 13th, 2007
First posted 8 January 2007
Sister Florella holds one of the new babes that are cared for at the Crèche. Their future is uncertain because it is difficult to break the poverty cycle into which the children are born. They are lovingly cared for by the staff at the Crèche until their mothers’ return to collect […]
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Posted in August 13th, 2007
We first posted our activities on a shared “Spaces” site but as of today have set our blog up on a dedicated service with its own URL. Hopefully that gives us a little more control over the look and feel of the site.
Why use a blog? Well, hopefully the blog “medium” will encourage plenty […]
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