Wings of Support is a private initiative by KLM and Martinair staff. We are making an effort to provide shelter
and education to children in the countries these companies fly to. Because of the nature of their work, the airline
staff regularly stay in many countries, therefore a project can be visited to a maximum extent, both by Wings of
Support contributors and by interested supporters/sponsors. Currently, Wings of Support is also supported by
various companies other than KLM and Martinair, as well as private individuals.
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Donation from Rotary Jacobswoude - Friday 4 July 2008
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On 27th June, Rotary Jacobswoude organised a golf tournament on our golf links of Zeegersloot. It was a beautiful day and the result was a donation of €4000 for the extension of the STOP project in Delhi. On behalf of all the children at STOP we would like to thank Rotary Jacobswoude and all participants in the golf tournament for their tremendous effort and contribution.
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45 children will go to school in Addis Ababa! - Thursday 3 July 2008
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During the school year 2008/2009, 45 kinderen in Addis Ababa will be happy to go to school again for another year. The children do love this!
The NGO Save Heaven makes sure that they have a neat new school uniform in September, and will keep an eye on them during the school year .
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Saambau Primary School, Cape Town - Tuesday 1 July 2008
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We will build another computer room in Cape Town, so that the children in the slums will get the chance of getting computer classes. It will drastically change their future en enrich their lives!
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First Wings of Support project in Quito - Sunday 29 June 2008
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This is the first project in Ecuador. In this shelter, the children can eat and will receive attention and love. Many of them have a background of abuse and/or neglect. In the first instance, Wings of Support will help with the purchase of several things for the kitchen, including an oven. The project will also enable the purchase of tables and chairs for the children.
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Wings of Support continues to support FAI Cancun in 2008! - Monday 23 June 2008
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Wings of Support will continue to support FAI Cancun in 2008. For further information and pictures, check out MX-011, which is the same project in 2007.
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General Meeting on 27th June will not take place - Friday 20 June 2008
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The next General Meeting on 27th June will not take place. Too many people are either travelling or working, so that it is not possible to have a fruitful meeting.
The board will set a new date as soon as possible. In the meantime, you can always contact us by email for all your questions.
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Computer training at the Shepherd Centre Foundation - Thursday 19 June 2008
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Our first project in Malaysia has been approved! At the Shepherd Centre Foundation in Seminyeh 10 computers will be installed. These computers will be used for computer training for the children living at the centre. This training serves as a back-up training for the lessons they get at the regular school.
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2nd year of HDF Reading Program approved! - Thursday 19 June 2008
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After the sponsoring of school books for the school year of 2007-2008, we decided to also sponsor the books for the youngest children of HDF in Bangkok, so next year about 3,900 children will be provided with school books!
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Roofing Basketball pitch Bahay Aurora (Philippines) - Monday 16 June 2008
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For children's home Bahay Aurora (just outside Manilla), sports and dance are very important activities. Building a roof over the basketball pitch will make it better and of use for more purposes. KLM-colleague Robert Halm won a sum of money to this end. Wings of Support is sponsoring the rest of the costs. The kitchen will also be renewed.
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Dance tour to the country - Sunday 15 June 2008
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Thanks to Wings of Support, 60 children from the poor quarters of Cape Town will be going on tour to show off their dance qualities to children in the country.
These students of the Dance for All Outreach programme will be performing in small villages and giving workshops for and with the children there.
Ze hebben er heel veel zin in!
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Upendo Children's Home - Friday 13 June 2008
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Soon, the construction of a new orphanage will start in Mombasa. Wings of Support will help this orphanage to build the house for volunteers and staff. Eventually, this must become the home for 50 orphans and in the future it will be a school for the children in the area!
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Carpentry yard at Ipoderac - Thursday 12 June 2008
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Ipoderac is a shelter for boys in Atlixco, Mexico, where they are taught to manage for themselves. There is a goat farm, a cheese and soap factory and a carpentry yard where they can get work experience and learn a trade. Wings of Support is sponsoring the foundation of the new carpentry building, so that even more boys can make use of it!
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Arco Iris in Iquitos, Peru - Wednesday 11 June 2008
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The Arco Iris foundation was created in 1993 with the purpose of schooling underprivileged children through educational programmes.
The foundation has a home in Iquitos Peru, where 45 children between the ages of three and twelve are living. Wings of Support is assisting the foundation via the purchase of educational materials.
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Shalom Academy St. Paul - Tuesday 10 June 2008
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This is the St. Paul Children Care Centre's own school and is located in Nairobi. Wings of Support are helping to improve the quality of education by purchasing schoolbooks, furniture, a water tank and a sandbox. This will attract children of parents that can pay some tuition fees. In the longer term the care centre's own children will be attending school without fee.
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Another record by 'de Golfmannen' - Saturday 7 June 2008
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On May 16, the third edition of the “De Vries Open” was hosted at the course of Schaerpenbergh. The tournament was held for Wings of Support. After a great day and an exciting auction, it was time to count the money destined for Wings of Support: €37.052!! The largest single donation ever in the history of Wings of Support. On behalf of all the children: Thanks Golfmannen!
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Aynimundo educational centre Virgen Del Buen Paso area - Wednesday 4 June 2008
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Together with the neighbourhood social club, Aynimundo can make a start in Virgen del Buen Paso, a poor Lima suburb. Thanks to a Wings of Support gift, there is money for preparing a new and safe school building for the children and that was about time ...
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Attention, camera is on! - Monday 2 June 2008
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Starting this summer, the beneficiaries of Foundation Alternativa 2003 in Bucharest, will be exposed to a new therapeutical method. By using a videocamera, their behaviour and interactions with others will be recorded and used as a way of improving their integrative personality values: temperament, character, attitude and communication abilities.
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Valentina Romania Summercamp - Sunday 1 June 2008
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Thanks to Wings of Support, it is still possible for the children of Valentina Romania from Bucharest to go on summercamp this year. The children are really looking forward to this trip to the Dambovita area.
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Renovation Mzamomhle Crèche - Friday 30 May 2008
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Mzamomhle Creche has to close down!! Just in time, Wings of Support is giving them money to replace Margaret's shack, which houses her care centre, by sea containers. The Mzamomhle committee and the neighbourhood are very relieved of course. Reason for a major party!
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Kianjau's success! - Thursday 29 May 2008
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After our first project with Kianjau, this proved to be such a success that 200 children joined them. As a result, more classrooms are needed. So we decided to have four more built. Now we have to wait and see how many more children will join!
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Bushcamp 2008 will take place!!! - Monday 19 May 2008
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The situation in Kenya is improving quickly. The American Embassy withdrew all negative travel advice and asked the public to come and visit Kenya quickly. A number of Dutch journalists recently visited the country and sent a very positive message : “Kenya is safe again”.
That is the reason why the Bushcamp organisation, in consultation with KLM Nairobi, decided to let the Bushcamp 2008 go through. You can find more information in projects > bushcamp.
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To the eye doctor with Valentina Romania and Wings of Support - Tuesday 13 May 2008
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Because of the help given by Wings of Support, 40 Roma children, taking part in the daily programme of the Valentina Romania Association will have the opportunity to visit a doctor and have their eyes checked. If after this checkup extra medical assistance is needed, this will also be provided.
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Vocational training for young adults in Klong Thoei, Bangkok - Sunday 11 May 2008
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Recently a vocational training for young adults started in Klong Thoei. This training will teach them welding, carpentry and bricklaying. With this knowledge they will be able to produce playground equipment for the younger children of this slum.
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Tereo Mission School in Summerset West - Wednesday 7 May 2008
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Tereo Mission School in Summerset West (near Cape Town) is helping 40 children by giving them a hot meal at lunchtime, and shelter, including schooling. The old stove needed replacing.
Wings of Support financed a new stove, as a result of which food can be prepared for 80 children.
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Renovation Alemachen - Tuesday 6 May 2008
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Thanks to Wings of Support the building of Alemachen in Ethiopia soon will look very neat again!
In this home for children, the kids are taken care of before and after an operation. The building is already known since 1983 and badly needs renovation. They can start doing that now!
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