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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Boston Children Centre Nairobi Kenya - Saturday 28 August 2010
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Early 2008 the "school" consisted of eight small corrugated huts full of children. Now there is a full-fledged primary and nursery school with conveniences, all built of bricks! We are now going to purchase a copier, schoolbooks and furniture. The furniture for the nursery school was paid for by OBS Samen Een (a primary school) from Aalsmeer and is constructed of ecologically sound cypress wood!
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Sports and healthy eating at Sport the Bridge ! - Friday 27 August 2010
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Sport the Bridge is helping street children in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)to reunite with their family by means of sports. Sports and two healthy meals every day. Wings of Support is supplying a new stove and sports attire via its Goodies department.
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Each student of St. Michael's wil have their own teaching material shortly, which is unique in Kenya! - Sunday 22 August 2010
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Holy Unity St. Michael Academy counts more than 750 highly motivated proud students. The school is located on the outskirts of Kibera, Nairobi. By purchasing, among others, a copier they get access to the teaching materials. Mamba Point tv made a very nice movie in May. The movie shows what the school meant in Kevin's life. See this.
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A nice safe place at last! - Wednesday 18 August 2010
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Woman@risk helps women in Addis Ababa that used to make a living in prostitution to return to a decent existence in Ethiopian society. During their trainings programme, their children are safely take care of in the new day-care centre. Wings of Support will ensure its furnishing.
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Being mobile, in and outside Bucharest - Thursday 29 July 2010
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With the help of Wings of Support the helpers of Fundatia Inocenti in Bucharest are now mobile. Thanks to your support they can buy a second-hand car which makes it much easier to visit and support the families just outside the city.
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Fresh vegetables and a Sun boiler for the Pink House - Wednesday 28 July 2010
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There is no heating in the Pink House (near Bloemfontein, South africa). A sun boiler and air conditioning would be helpful. A vegetable tunnel would make planting vegetables in the cold months of the year possible. These adaptations would benefit the children's health in both the winter and the summer.
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A small school with big ambitions - Tuesday 27 July 2010
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On behalf of Eloi Junior School, Friends of the Needy Uganda has asked Wings of Support to help finance some school supplies and furniture. The situation was very basic and did not comply with the standards of the Ugandan school authorities. Provision of these items will enable Eloi Junior School to teach more comfortably and better and this will consequently gain them recognition.
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The Mwelu Library - Sunday 18 July 2010
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The Mwelu Foundation in Nairobi, Kenya, is an organization that helps children to cope with life in the slums in a better way through photography workshops. The Mwelu Foundation now aims through the establishment of a library to contribute to the further education of 1,200 children in the slums. Wings of Support will help by sponsoring the furniture and some of the books for this library.
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New furniture for Children Asking - Sunday 11 July 2010
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Children Asking teaches children in high-risk areas of Brasil. They train their own teachers. For this purpose a School/Training Center was built in Vila Itaim. It is a place where neighbourhood children take classes and teachers are trained. Wings of Support lends a hand in furnishing this building.
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Education and care in the green hell of Peru - Friday 9 July 2010
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In 2009, two Dutch education specialists that live in Peru founded the Asociación El Manguaré, that helps children in Iquitos, an isolated jungle city on the Amazon river. They cannot stay at home during the day. An extensive network has been created in the meantime, with local organisations that do similar work.
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Wheelchairs for disabled children in Havana - Wednesday 7 July 2010
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Seven children in Havana will receive wheelchairs and make their life a better one. The chairs will stop deterioration of their disability and thus give them a brighter future.
Because of Martinair's 50th birthday, KLM decided to sponsor these special wheelchairs.
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The sea is getting closer! - Tuesday 6 July 2010
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Because of the great success of recent years, the seatrip to Durbanville by Shelter Ministries of Johannesburg is repeated. Previous trips left an indelible impression with the children, and this trip will probably do so again.
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Laptops for School of Hope - Monday 28 June 2010
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Thanks to Wings of Support the pupils of the School of Hope in Cape Town can also prepare for the current society and its request for computer knowledge. With six laptops the pupils can also receive good education in this area.
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Off to a good harvest for the Hogar San Jose de Malambo home. - Monday 21 June 2010
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After successfully having helped to cultivate a plot of land on the farm of the Hogar San Jose de Malambo children's home in Panama, we will now purchase a new tool for agricultural purchases for them so they can extend their harvest a lot! In this way they provide in their own basic nourishment and, through sellling part of the crop, they have yet an extra source of income.
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Copier for SAEP - Saturday 12 June 2010
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The SAEP foundation in Cape Town has an after school program for students in grade 9-12 in the Philippi township. This program includes extra classes, computer training, mentoring and personal development. The costs of such a program are very high and to significantly reduce them, Wings of Support now sponsors a copier.
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Eburu Secondary School expansion in Naivasha - Monday 7 June 2010
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Eburru Secondary School especially gives girls a chance for a better future. A laboratory needs to be built and furnished, so they can do science exams. Wings of Support has been asked to sponsor the furnishing of the laboratory.
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A renovated creche for the Botshabelo Community, Johannesburg - Saturday 5 June 2010
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The 130 children of Botshabelo Community live together with Con and Marion as a large family on a fairly large area that they purchased in 1990. The daily maintenance during all this time they have done perfectly, but some buildings on the property are in desperate need of refurbishment. The nursery where the little ones are, will take a first turn.
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A new house for Sunvillage - Friday 4 June 2010
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Despite the "booming economy" the interior of China has enormous poverty and deprivation. In Henan, for example, where the largest women's prison is and many children of prisoners are thrown back on the streets. Sunvillage has created a children's village for them and Wings of Support will help financing one of the houses.
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Wings of Support project caught on film! - Tuesday 1 June 2010
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Evelien Bosch, Wings of Support ambassador, went to visit Kibera, Nairobi’s largest slum a while ago, together with a camera crew of NCRV’s Mampapoint. She met Kevin there, St. Michael's Holy Unit Academy’s youngest teacher, who started off as a student of the school himself, after he had become an orphan. This school is one of Wings of Support’s projects and as ambassador of this foundation, Evelien is shown around by Kevin.
Click http://www.mambapoint.tv/tv/4064 en http://www.mambapoint.tv/tv/4065 for the films that were taped during this visit.
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Chores in Cape Town - Monday 17 May 2010
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Currently volunteers are working hard in Cape Town. With the assistance of KLM, several staff members and volunteers flew to Cape Town to roll up their sleeves at various orphanages. More photographs of the chores trip will be published soon on the site!
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A mentor for the Sonwabo children - Saturday 15 May 2010
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Popsie (in the white t-shirt) is mentor for 97 children of the Sonwabo School in Guguletu, Cape Town. She is one of the mentors of the programme Cool to be Me. This programme was developed to increase one’s self esteem, give information on negative influences in order to be able to make better choices in one’s life and to learn that one can determine one’s own future by making the right choices.
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Wings of Support is helping Mercy Primary School through hard times - Monday 3 May 2010
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The past year has been very difficult for Mercy Primary School in Kampala. The district’s poverty level has risen enormously and less and less children can pay tuition fees. As a result, the school has financial problems now and with Wings of Support’s help can now afford the necessary school supplies for the school year 2010.
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First Wings of Support project in Colombia - Saturday 1 May 2010
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In the suburb of Suba in Bogota, children get assistance from the Hogares de Solidaridad foundation. They are getting a hot meal, as well as extra attention. Wings of Support will be buying new kitchen appliances, as the current ones no longer meet government requirements.
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Summer holidays in Curaçao - Wednesday 28 April 2010
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Stichting Boso Kosecha in Curaçao organises after school care to a set group of children twice a week. Since summer is coming, it means a summer vacation for them as well! Last year the sponsored vacation was a major success, so this summer it will be repeated with new, exciting and educational outings!
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