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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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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Ijamido Childrens Home - Monday 5 May 2008
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A third request for this orphanage near Lagos, Nigeria. Wings of Support will finance beds and the kitchen set-up, because new children have come to live in Ijamido since the previous project.
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Kayda Orphanage in Kampala - Sunday 4 May 2008
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Kayda is an orphanage in Kampala, Uganda, founded to help street children by giving them the opportunity to go to school again and to get back their self esteem. They have their own carpentry and crafts classes and are doing a lot of dancing and singing.
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Casa Amsterdao looks spic and span again! - Wednesday 30 April 2008
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Thanks to a Wings of Support donation, this creche in Sao Paolo, Brazil, that we have been supporting for years, received a new lick of paint. APIS takes excellent care of 75 children on a daily basis. A nice and well-cared for building goes with that!
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The Faya Lobi Kresj in Paramaribo - Tuesday 29 April 2008
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This day care will be fully renovated. April 15th this year they will exist for 25 years and during that time, no renovations were conducted. With this renovation the leaking roof, the gutters, the waste pipes, as well as the painting on the inside will be taken care of. With this renovation the liveability of this day care will increase enormously.
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Books for a library in Huruma (slum in Nairobi) - Tuesday 22 April 2008
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The Redeemed Gospel Church Development Program received sponsorship for the building of a library by Tearfund. Since the completion in 2007, the library remained empty as there was no money left for the furnishment. Wings of Support is helping to realize the acquirement of 1805 books for the "primary classes".
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Community week Koning Willem 1 college major success! - Monday 21 April 2008
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A small group of students of the KW1 college at s Hertogenbosch managed to collect an amount of 321.55 Euros during their "community week". Among other things, they managed to do this by selling food. Wings of Support is very grateful to these students for all their efforts!
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WOS emergency relief well spent on two occasions - Sunday 20 April 2008
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In Djoemoe (Surinam), new exercise books and books were urgently needed for the children, and on the other side of the world, in the Fatima Center at Bangkok (Thailand), they had plenty exercise books and books, but good and safe chairs for the students were lacking. In both cases Wings of Support was able to quickly provide emergency relief. This was money well spent in both cases.
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Ashab Academy - Saturday 19 April 2008
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Thanks to Wings of Support more children can go to school due to the building of an extra classroom.
Wings of Support also sponsors the building of a toilet.
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Sponsoring new school building Boston Children Centre - Saturday 19 April 2008
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The community of Matopeni, a Nairobi slum, founded BCC, a primary school, six years ago. The current school building consists of corrugated sheets and has no sanitary facilities. Wings of Support are sponsoring the finishing of the walls and the roof of four classrooms.
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New Wings of Support Bulletin Boards - Wednesday 16 April 2008
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Yesterday, Wings of Support received new bulletin boards to be placed in the KLM Crewcenter. These 2 beautiful new boards were made and sponsored by Sodexo Altys. They provide space for news, folders, our WosWijs magazine and it contains a mailbox. Wings of Support is very happy with the new boards and would like to thank the people of Sodexo Altys who devoted their time and energy to this project!
Photo: Aart Dil, Lucia van Rooijen, Lucille Traas-van Vianen and Jeroen Mol (Sodexo)
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Correction - Tuesday 8 April 2008
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Today a few of our regular website visitors received an e-mail that a new project has been initiated in Afghanistan. This is not the case. Due to reprogramming of the website these emails were sent out by mistake. Our sincere appologies for this.
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Playing materials for Holland Child Care Center (AHOS) - Friday 21 March 2008
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The day care centre Holland Child Care Center is part of Athlone House of Strength, situated in Paarl in South Africa, which houses victims of domestic violence and rapes.
Playing materials are being paid through WoS to enable the children of the victims to play outside together with the children from the neighbourhood.
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Think Twice in Cape Town - Monday 17 March 2008
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These youngsters have attended a Think Twice course. At school, they talked about the dangers of HIV/AIDS, relationships and discrimination of infected people. It helps them in making well-balanced choices in their lives. Think Twice creates and supplies the material to this end and Wings of Support gave them money for the production of 300 training manuals.
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Tables and chairs for Student Centre Manila - Friday 7 March 2008
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The Young Focus Foundation will be realising a Student Centre in Manila. Here destitute children (living and working on/near the Smokey Mountain 2 refuse dump) will get the space and facilities to do their homework and to study. They will also receive personal coaching and workshops. Wings of Support will be paying for a part of the tables and chairs for this centre.
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Renovation dormitory at 'Family Home' STOP Foundation (Delhi) - Thursday 21 February 2008
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The STOP organisation is involved in freeing, rescuing and rehabilitating child prostitutes. Wings of Support is helping the 'family home' where these girls are affectionately housed and supported, by aiding in the construction of a new dormitory and renovation of sanitary facilities.
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Auction Ladies Circle results in €10.500! - Tuesday 12 February 2008
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On Wednesday February 6 the Ladies Circle Kennemerland organized an auction for WoS. In the beautiful Stempels in Haarlem auctioneer Loulou Rhemrev made sure all the guests where trying to outbid eachother. The result of the evening was a cheque of €10.500 which will be coupled to our new project in Manilla: the Day Care Centre.
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Day Care Centre Manila extended - Sunday 10 February 2008
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The day care centre is located on the edge of Manila's rubbish dump. Severely undernourished babies and toddlers are taken care of in this medical day care centre. Wings of Support will be assisting in the enlargement of this centre, the Day Care Centre will now involve a new health clinic and outside a new water tank will be built.
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New school uniforms for the school year 2008 - Saturday 2 February 2008
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Thanks to the efforts of Wings of Support, 55 children of the shelter The Bridge in Cape Town will be able to go to school in January 2008, in new uniforms and shoes that fit them.
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Construction of new Thika Child Rescue Centre temporarily stopped - Tuesday 29 January 2008
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Perhaps there are sufficient sponsors now to finish the new shelter for the Thika Child Rescue Center's 30 children. This also depends on a possible doubling by NCDO. Wings of Support will pay for the children's shaded area.
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Bushcamp for 90 boys of The Homestead. - Thursday 24 January 2008
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According to the shelters' management, the positive effect of these camps is quite substantial. The team spirit is increased by a lot of sport, play and being away from it all, in a group. There are footbal pitches, they can swim and in the evening there is the 'skottelbraai' (bbq). They like Wings of Support to join them. The camp will be held from 10th till 14th April.
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Support for Naivasha Orphans Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre - Tuesday 22 January 2008
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As from 1st January 2008, Wings of Support will be paying the costs for the dirt-poor orphanage in Naivasha.
Twenty orphans will now be leading a decent life.
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16th March great magic show by Recanto! - Monday 21 January 2008
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Esteemed audience! Recanto will be presenting a great magic show on Sunday 16th March in Extrema, Brazil! After having given an intensive training, Igor de Kort, magician of Circus Brevis, will perform a major show, together with the children of Recanto. Wings of Support financed the costs.
Come to the show!!!
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