Kitesurf Warehouse is proud to support the Diamplay Project; Please read on:
Times Seven Incorporated – The
Diamplay Project.
My name is David Taylor and I am the director of Times Seven Incorporated.
My wife and I recently setup our organization to ensure that children, where
we could extent our assistance, are protected under the International
Convention on the Rights of the Child. During a discussion one day with Sean
Webb from Kitesurf Warehouse we began to outline our story so far. Sean was
moved by our efforts, commitment and the direct nature of funding and support
to such a disadvantaged community. He suggested that he could provide space to
post our project idea on his website.
Our main objective is to give children, where we can possibly intervene, a
safe and happy childhood. We have been privileged to have a wonderful young man
named Beh (pronounced Bear – he is now fourteen years old) befriended by our
own 14 year old son. Beh was a refugee from war torn Liberia. Liberia was in
the grips of a violent and bloody civil war that lasted for 14 long years. It
was in 2005 when Beh left a refugee camp in Guinea that he had escaped to with
his father. Beh’s mother and other siblings were separated during the turmoil
and are still in Liberia.
Beh (pictured below)
Beh’s mum has not seen her son for approximately 10 years. With this in
mind, my wife and I are traveling to Liberia and taking Beh to allow him to
spend a month with his mum and other siblings. As we have researched the area
that we are traveling to and have spoken with people from that region, it has
become very apparent that the country is very poor and has no infrastructure at
all. Even though there are professional people like doctors, nurses and
teachers in Liberia, the Government does not have the means to pay them anything
or provide work places or work buildings. People in that country simply have to
toil in the ground or bush to obtain food to survive.
Therefore, we are putting what money we can into establishing a
hospital/School and community centre. This project that we have undertaken will
be an ongoing concern that will be self sustaining, will provide employment for
many people and ultimately save lives.
We are also applying the “teach a man to fish principle” where we have
funded the purchase of what can best be described as an all-terrain truck. This
project was undertaken to foster sustainability within the community. This
vehicle, properly managed and maintained by local villagers, will provide an
income through transportation activities to pay for such expenses as local
doctors’ and teachers’ wages at the centre.
If anyone reads this page and would like more information, or would like to
assist by way of donation of finances, medicines, hospital equipment, school
books, school equipment or cover transportation costs, please contact Dave by
email;
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