CD Release Charity Event: 22 March 2008

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To free the world from extreme poverty by educating poor, homeless and orphaned children in VOW facilities or by sponsorship throughout the Third World.

MISSION STATEMENT

VOW is a non-denominational, not for profit membership, non-governmental organisation for the poor/orphaned children of the world who provide free education, though sponsorship or by developing and building schools for children who would otherwise never have those opportunities. We do this in the hope that developing their skills will offer them greater employment possibilities and immediate relief to poor communities, relief from improvised circumstances in the future, and protection from the child sex tourism industry.

VOW’s primary objectives are:

• Raising funds to develop/build or renovate schools/orphanages in the poorest communities of the third world.
• Finding sponsors and / or funding sponsorship of children into immediate schooling.
• To prevent children born into adverse conditions from being the targets of the child sex tourism, child pornography and prostitution rackets.
• Offering opportunities like English, music and basic computer skills through the contribution of donated appliances and curriculum from sponsors.
• Direct injection of funds and donations into communities, by developing learning centres, employing local staff and promoting and assisting their education.
• Creating a volunteer rotation system for the development of curriculum by registered teachers from the west.
• Developing and implementing education and curriculum to address self awareness, personal hygiene, and sanitation issues.
• Developing special aptitudes, gifts or learning interest by finding sponsors for higher education opportunities.
• Offering graduates of the facilities reemployment back into the facilities after completion of education.
• Working together with other charitable organisation to provide immediate relief for basic rights like health-care, shelter and clean drinking water for communities.

Did you know there are…..

• 6.3 Billion people on our planet.
• 3.2 Billion of those people will not eat today.
• 2.1 Billion will have only one meal today.
• One year of education equates to an extra four years of life.
• If you live in Australia and are on Centrelink payments with all that is included e.g. health care, electricity, running water, free education, good roads and so on, then;
• To every one hundred people on the earth you are number 36 (this number includes all the millionaires and billionaires as well) 100 representing the most well off on earth.
• If you have a part time job and receive $500 per week you are number 97!
• If you earn more than this you are number 98 and so on.
• In other words we live in the top 1% of all the wealth of the world even if we are poor by our standards!!

BANK DETAILS

Bank; Westpac
Acc Name; VOW International Services Inc'
BSB; 036 087