Street Invest discussions with Rose Charities

October 3, 2013 gwillg

sarah-kim-jan-bill13 — Left, Will Grut, Kim Darton, Jan Johnston, Sarah Darton, Bill Johnston, Right. Breakfast coordination meeting in Vancouver.

Kim and Sarah Darton visited Vancouver in August/Sept and held coordination discussions with Jan and Bill Johnson of the Rose Charities Canada, Rose Charities Vietnam boards and the Rose Charities International Council. Kim Darton is one of the Trustees of ‘Street Invest’, a wonderful organization which provides assistance to street children worldwide as well as training for street child workers. Sarah Darton works with ‘Family Links’ UK which specializes in psychological nurturing programs for parents, children and school staff in the UK. Bill Johnston is on the board of both Rose Charities International Council as well as Rose Charities Canada and Jan Johnston was one of the founders of Rose Charities Vietnam and remains on that board. Jan Johnston was the recipient of the 2010 Charity Rose Award. Will Grut is Hon Sec and Trustee of Rose Charities UK

Events, General interest

The world in New York !: Langage Event.. 24 Sept 2013

September 16, 2013 gwillg

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Practice ANY language in a no pressure, casual environment while benefiting a great cause!

HOW IT WORKS:

– Come anytime between 6-11pm and make a $10 donation to Rose Charities

– We’ll provide you with flag stickers to stick on: one for your home country/language and one for each of the other languages you’d like to practice

– Take advantage of drink specials all night: $4 draft beer, $5 wine, $6 cocktails

– Begin informal conversation in whatever language you’d like!

We’ll have facilitators making introductions but there’s no set structure, just a bar full of great people simultaneously speaking dozens of different languages. Great opportunity to meet language partners and mingle with an international crowd. Open to all nationalities and language levels.

The projects you’ll be supporting in Vietnam and Cambodia will benefit tremendously from your donation

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General interest, Health Education, Rose News

UK to Mongolia in and old Suzuki and support for Rose Charities. Bravo to the mighty Midgleys and Lee Schab !

September 15, 2013 gwillg

All and every congratulation to Will and Henry Midgley (NZ) and Lee Schab (Vancouver, Canada) for the epic journey to Mongolia in their little 1000cc second-hand Suzuki car. 12 countries and thousands of kilometers many over the most difficult roads. The photos below give a pictorial account of the trip. The team made Rose Charities one of their two sponsored organizations. The whole Rose network is hugely grateful To date almost 1000 pounds have been raised for Rose international projects. To donate (click)

The start …

khans3 — Left to right. Barbar Reade (Rose Charities UK), Will Midgley, Lee Schwab, Henry Midgley

The journey…

Difficult moments…

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Sustainable and Local. No frills no admin costs…