News Letter 18

NL#18, 2004

Our Objectives sidebyside (2K)

Side by Side International
Visit children's institutions, orphanages, etc. to meet their educational and spiritual needs through a sponsorship program and provide educational materials and other needs.

Support volunteer groups with their humanitarian activities.

Provide aid to needy or under developed countries.

Side by Side International is a non profit organization that was established in 1985 to build a better world by supplying humanitarian aid, counseling, and working with other like minded organizations that want to help people in need. In 1998 Side by Side International officially became a charitable project under the umbrella of Family Care Foundation in the USA, project number 98P09. Most Side by Side International staff members are Christians doing full time volunteer work using their varied talents to help others.

Side by Side International

Side by Side International Marujyo Building, Toneri 1-17-21, Adachi-ku, Tokyo 121-0831, Japan
mail@side-by-side-intl.org
http://side-by-side-intl.org
www.familycare.org/network/p09.htm
www.thefamily.org

"Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best."--Theodore Rubin

TimMarina (3K)

Dear Friends,
We are so thankful for each one of you. Your investment into our efforts to encourage those in need goes a long way. Thank you! As we're preparing for a major move of our operations, to Adachi prefecture, any help will be appreciated. At present we're constructing several floors in the new building - a demanding job! We wish you an enjoyable summer season! Warmly,
Koji Sasaki and Marina

From our Sri Lanka NGO Branch

We visited "Missionaries of Charity" (Mother Teresa's) orphanage in Moratuwa and had a children's party. We presented them with educational children's books and made balloons for them.
At present we are helping their whole work island wide which is in eight locations. We supply high quality Soya meat (120 kg) and full cream milk powder (2 cases) each month, which they distribute within their work internally. This project has been ongoing for the last 5 months.
Visited Vajira Home in Pita Kotte, which is the largest orphanage in Colombo area. We took 60 of the children to an amusement park to have a fun day complete with meal, drinks, yogurt and all the rides they wanted to go on. Some of the children sang for us and we had a performance for them at their orphanage, singing and making balloons for the children. (Ebert Silva ~ transportation, John Keells Holdings ~ meals, New Zealand Milk ~ yogurt cups, Millennium Park ~ Juice & P. G. Martin ~ amusement rides)
At present we are providing them with Soya meat (100kg) and full cream milk powder (1 case) each month. This donation has been ongoing for the last 11 months.
Visited Islamia Home for Boys in Ratmalana, and are presently helping them with Soya meat (10 kg) & milk powder (1 case) month- ly, for the last seven months.
Visited Peter Weerasekera Children's Home, Dambuwa and made balloons for the children and made an evaluation of their needs.
Visited St. Anthony's Tamil Vidalayam School, Mahawatha, and donated Soya meat (150 kg) and milk powder (2 cases).

Visited Maharagama Cancer Hospital (right photo) in cooperation with the Colombo University Students Union and spent the day with the children cancer patients, making balloons, singing and talking with them.

On a monthly basis we distribute 250kgs of Soya meat & 5 cases of milk powder. We have produced and performed inspirational programs for needy & underprivileged children and provide educational & motivational materials with the help of sponsors.

All the Way to Africa

We donated 20 Pentium 2 computers, one laser printer, one hub machine, internet cables and other equipment to an NGO in Malawi. The items will be used to set up an internet cafe at a refugee center.

Terrano Jeep for Tanzania

In April we arranged the donation of a Terrano Jeep to facilitate transportation for needy villagers in Tanzania. The photo shows the donor with the Tanzanian Ambassador H.E. Mr. Mtango.

Mongolia

The Embassy of Mongolia received the following equipment through us (for distribution at schools and a university): 1. Canon LBP750 (B&W) x 2 - Office printer, multi-tray, 2. Canon LBP780 (B&W) x 1 - Office printer, multi-tray, 3. Canon LBP220 (B&W) x 1 - Desktop small printer, 4. PC monitor 15" x 3, 5. PC monitor 17" x 2, 6. Keyboards x 5. This includes several other equipments that can be used in computer networks.

India

SbSI coordinated the contribution of 81 PCs, 2 scanners, 1 printer and other equipment to assist one of Prof. Swaminathan's projects in order to expand the rural information centre project in India.

Homeless No More

For about two years Mr. O. attended without fail our weekly life-improvement classes for homeless folks at Shinjuku Chuo Park. Half a year ago we didn't see him for quite a while. Suddenly he reappeared looking very different, clean-shaven and well dressed, like a new person.
He excitedly told us that he had found a good job in a members-only restaurant in an upper class part of town.
Blessings came to him, he explained, because our classes taught him to trust in God's love and accept His will in his life. He used to be strongly opinionated regarding the kind of work he was looking for, and couldn't find what he wanted. He decided not to give up hope and faith and patiently waited for a job opening. Forsaking his own ideas he took on employment as a dishwasher and soon got promoted to overseer. He got acquainted with influential people who helped him find housing. All the while he was being an avid reader of our faith-building Activated magazine, which contributed greatly to his spiritual strength and determination. "Your classes helped me to hold on and to expect miracles", he told us, "Thank you so much for them!"

clown (6K)

LOVE is the key-having love, living love, desiring love, giving love, being loving! You can't do it on your own, but the Lord can do it through you. And in order to have that love-real love, the Lord's love-you have to learn humility.-Maria David

No matter how big or small, your help means a lot to us all! Bank Information: Mizuho Ginko, Sangenjaya Branch
# 2223876, Side by Side

Aid to Cambodia

SbSI in Tokyo shipped a 40ft container to Phnom Penh on April 15th, containing 77 new model computers, 20 of them Norton computers and 57 desk computers donated by Apple Company for the rural school project.

1) LIBRARY	1 set
2) STATIONARY	1,941 PCS
3) PERSONAL COMPUTER	138 PCS
4) MONITOR	12 PCS
5) KEYBOARD	59 PCS
6) PRINTER	7 PCS
7) UPS	3 PCS
8) COPY MACHINE	4 PCS
9) SOLAR PANEL	3 PCS
10) OFFICE FURNITURE	12 PCS
11) FLOPPY DRIVE	27 PCS
12) DOCKING STATION	19 PCS

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