Kong Dee is now in his 3rd year of university in Knachanaburi city 5 hours from his home town in Kongmonta. He returns home as often as his studies permits to spend time in the Karen village where his family still live. His father is well known locally as a leader and teacher for traditional Karen music and dance.
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Say hello to Echo’s newest board member!
Echo International Aid would like to welcome its newest board member, Emma McDonald.
In this podcast our co-founder Jeremi’s has another chat on JOY with David and Sue about how the Echo organisation works with displaced refugees on the Thai-Burma border. Now that our major fundraiser event is over for another year, you can still donate (yes, it’s tax deductible) towards the construction and fit-out of a new library for children. You can read the full story here and we thank JOY for their continued support.
The music was pumping, the drinks were flowing and the money just kept rolling in, $10,628 to be precise! A great night was had by all at the Old Melbourne Gaol, although by the look of this video, our resident Snapchatter @fredporter was having the most fun of all! Watch all the highlights of the big night right here, enjoy!
Echo International Aid’s first pop up bar fundraiser at the Old Melbourne Gaol has proven to be a complete success -$10,628 raised for building and development projects on the Thai Burma border! Echo International Aid want to take this opportunity to thank everyone that attended, volunteered, supported, donated and made the event one to remember!
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In this podcast on JOY94.9, Gazman speaks to Ryan Stevens, one of the founders of Echo International Aid and event organiser of the annual Pop up bar fundraiser in Melbourne.
If you can’t join us in person at our very first Annual Appeal Pop Up Bar at the Old Melbourne Gaol on Friday 22nd July, you can get to know us better on Snapchat. Our digital (and Snapchat) expert @fredporter will be snapping all the fun of our innovative social enterprise event from setup to pack-down, talking to the team and our supporters who are helping raise money for meaningful international aid projects. Read More
Jeremi recently caught up with Belinda Mackowski and spoke about his work with Echo International Aid and his passion to help refugees. “It has now been two years and Echo has sent two young people to university, completed three citizenship’s for stateless individuals, financially supported three families and funded supplies for a school at a remote Karen village,” he said. Pictured with Myanmar refugee All Naing Htoo who he helped find work at Ferntree Gully Hyundai and Kia. See the feature in the Knox Leader. Read More
Echo International Aid is set to host a Pop up bar at the Old Melbourne Gaol on Friday 22nd July 2016 to raise funds for Echo’s 2016 annual appeal. Read More
To coincide with Echo International Aid’s annual appeal and upcoming fundraiser at the Old Melbourne Gaol, U.S based GENESIS network has pledged to match dollar for dollar raised here in Australia. Read More