A long-overdue EDUC-Nepal building update: Lessons in frustration, patience and kindness! Read More
Nong Joh who was living with his grandparents who have now passed away. Echo International Aid is assisting him every month with money for basic living expenses. He is 10 years old and now lives between family friends houses.
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We first met Nong Jen in Sangklaburi in 2014, she lives with her mother and father in a small run down bamboo house on borrowed land not so far from the town. They had no electricity or running water at this time. Her family are Karen and living in Thailand with no identification. Her father does some teaching for the local school to make just enough money to provide for the family.
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Echo International Aid held another pop-up bar on Friday 18 November 2016 at the Brunswick Town Hall. The event raised funds to build an earthquake-proof school for EDUC in Kathmandu, Nepal. The night brought DJs, live music and dancing, together with a pop-up burger bar and bar, all for a great cause!
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Fred and Jeremi took a field trip to the Thai/Burma border this month, to check on the progress of projects in the area. On the agenda was having a look at the school library now under construction, and they wanted to catch up with some of the local beneficiaries. Things took an unexpected turn when a sick child needed hospital care, but thanks to the support of our followers, help wasn’t far away. Read More
Echo International Aid’s A-Team Fred and Jeremi recently took a trip to a village over the border in Burma (Myanmaar) to check out work on the new school library. We are thrilled to bring you this vision to show the construction of the library is well underway. This project was partly funded by the huge party we threw at the Old Melbourne Goal in July, and we’d also like to say a huge thank you to everyone involved. Your generosity is changing the world.
This joint project between Genesis Network, Kidlaunch and Echo to build a library on the Burmese side of the border has a $20,000 AUD budget of which half was raised in Australia. This library will serve not only as a functional building in addition to the existing school but also as a monument of progress for this village where aid simply does not normally reach. These villages are often overlooked by the mainstream aid, or are not accessible leaving these people to fend for themselves.
Keep reading our blog for more videos from this recent expedition.
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!
