Indonesia

One of our most successful international projects was the Drawings of Love, through which 22,000 children from 30 countries send drawings and messages of affection, which were distributed to the thousands of children orphaned by the tsunami 2005 in Banda Aceh.

After the earthquake in May, 2006 we delivered thousands of Kids to Kids packs to the affected area in Yogyakarta, Bantul and Klaten. Ten thousand school packs with school supplies were distributed in partnership with Khalsa Aid bringing great joy to the children.

In late May 2005 a volunteer with The Oneness-Heart-Tears and Smiles traveled to Banda Aceh with the International Relief Development agency to coordinate the reconstruction of the water treatment plant. On behalf of the Oneness-Heart Tears and Smiles he took the first Drawings of love from New Zealand children that were lovingly made for the children of Banda Aceh.

“I went to one of the barracks with a local who works with a small non-governmental organization in Banda Aceh. He does counseling work with the people (including kids) who live there now.

At the request of Indonesian officials many boxes of pharmaceutical, medical and surgical supplies were given to a cancer clinic in Surabaya in December 1998.

Large boxes of operating room supplies and surgical instruments, valued at $17,000 were personally brought to the people of Solo and presented in December 2003.

Two palettes of syringes with needles and other surgical supplies were sent to Jakarta in December 2003.

Large amounts of medical supplies, surgical supplies and basic medicines have been sent and distributed throughout Indonesia since 1998. sea and air shipments have been received in this ongoing project.