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I enjoy traveling and playing sports, I'm a strong believer in working out and playing sports to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
I love cycling and playing volleyball. Salsa is also my passion. I like meeting new people and learning about new cultures by experiencing them first hand.
How did I get involved doing Humanitarian work around the world?
I have always been involved in volunteer work and helping others. When the Tsunami hit Indonesia in December of 2004, my instinct of wanting to help kicked in, and after seeing a documentary about the tsunami and the immediate needs they had in the areas affected, I knew I had to act. Since I have 5 weeks vacations through my full time job, to me there were no doubts as to where was I going to spend my vacation time.
At this point I just knew that I would go somewhere in Indonesia to help the people affected by this massive natural disaster with anything that was needed. At this point I realized I would need extra money to pay for my travel expenses so I took a part time job and later I also rented my spare room so that I would have enough money to go on my trip.
Little did I know how my journey to Sri Lanka would forever change my life (to read more about it please visit my webpage). When I returned from Sri Lanka I knew that my life was about to change and that I was embarking on what would become my purpose in life.
After some extensive research and teaming up with my good friend and coworker Wendy Farrell, a decision was made that in order to be able to reach out to more people and also to build credibility we needed to be official, this is when Pay It Forward Project was born in May of 2006. In August of 2006 we officially became a non-profit organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, consequently, gifts, contributions and grants of cash are tax deductible under U.S. Federal or State law. Our mission is to help families in developing countries develop a sustainable income through grass root programs.
Through micro financing we are helping families in Pakistan and El Salvador develop a sustainable income. 100 % of the donations we receive go directly to the families we help, as we pay for our own travel expenses. To learn more about our Pay It Forward Project and our programs you can go to our page, www.payitforwardproject.org or if you have any other questions you can send me an email at denise@pifp.org
The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire, Harnessing the Infinite Power of Coincidence, Deepak Chopra
Escaping the Prison of the Intellect, by Deepak Chopra The Secret, by Rhonda Byrne The Celestine Prophecy, by James Redfield, The Power of Full Engagement by Tony Schwartz and Jim Loehr, The Power of Intention by Wayne Dyer, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, The Power of Now,
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra, Your Sacred Self: Making the Decision to Be Free by Wayne Dyer, Manifest Your Destiny by Wayne Dyer, Your Erroneous Zones, You'll See It When You Believe It, Real Magic, The Sky's the Limit all by Wayne Dyer. The Universe in a Single Atom by Dalai Lama
About me: As we begin the 5th month of 2008 I would like to share with all my friends and supporters my last Pay It Forward experience from 2007.
After Paying it Forward in Pakistan last November, I traveled to Cambodia to visit the Centre for Children’s Happiness (CCH). The Centre for Children's Happiness was founded in 2002 and it provides a home and education to approximately 150 children. The children are either orphans or belong to parents who cannot take care of them due to illness, disability and poverty. These children previously worked as garbage pickers at the Steung Mean Chey landfill in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
After hearing about CCH through a good friend back in 2006 and seeing the short documentary now posted on the PIFP page, I knew I had to get involved and at least make a difference in the life of ONE of these children.
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After spending 15 days in Pakistan buying cows, I couldn’t wait to go to Cambodia! It was a magical moment when I walked into CCH; the kids, would run up to me with their arms open, beautiful BIG smiles, filled me with hugs and welcomed me as if this was my new home. I have never experienced such a moment, feeling at home in a place that I have never been before.
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I met with Mr. Sokha, Founder of CCH who made PIFP’s visit fit to the kid’s busy schedule. The next day I had a chance to visit Steung Mean Chey landfill outside of Phnom Penh. This was also an experience I will never forget.
There are no documentaries or pictures that can truly convey what it was like to be there. The odor, sounds of trucks coming and dumping trash...the sound of kids laughing despite all that was going on around them. In the few years of humanitarian labor I have been involved in, I have NEVER seen ANYTHING like this, to think that there are places around the world that are worst than Steung Mean Chey is hard to believe. For the first time in a while, I felt such an immense sense of frustration knowing that we were able to ONLY rescue one child…
The visit was not long, as hard as it was to walk around the dump site for an hour; it was harder to understand how these little souls can stand to grow up in such an uninhabitable place. In moments like these, it is difficult to grasp the concept of making a difference “just” one soul at a time. Remaining focused had to be a priority, also seeing and feeling the outpouring of love from the CCH children, reminded me that one little soul at a time does work!
The frustration went away within the next few days, as I followed the children from CCH during their activities. Saturday after school was one of the many memorable moments as the CCH children were informed that a “visitor” (PIFP) from America was taking ALL 150 children out to dinner and the fair. Yes, 150 kids were ecstatic to know that the outing would also include ice cream! (a luxury for these kids). The ENERGY that 150 kids can generate from feeling blessed and truly happy can honestly “move mountains”.
Another one of those moments was the very next day when I followed them on their “road trip” as they visited a nearby village to do an educational play for other children. Here is where I met Vuthy Nou a fellow humanitarian who had been teaching children in a small community because there were no schools nearby and children were not getting an education. Among these children was a very special 14 year old disabled boy named Piseth, who was not only literally dragging his feet on a make shift wheelchair, but who had also lost his father and sister to AIDS and his mother was also dying of AIDS. With only his grandmother to care for him, his life is full of challenges.
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The children from CCH brought a sack of rice to give to Piseth and his family after their play. While visiting at his precarious house we had the chance to speak to him. He was very shy and did not want us to see his mother as she was very ill. When we asked him if he needed anything other than the rice he couldn’t think of anything else he would need. That is when we realized that a more suitable wheelchair would really help improve his life! After talking to Vuthy and other visitors we drove him to a nearby institution that Vuthy had seen a few times when driving by and knew that we could purchase a new wheelchair for approximately $50.
Much to our surprise, when we arrived at the rehabilitation center, we found out that Piseth qualified to receive a FREE wheelchair! This would teach us all the power of action and just getting involved, no money was needed to change the life of this14 year old. Seeing Piseth in his new wheelchair helped reinforce the fact that lack of money should never be a reason for lack of action. Since the wheelchair was free, PIFP donated $150 to start a small library for the kids in the village where Piseth lives.
Finally, let me introduce you to the little soul we were able to help during our visit to CCH. Her name is Channy, she is a 4 year old whose dream is to be a teacher, and her favorite foods are fresh vegetables and fruits. She was rescued last July from garbage picking at the dump. When I found out that there was no one to pay for her to continue her stay at CCH I knew that PIFP had to step in and help her, so we did. PIFP committed to pay $700 per year until she turns 18 years old in order for Channy to have the life that she deserves.
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To think that it only takes $1.91 per day to change Channy’s life, only reinforces the fact that lack of money should never be a reason for lack of action.
Thank you for taking the time to read how Pay It Forward Project is making a difference ONE little soul at a time.
With Love,
Denise =D
www.payitforwargproject.org
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PIFP is a Non-profit organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. Consequently, gifts, contributions and grants of cash are tax deductible under U.S. Federal or State law.
Our Mission
Our Project has been established to assist in rebuilding the lives, self worth, and the spirit of individuals living in developing nations. The donations collected from our fundraising efforts will personally be delivered to the neediest individuals, families and organizations.
The money will be put to use in the most economical, culturally appropriate and advantageous way for the recipients, whether it is to help them with their health, livelihoods or education. The intention being for the recipients to in turn establish and implement grass root programs with the aim of developing self sufficiency.
100% of monies donated to our organization will go to the individuals who are in need of our services. All travel and transportation expenses will be provided by the board members out of their own pockets.
I truly believe in the power of one; that everyone can make a difference and when this is complemented with a team, GREAT things can happen!! I used to think that something tragic needed to happen to get people motivated to do something or to simply find a purpose in life. I no longer think so, I now know that we all have a choice, and I choose to get involved!
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People who make music should be so dysfunctional they can't string a tour together without being molly coddled the entire time, let alone play every money spinning festival on the circuit to an inane and rapturous response...
Furthermore, there's a plague of bad professionalism in music. The whole game is being high jacked into becoming a badly over organised circus, run by sensible, well balanced people with degrees in Music Management - people who love to balance books and run marketing campaigns as used by their new media friends for selling boxes of washing powder...
Maybe this is a good thing??
Maybe the world is alright now because we have disposable everything and no ideology other than SPEND SPEND SPEND!
Maybe people don't need to vent any more??
Maybe the world's got better and we should be simply happy with that and accept that music will decline...??
But that's clearly not the case, it's just that people are far better trained and controlled nowadays to be happy with what they're given...
HEY... WE NEVER THANKED YOU... FOR THE ADD... THANKS!
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One day as I was meditating, I saw a rusty gutter, and I suddenly felt sad and sorry that it was going bad and rusty. I experienced that life was impermanent. I learned Dharma from that gutter. -Mae Chi Boonliang
Remove the rock from your shoe rather than learn to limp comfortably. --Stephen C. Paul and Gary Max Collins
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Hey www.pifp.org Thanks for the add, friend! I hope that together, we can get over a million trees planted in the next few years. If you would like to help or have any ideas on how, please let me know, ASAP! There is a deadline looming.
Thank you much, Ryan Rodgers GreenifyNow www.greenifynow.org www.myspace.com/naturalelement15
Thanks for including me in your circle of friends. WE'RE ALWAYS IN THE PROCESS OF PAYING SOMETHING FORWARD AROUND HERE, AFTER SO MANY BLESSINGS RECEIVED!!
This Moment... I May never see tomorrow there's no written guarantee, and things that happened yesterday belong to history. I cannot predict the future, I cannot change the past. I have just the present moment, I must treat it as my last. I must use this moment wisely, for it soon will pass away, and be lost to me forever as part as yesterday. I must exercise compassion, help the fallen to their feet, be a friend unto the friendless, make an empty life complete. The unkind things I do today, may never be undone, and the friendships that I fail to win, may nevermore be won. I may not have another chance, on bended knees to pray and thank God with humble heart, for giving me this day.
awwwwww that's awesome! i fell in LOVE with so many kids at CDCC. they are the most precious kids ever. i actually sponsor one of the girls there who is a cook in the back. srey thom. i pay for her to take english classes. is rena still there? she's this cute little girl who had short hair and would always want me to carry her even though she was 9 and always kissed me! what about samnang- he was about 4 and toothless when i saw him in january 2007. did you see the art on the wall of CDCC? it's a bunch of target looking circles w/in circles that the kids painted? i helped with that project. anyway, please keep doing what you're doing. we need more people like you. hopefully i'd get the opportunity to pay it forward like you do in different countries! take care and best wishes. ♥
thanks for sharing your story about going to cambodia. cdcc and cch were two of the ngo's i visited when out there i january 2007. i'm glad you enjoyed your trip and i know it was an amazing experience how little actions go much farther than you could ever expect. thank you for all you do and hopefully we may be able to work together! ♥
