LittleStars-Luxor

Sep 23, 2009 at 10:23 o\clock

Little Stars on Facebook

by: littlestarsluxor   Keywords: FAcebook, Little, Stars, Luxor, Egypt, children

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 Little Stars on Facebook

Facebook has millions of members and is the the favourite networking site for many people.  Little Stars has a Facebook page which is added to on a very regular basis.  For up-to-date information on the charity's work in Luxor, Egypt, have a look at our page. 

Becoming a fan on the site allows us to email you when we have important news. 

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=94512927330&ref=ts

Come and join us.

Sep 9, 2009 at 08:47 o\clock

Gift Aid and Sponsorship

by: littlestarsluxor   Keywords: Little, Stars, food, charity, children, Egypt, Luxor, baby, milk

 

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Gift Aid and Sponsorship

There was a pile of mail waiting to be sorted on return from a recent visit to Luxor, including Gift Aid Forms from new sponsors - thank you everyone.  Gift Aid adds 25% to every donation you make. 

  

Sponsorship makes so much difference to a family and our family sponsors are wonderfully supportive.  In one family we have a new baby girl who is now one month old.  The baby's mother's milk has completely dried up and she cannot feed it.  Baby milk is subsidised in Egypt but she has such a small income that she still could not afford it without a sponsor's help and the baby would without doubt die through malnourishment.  Fortunately we are able to buy the milk the baby needs.

 

Malnourishment is very different from starvation.  There is no apparent starvation in Egypt as there is sufficient bread but babies and children do not thrive and grow on a diet of bread alone.  The Little Stars' food parcels are vital in the areas we work in and Gift Aid tax returns means that 25% can be added at no extra cost.

 

  

With you we can do so much.

Without you we can do nothing.

Aug 24, 2009 at 10:48 o\clock

Little Starfs' Nursery School

by: littlestarsluxor   Keywords: little, stars, luxor, nursery, schoo, koran, bible, children, charity, read, write, Arabic, alphabet

 

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Little Stars Nursery School

  

 

Little Stars' nursery school should be able to open in a couple of months.  We intend to start work on the premises next week but will not open until all the paperwork is completed. 

  

In most Egyptian nursery schools there are up to 70 children in each class but we intend to go for quality not quantity and shall aim at 24 - 30 children who will come mainly from our sponsored families.  We hope to be able to teach the children to recognise and write their name as well as the basics of counting and the Arabic alphabet.  The school will not be religiously based and will not teach either the bible or the Koran.  There are other places for that.  Fingers crossed that all the paperwork is completed soon.  We have more than 175 children in our sponsored families but shall initially only take five year old children in the year before the could start school.

Aug 21, 2009 at 10:01 o\clock

Just Giving

by: littlestarsluxor   Keywords: just, Giving, Little, Stars, sponsored, events, marathon, silence, bike, ride, funds

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Joined Just Giving

Little Stars has joined the Just Giving fund raising group.  It is a site that allows people who have a fund raising idea such as a sponsored event to create their own fund raising page.  In the past, supporters have completed sponsored half marathons and bike rides in aid of Little Stars projects, now they can create their own Internet page and email it to their friends and family.  They can add photos and keep a blog of their training and progress while raising money for a good cause.

If you have a fund raising idea then please add it to the Little Stars page on Just Giving.  Thank you.

Aug 11, 2009 at 11:27 o\clock

Fund Raising for Vehicle

by: littlestarsluxor   Keywords: Toyota, double, cab, food, parcels, wheelchairs, fund, raising, Little, Stars, charity, Luxor, Egypt

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 Fund Raising for Vehicle

Back in the UK and back to fund raising.  Distributing food and items in Egypt is not easy but raising the funds to do it is even harder.  We can do nothing without our supporters.  Most of our funding comes from the United Kingdom where our Chairman and Honorary Treasurer will soon be attending a Fund-Raising Seminar to see if they can find ways to increase support.

There may be a deep recession throughout the world but Little Stars has been lucky.  We now have some of the money required to buy the vehicle Little Stars desperately needs.  The ideal vehicle would be a Toyota Double Cab.  We can get children on the backseat, helpers on the front seat and food parcels or wheelchairs on the back.  Fingers crossed that we will soon have the funds to buy one.

With you we can do so much.

Without you we can do nothing.

Aug 1, 2009 at 04:04 o\clock

Increasing size of food parcels.

by: littlestarsluxor   Keywords: Little, Stars, Luxor, food, parcels, poverty, children, Luxor, Haja, Marise, food, parcels, Ramadan, Egypt

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Increasing size of food parcels
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On Saturday we deliver food parcels to the village of Haja Marise.  Prices in Egypt are rising again but due to your generosity, we have been able to increase the amount of flour in the food parcels to 5 kgs.    This will mean that extra bread can be made.  We are also able to increase the number of food parcels given to larger families depending on the number of children in the family.

A family with between one and four children will receive one food parcel and half a kilo of poultry per person. A family of more than four children will receive the same half kilo of poultry per person but will get two food parcels instead of one. Each parcel containes, 5 kgs flour, 1 kg rice, 1 kg beans, 1 kg sugar, 1 kg macaroni, tea, salt, stock cubes, tomato paste and 1 litre of cooking oil.  Dates will be added during Ramadan.
With your help we can do so much.
Without your help we can do nothing.

Jul 24, 2009 at 13:32 o\clock

Wonderful effort from a 9 year old boy.

by: littlestarsluxor   Keywords: Luxor, Egypt, school, Devon, fund, raising, poverty, children, charity

  
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 Wonderful effort.
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We have had a lovely surprise.  A little boy of 9 years old was recently in Egypt on holiday and was upset by the poverty of the children.  When he went back home to Devon in the UK he did a sponsored bicycle ride and cycled 22 miles to help the poor children. Remember he is only 9.  He has raised more than £300 for Little Stars.  Well done.  What a magnificent effort and we are very grateful that he and his school thought of us to donate a cheque to.
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Jul 16, 2009 at 10:36 o\clock

Starting Charities

by: littlestarsluxor   Keywords: Charity, Little, Stars, book, charity, third, world, strife

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 Starting Charities

Many people on holiday in third world countries and ones that have been subject to strife, are overwhelmed by the poverty they witness and want to help but do not know how.  When we first started our Blog, we said that we would pass on our experience of starting Little Stars to anyone who was interested in the process.  We are about to compile a small book simply called "So you want to start a charity" outlining our experiences.  If you would like a copy when it is finsihed then let us know.

Jul 10, 2009 at 20:35 o\clock

Videos on the website

by: littlestarsluxor   Keywords: Little, Stars, Luxor, children, families, videos, sponsors

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Videos on the Little Stars' Website

Our chairman is returning to Luxor next week and will be visiting all of our sponsored families.  If she can master the video camera that we have on loan then we shall upload videos onto the website which will give a proper account of what Little Stars is achieving.  It is hoped that eventually there will be a video to accompany every project.

If a DVD of our sponsored families can be created then we shall send a copy to every sponsor later in the year.

Thank you for your support.

With you we can do so much. 

Without you we can do nothing.

 

Jul 1, 2009 at 17:29 o\clock

Donations Reach Six Figures

by: littlestarsluxor   Keywords: donations, Egypt, Luxor, Little, Stars, children, charity, nursery, school, projects

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Red Letter Day

Donations Reach Six Figures

Donations to Little Stars have now reached six figures at £104,478.  That is an incredible sum.

On behalf of the children of Luxor we would like to thank everyone.  Please continue with your support for our projects.  The children need you.

 

Jun 21, 2009 at 11:18 o\clock

Donations reach nearly 1,000,000 Egyptian pounds

by: littlestarsluxor   Keywords: Little, Stars, Luxor, Egypt, donations, charity, million, children, poverty, disabled

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 End of year Accounts

The accounts for the financial year to the 29th May 2009 have been completed and sent for approval. Donations totalled £60,744. That is fantastic. It has been an exciting year. With the grace of all that is, next year will be even better.

Little Stars has now been operating for two years and the combined total of donations is over £95,000. Had it not been for the drastic fall in the value of sterling we would now have collected around 1,000,000 le. Two years ago we would never have thought this possible.

Everyone who loves Luxor and Egypt has seen or knows of the desperate need of most of the children there and has responded - thanks to everyone.
  
To view the accounts please go to our main site (link given above) and look at the About Us page, there are links there to the accounts for 2227-2008 and 2009-2209.
   
 
With you we can do so much
Without you we can do nothing.

Jun 18, 2009 at 12:37 o\clock

FACEBOOK - Little Stars Group

by: littlestarsluxor   Keywords: Facebook, Egypt, Little, Stars, Luxor, health, supporters, discussions, charity, assistance, children, clinic, food, distribution

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 Little Stars has a group on Facebook

We have now been given a Charity Commission opinion on our website and have been told that it is "excellent" as it is kept up-to-date and gives complete transparency of Little Stars activites. 

We have now started a Facebook Group for Little Stars and invite you as a supporter to join in discussions there and give your advice and opinions on the best way to tackle child poverty and health problems in Luxor, Egypt. All discussions will be kept positive as the children need your help and have enough negativity in their lives already.

The group name is  -  Little Stars Luxor

 

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=94512927330&ref=ts

 

 

Jun 15, 2009 at 11:22 o\clock

Unwanted Egyptian Currency

by: littlestarsluxor   Keywords: Egyptian, Egypt, currency, notes, Luxor, charity, children, help

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 Unwanted Egyptian Currency

Do you have any unwanted Egyptian currency notes lying around in a drawer in your home?  You may have some notes that you did not spend at the airport when you left Egypt.  We can put them to good use on your behalf.  No matter how small the notes just pop them in an envelope and send them to us.  We will send you a receipt if you require one.

The money will be used to help Luxor's disadvantaged and disabled children.  We are not a huge organisation with hundreds of sponsors and access to large grants, we are a simple organisation that already has more than 140 children in its care.  The children are still with their mothers but it is Little Stars that is keeping them from destitution.

Those old notes add up and really will make a difference.

Jun 12, 2009 at 20:51 o\clock

Thank you - Hod Hod Balloons

by: littlestarsluxor   Keywords: Luxor, Egypt, Hod, Hod, children, charity, disadvantaged, disbabled, villages

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Thank You Hod Hod Balloons

You may wonder what happens to those odd coins that you hand over when you are in Luxor.  Well I can tell you what has happened to a whole bag of pound coins that were given to Hod Hod balloons over a period of time; they have been donated to Little Stars for use in their projects.

These particular coins are going to be used to help a little girl who has a terrible skin infection that has eaten away a lot of the flesh on her feet, badly scarred her back and has spread to her face.  She is now receiving proper care through Little Stars and is being collected and taken regularly to the hospital to see a specialist.  She is also being provided with medicines.  So that her recovery is not hindered, she is being monitored to ensure that she receives the regular bathing that is vital for her recovery.  As there is no water in her home she will use the bathroom facilities at the clinic. A simple bag of coins means that there will be no disruption in her treatment due to lack of funds.

Thank you Hod Hod.  Without help like this we can do little but with your help and that of all our other supporters we can do a great deal.

Jun 5, 2009 at 20:40 o\clock

End of Second Year

by: littlestarsluxor   Keywords: Birthday, second, little, stars, newsletter, clinic, school, thanks, Luxor, Egypt

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End of Year

Little Stars has now come to the end of a very successful second year in Luxor and wishes to thank everyone who supported us throughout 2008 - 2009 and who sent their best wishes on our second birthday last week. 

The latest newsletter showing what has been happening with Little Stars' projects in the clinic, the new school and in the villages has now been uploaded to the main site.