Asian Children's Relief Fund

Saturday, June 30, 2007

Project visits with Mercy Indonesia

After meeting with the sponsors of the Lhok Nga project in Denpasar, we met with Mercy Indonesia and proceeded up to Banda Aceh to visit the ACRF projects. We discussed how to channel water to the site where 3 of the houses are and had a good time of sharing about the children in the ACRF programs.

We will need funds and staff for the outfitting of the buildings in Lhok Nga and Jontoh Aceh. We hope to move in new orphans and widows as soon as possible. We still need water and about $10,000 USD to outfit each building.

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

More sponsor's photos

Sponsor's photo

Notice the change in countenance of the sponsored child's face. Your care and love can and does makes a difference!

Photo recieved by the sponsors in Feb 2007

Photo taken at registration (2005)

Tuesday, May 8, 2007

1st Computer arrives!

The first computer has arrived in Banda Aceh. Our friend Randy helped to set it up and was brought over by hand by Apryl and Christina, who were visiting the projects in Banda Aceh.

Thanks everyone!

Tuesday, May 1, 2007

MOU signed with Mercy Indonesia

It was a fruitful trip to Bali. We had a good discussion with Mercy Indonesia and ACRF signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with them to operate 4 buildings in Aceh for the ministry to widows and orphans.

We hope to have the buildings up and running in about 6 months.

Saturday, April 7, 2007

Possible new buildings

There is a possibility of using 3 buildings in Banda Aceh as an orphanage and training centers. We will be going to Bali to meet and discuss with an Indonesian NGO, probably next week.

A wedding and a visit to Mataie

We were privileged to be present at the wedding of our manager (with ACRF) in Banda Aceh, as well as to be able to visit the children at the Mataie Camp.

About ACRF

Jim and Mena are the directors of Asian Children’s Relief Fund. ACRF was founded in October of 2005 as a result of a massive Tsunami that struck off the island of Sumatra Indonesia in December 2004. Since then Asian Children’s Relief Fund has continued to grow and be a blessing to many orphans and children at risk in the natural disaster and economically challenged areas of South East Asia.

We provide these children with caring and loving sponsors who will assist the children according to their needs, providing opportunity to heal, excel and achieve their highest aspirations to become the leaders of their communities in the future.

Through monthly contributions, caring sponsors are able to directly affect the lives of children who cannot help themselves. ACRF is helping children live a better life and have a new hope for the future. Through these efforts we hope to see many lives touched for the kingdom.

Please contact us today to see how God would have you become directly involved in the life of a young boy or girl. Checkout our website at www.tsunamicrf.org or asiancrf.blogspot.com or contact us by email at jimd468@yahoo.com

The Asian Tsunami 2004

On December 26th 2004 a massive Tsunami was triggered by an earthquake deep under the sea to the west of the island of Sumatra Indonesia. With the power of 1,000 Hiroshima sized Atom bombs the Tsunami struck the coast of Sumatra with lethal force. The area of sea-surge was immense stretching a distance of over 200 kilometers north to south and 100 kilometers West to East. This area extends from the city of Meulaboh in the South on the Western coast of Aceh Sumatra through the capital city of Banda Aceh to Lhok Suemewe in the East. With a wave height reported of 30 meters the tsunami struck the coastlines and into the interior up to 5 kilometers in some areas. Houses, schools, buildings were virtually wiped of the earth as the wave pushed inland. Millions were affected and still remember the powers of God and Nature that day, over 250,000 people are estimated to have died in that tragic earthquake and tsunami that struck in Indonesia alone. Of all the most affected area from the Tsunami that stretch from Thailand in the East to Africa in the West, none have been as hard hit as Aceh, Sumatra Indonesia.

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