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    May 8th, 2009

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    Concert Dinner photos galore

    Thanks to Edwin Lay for these pix!
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    April 27th, 2009

    by James Lo

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    KINDNESS IS RECESSION-PROOF

    KINDNESS IS RECESSION-PROOF

    The HFH fundraising concert dinner on 7 March 2009 was a success, netting almost RM88,000 for us to continue our campaign against poverty housing in and around Kuching! Thanks to one and all who participated and donated generously. As the Organising Chairman, I was privileged to give a speech, after our Kuching President, Albert Law’s [...]

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    February 27th, 2009

    by James Lo

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    holding my breath…

    holding my breath…

    Planning for the Habitat Kuching fundraising dinner is going, as they say, swimmingly well. Practically all the 350 tickets have been sold. There are only a handful of seats left (no more tables) so if anyone wants to snag the remaining few, please call Angelina 082242700 or me 0168680071 as soon as possible!
    George and Roselyn [...]

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    January 23rd, 2009

    by James Lo

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    An Evening With Habitat Kuching

    An Evening With Habitat Kuching

    Habitat for Humanity (HfH) Kuching is greeting 2009 with a Concert Dinner to be held on 7 March 2009 at 7 p.m. at Terrace Jade banquet hall, Sarawak Club Golf Resort.
    The dinner will be generously hosted by Global Upline Sdn Bhd. Entertainment for the evening will be provided by SingleTrackMind and LayNa Ballet Academy. There [...]

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    April 3rd, 2008

    by James Lo

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    INDIVIDUAL GIVING & MASS MARKETING TRAINING/ WORKSHOP - DAY TWO

    26 March 2008
     
    Today saw a number of fruitful sessions in which we explored and developed the fundraising lessons learned on Day One. After a moving devotion speech in which Peter Gape related the story of why he is with Habitat, the participants split into smaller workshop groups. Here is a brief summary of two such [...]

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    March 28th, 2008

    by James Lo

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    INDIVIDUAL GIVING & MASS MARKETING TRAINING/ WORKSHOP – DAY ONE (AFTERNOON SESSION)

    The Philippines Experience by Marcia Yogore  
    Marcia presented a slideshow on the different types of houses built in the Philippines, and also their use of innovative new technologies such as Concrete Interlocking Blocks, etc.
     
    To raise funds, HfH Philippines has to “sell” tangible products. Their core competency is in building. They must show ideas in a [...]

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    March 27th, 2008

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    INDIVIDUAL GIVING & MASS MARKETING TRAINING/ WORKSHOP – DAY ONE (MORNING SESSION)

    25 March 2008
    I arrived in Singapore late yesterday (at midnight, which makes it this morning) to attend Habitat’s Asia Pacific Resource Development Conference held at Fort Canning Lodge. I would have got here earlier if not for the grinding wait at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, thanks to a horde of F1 fans. Here we are, [...]