Wine and Wrap 2022

 Hello Everyone,

Hope all is well with you in these last days of summer. As we head into the fall it is once again time to have our KIDS annual fundraiser. This year we are going back to an in-person event (see the details below).

Please let us know if you can attend and we will set tickets aside for you.

Take Care and hope to see you at the event!
Rick and Adrianne

The Gift of Education

 Dear Friends,

We hope you all have had a great summer. Fall is definitely in the air and it is the time when students head back to school. Thanks to K.I.D.S. supporters we are able to assist young people to get an education in many ways. K.I.D.S. supports English classes, post-secondary training/education, early childhood education, and computer programs we also build schools and classrooms. Each year we buy as many bicycles as we can and recently we bought bicycles so more students can get to school. Thanks to our great partner Kim Thol and the school principals we are able to assess which students need bicycles and deliver them to the schools we work with...needless to say the students and families are very happy to receive them.

So many rural kids have to walk long distances to get to school and right now in the rainy season it can be very challenging, however, the kids love to go to school so they face these challenges daily, often walking or riding through muddy or dusty and at times flooded roads. Bikes make their lives and access to education so much easier.

K.I.D.S. also buys books and uniforms for students, as many schools or parents cannot afford to supply enough books for children.

Schools in Cambodia are often overcrowded so the schools have to either turn kids away or build poor structures for classrooms; recently K.I.D.S. helped a rural elementary school by building a better classroom for the students. The teachers and students were very grateful to have a cement floor instead of a dirt floor and a roof that did not leak.

We hope the students in your life have a great year and we thank you for supporting education for students in Cambodia. We all know that education changes lives, futures, and the futures of generations to come and is the best way to fight poverty and empower people.

Until Next Time,
Adrianne and Rick