#130:  Sheep and Lamb, Seeds and Fertilizer, Afghanistan:  $125.00 provides a female sheep with lamb and $60.00 will buy a bag of fertilizer and vegetable seeds.  Farmers need assistance to achieve sustainability and not be reliant on others in a survival mode of day to day living.  Associated Organization:  Trust In Education, www.trustineducation.org. 

#131:  School Kits, Cambodia:  $25.00 allows a student to go to school at the Little Angel City Orphanage in Siem Reap.  The kit includes a book bag, shoes, books, ruler, eraser, text book, pens, pencils, tooth brush and tooth paste.  Currently there are 70 students age 4-20.  $5.00 provides lunch for one child for one month.  Associated Organization: Friends of Cambodian Child’s Dream, www.friendsofccd.org.

#132: Construction Supplies, Burma (Myanmar):  Cyclone Nargis destroyed the Kyundamin Primary School in the Delta region which serves 162 students, age 5-12.  Construction supplies such as bricks 7 cents; bag of cement $6.50; roofing $7.00; gravel, $60.00; windows $120 and large doors $220 are needed to rebuild the school.  Students are temporarily housed in a crowded monastery basement. 

#133: Library Books, Nepal:  $1.50 - $7.00 will purchase a book in English or Nepalese.  Currently there is no library at this school for 278 students, age 4-15 which serves poor ethnic Tharu and other low caste children.  The school was built by the Harnahari farmer villagers who rent and work the land.  

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