04/06/2015
To all our valued supporters,
As many of you heard, the country of Nepal from which some of our volunteers suffered a huge earthquake late April. The KBF Tohoku Relief Team(KTRT) is planning to donate money to victims of this earthquake. As an volunteer organization, KTRT has raised money for relief work in Tohoku. The funds were raised for specific projects but because of your great generosity, we always raised more than we expected. As result our account still has a balance of
1,382,258yen. After discussions in the organizing committee, we agreed that we should donate half this balance to a local church organization in Nepal that we have a relationship with and that is already working to help people affected by the terrible earthquake in Nepal. We are not setting any specific conditions on how the donation can be used except that it be used to help all impacted people regardless of religion, as per the needs identified by the organization we are donating the money to. We thought it good to send this announcement to all our valued supporters to see whether there are any concerns with this donation. We will be posting updates on Facebook as to the progress of the work in Nepal for your reference. Please note that the other half of the fund balance will be used to support organizations and individuals in Tohoku. We are also planning to conduct some relief trips to Tohoku in the coming months and will announce these in due course.
The needs in Nepal are great and if any of you are looking for ways to donate, please do get in touch with us and we will be happy to make suggestions to you.
We are also taking this opportunity to announce that our name will change to KBF Global Relief Team (KGRT). This is to reaffirm ourselves as conducting relief efforts anywhere in the world where we are needed. We have helped a little in the Philipines and Thailand but change we are are making now is a big step for us, as none of the organizers is particularly experienced in this kind of work. But our belief and faith in God is firm that there is no place to far go to show love your neighbor, as our dear Lord Jesus has told us. We request your continued supporting and we will announce on Facebook as we put together programs that you can participate in targeting relief efforts overseas.
Thank you once again for your understanding and your heart of generosity.
Yours sincerely,
Lawrence Mutenda
on behalf of the KBF Global Relief Team (KGRT).
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