Nippon Kan and AHAN Headquarters in Denver have worked for the last year to supply monthly deliveries of one ton of rice per month to be distributed to the Dharmarajika Orphanage for Boys and the Madrasa Orphange for Girls in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Every month the rice is purchased and the deliveries coordinated by AHAN Bangladesh Coordinator Maji Sarkar who sends us a monthly report and receipts from both orphanages to monitor the donations and deliveries. Last year Bangladesh suffered several natural disasters including massive flooding and cyclones that caused major damage in Bangladesh that hampered their ability to grow their own badly needed food supplies. Rice has become scarcer in Bangladesh and prices have soared on the local markets causing even more hardship for the people of Bangladesh. This has made us at Nippon Kan Headquarters even more determined to do what we can to make sure that our rice deliveries, even though small on a grander scale delivered on time every month.
Below is a letter from the Dharmarajika Orphanage that Nippon Kan and AHAN have supported with donations of rice, computers, medical and school supplies and sports equipment.
To
Ms. Emily Busch Hon’ble President
Aikido Humanitarian Active Network
Aikido Nippon KAN Headquarters
Denver, CO U.S.A.Dear Sirs,Please know our heartfelt thanks for the kind donation of rice regularly for the children.This contribution is very useful for the maintenance of the children. Currently in Bangladesh food item prices are increased much. Particularly the price o rice has increased too much. As such this quantity of rice is of great value to us. A new Headmaster has joined our school to replace the retired one.
The computer school is functioning well. The management is trying to organize it as an income-generating organ forward to receiving somesubstantial out put from this activity.
We shall keep you informed of events of interest to you.
With regards,
Sincerely,
Sunil K. Barua SecretaryDharmarajika Orphanage
Along with our support for the orphanages in Bangladesh, Nippon Kan also supports the Parish Elementary School in Dhaka with donations of school supplies, and refurbished computers. Over the holidays, members of our Nippon Kan Youth Program sent hand drawn New Year’s greetings cards to the children at the Parish Elementary School. In March we received about 30 cards from Bangladesh that had been hand drawn by the school children at Parish in response to the cards we sent over the holidays. These cards will be on display at Nippon Kan Headquarters in Denver and an upcoming project for our Nippon Kan Youth Program will be to start another SPRINGTIME IN THE ROCKIES card campaign to keep this colorful communication in bloom!
