We love children, and we raise our children to love and respect the earth. I'm passionate about children and it pains me to see children suffering in any way. For those of you with children under 5, or even older, try this simple visualisation exercise for a moment:
Imagine taking your child into a crowded street at dusk, walking away from them and never going back. Imagine the fear in that child when they realise you're gone. Imagine them wandering scared and hungry through the streets... imagine their life now, day after day.
If you can do this exercise without tears, then you are stronger than me, but for 1.8 million children in Indonesia, this is reality. Every night 1.8 million children in Indonesia sleep homeless. For most of us that number is unfathomable.
So, what I’ve told you all so far is that I’m about to embark on a life changing expedition. Not so much a journey of “self discovery”, I’m pretty sure I’ve already travelled that path. In fact, I’m pretty sure that was the path that led me to where I am today. I don’t feel I need to go back to the beginning to tell you about my childhood, my awkward and ugly teenage years or to tell you my entire life history. Mostly because I don’t think it’s relevant. Sure our childhood has an impact on who we become as adults, but we also make choices as adults every single day on who we choose to be and how we allow our pasts to shape us. I also believe there’s a lot of danger in allowing ourselves to excuse certain behaviours and crutches we develop as adults, because X or Y happened at a tender age and scarred us irreparably (nonsense!).
Ain’t Too Proud To Beg: How bad would things have to be for you to send your five-year-old out into the crowded streets of Jakarta to beg for money?
Frequently Asked Questions: These are the questions people are most frequently asking about the start-up of the association
Family Meeting!! (Project Update): The official name will be Project 18 (Inc). Eighteen has significance to our family as we have one girl and eight boys, and the village when we are finished will have 18 homes, each housing 8 children.
Help! – The Psychology of Altruism: What happened to helping just because it’s the right thing to do?
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Email: info@project18.org.au
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Eumundi
Qld, 4562