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Foundacion Amor:
In 1997, on the advice of Susila Dharma, MSF provided its first humanitarian project grant to Foundacion Amor of $20,000.

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Asociacion Vivir, Ecuador:
An important Subud health project based in Quito Ecuador. It is run by Dr. Eliana Garzon and is now active throughout the country offering workshops on a wide range of health topics, promoting self-care and health to local people and educational training courses in traditional alternative and indigenous medicine.

MSF provided a grant of $2000 for Asociacion Vivir to complete its publicity materials.

Fundacion Educativa Amor, Colombia:

In 1998 Fundacion Amor received a government grant of $100,000 to implement a violence prevention program with 700 families living around the school in Soacha. This project has been a great success but there is no funding to continue this work in 1999. Therefore Fundacion Amor has to prepare a video which explains how they did this work.

MSF provided a grant of $2500 to Fundacion Amor to make a video on the violence prevention program.

International Child Development Program:

Aims to promote long-term help for children by sensitising caregivers to their children's needs. This project has been well funded in some countries through the university networks and governments. SDI's interest is involving other Subud members in ICDP.

MSF provided a grant of $4,400 for the production of an ICDP Policy and Procedures Document, which will enable ICDP to present a better profile to its donors and future sponsors.

Cipanas Children's Village, Indonesia: MSF granted $5000 from the Farkus Fund to provide:

Additional nutritious food for the children.
Additional accommodation - 6 children already in.
The training program for the children - like cooking and sewing
Construction of small building for training purposes.
Help to send the children to computer courses which will issue a certificate which is very useful in finding a job..

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Nkembo School - Moanda, D.R. Congo:

In 1988 Kiti Ki and Marie Claire began this school which has now grown to include educating 650 children, micro-enterprises and local teacher training. In Spokane 1997, a partnership was created between Nkembo School and several Susila Dharma national organizations, headed up by Lienhard Berger of SD Switzerland. Since this partnership was formed, good reports and documentation is available. In 1999 the school was visited by six people from Europe, South Africa and USA.

Kiti Ki and Marie Claire Menghi have proven themselves to be able to develop and operate an impressive school that serves the surrounding community. Good financial management has been put in place with the help of SD France. With the new partnership of SD nationals in Europe and USA, plus new links with education institutions in D.R. Congo this is a moment of potential growth and development for this project.A grant of $5,000 was made from MSF's Farkas Fund for the development of a long term building plan for the Nkembo School.

Disséa Clinic - Boma, Bas Congo:

Dr.Nsingi-zi-Mbala's project is called "Polyclinique Dispensaire des Soins de Sante et d'Entraide Sociale" (DISSÉA). It opened in 1993 and is run by a trained doctor and a support team of 8 (1997). The project is legally registered and is affiliated with the NGO network in the area. Dr. Nsinghi has requested both medical equipment and assistance to complete the buildings and make the patients more comfortable (beds, plumbing etc). Dr.Nsingi has expanded his clinic with the last donation from SD Canada recently helping to complete the roof. When asked once whether he would rather have medicines or money (this was in '97) he said he wanted first to make his patients more comfortable. This clinic is also the Subud center in Boma and many visitors have been hosted by Dr. Nsinghi and his wife.

Dr. Nsinghi's clinic is in Boma, down the river from Muanda where the Nkembo School is. The long term plan is that these two projects will eventually work together in an international partnership. When visitors returned from D.R. Congo last year, the overriding message was: "we have to help this Subud Brother who is doing such good work with so little!" There is interest from Dr. Cedic Hadjadj (France) to work with Dr. Nsinghi with the assistance of SD France.

Based on his efforts to date, and the resounding recommendation of all those who have visited him and his clinic a $2,500 grant was provided.

Nkandu Clinic - Inkisi, D.R. Congo:

Dr. Luwawu, project promoter, is a retired doctor and former hospital manager from Inkisi in the Democratic Republic of Congo. As a Subud member he has served as the chair of Susila Dharma and also as the national SES representative. In addition to his medical work at the hospital, he began a modest clinic for poor people in Nkandu, a village
of 7000 people, in 1987.
His vision is to create a Maternity Center and a center for nutritional education. Now that he is retired, he would like to put more energy into realizing this Susila Dharma Nkandu Clinic, which, although it is in operation, has never been finished due to lack of resources. The building need to be finished and he needs 20 beds and mattresses for the clinic - the February 1999 he submitted a request for $6000 for beds, mattresses, electricity and labour.

From Simone van Beek - "There is ...a letter of thanks written to Dr.Luwawu by the Health Dept. of the city of Nkandu/Inkisi which describes the importance of his work in his private clinic which so often helps the poorest women with their births and pediatric follow-up for free. And he is particularly thanked for his help during the time when the soldiers were there. They wish him success in expanding his clinic since his center is indispensable and helpful as well to the recycling and experience of medical personnel."

Based on the long standing relationship with Dr. Luwawu and Susila Dharma over the past 12 years and the reports of people who visited Dr. Luwawu's clinic in 1998, a $2,500 grant was given to assist towards further development of the Clinic.

Indonesian Relief and Development Network

IRDN was set up to counteract the impact of the Asian Economic Crisis on the poor and needy starting with Subud members and extending to poor families around the Subud groups and SD Indonesia projects. IRDN purchases basic commodities - rice, sugar, cooking oil, milk - and sells them to needy families at 50% below market prices.

As more than 2.5 million children have been forced to drop out of school IRDN provides educational support by providing assistance with school fees and books. MSF donated $6000 to help get this project started.

Colombian Earthquake Relief

MSF donated $5,000 to SDI earmarked for the Amanecer Centre to use for the relief of the surrounding population from the devastation caused by the Colombian Earthquake.

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Indonesian Relief and Development Network

The Farkas Fund for children's projects was given to assist 53 severely malnourished children, under five years of age, in West Java, by supplementing their diet with Protema, a high protein soya product for babies and small children.

The grant of $5,000 will cover a 5 month period.

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Book For the General Public

Through SICA, Harris Smart put forward a proposal to write a book along lines that Bapak referred to in 1984: "It is a book about the way Subud has developed and what it is. The book Bapak is speaking about now embraces all aspects of Subud. The book would be of interest to people outside of Subud". A grant of $4,000 was provided to begin this work.

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Opera - The Birth of Colour.

In Holland a small grant of $1,000 was made to a SICA endorsed project involving a number Subud members including Dahlan & Honora Foah. The project - The Birth of Colour - is a new opera which was to be performed in Chartres Cathedral , France in May 2000.

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Lewes School, UK

The school newly opened in September 2000, provides holistic education for 5-11 year olds, plus a nursery and after school club. MSF gave a grant to cover the costs and the interest of a commercial loan for a two year period which enabled the purchase of the school building to be finalised.
A grant of $5,000 was provided.

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The Portal Project

MSF gave a grant of $ 6,500 towards the implementation of the Subud Portal.

Youth Enterprise Support

"This joint project of SES and SYA" said former Youth Coordinator, Hayaatun Isharc, "could become one of the most important programs for the development of Subud. Headed by Jan Duniewicz the mission of YES is to support young people through the process of identifying a direction for their life's work and to assist them in the planning and implementation of step that will lead to success." MSF provided a grant of $20,000 for the first year of operation.

YES Quest at Seven Circles

The YES Quest program at Seven Circles was a great success on almost all fronts. It was a Seven Circles and YES Quest collaboration with the shared mission of supporting personal growth for young people. The goals of this particular program were to provide support for Subud youth with the YES Quest experience, to initiate the training process for more facilitators, and from the Seven Circles standpoint, to consider how the program could become a regular part of our programming, and which might also be expanded to non-Subud youth.

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