PROJECT CAMBODIA press release
The Cambodian Light Children’s Association (Cambokids) is a Khmer-run orphanage and school in Phnom Penh run by Mr. Pat Noun, an ex-Buddhist monk. The association is aimed at taking children off the streets. Pat Noun’s mission is to alleviate the poverty of the poor and street orphans by feeding, housing and preparing them for a better life, through love and education. Living conditions are very basic, and Cambokids have to find $3,000 for the 114+ children each month, for food, water and electricity by fundraising and sometimes begging. (www.cambokids.org / http://www.online.com.kh/~cambokids/frames.htm)
Ming Nomchong is a photographer living in Sydney. She has a degree in Fine Arts Photo Media from COFA UNSW and is an avid traveller. She has explored many diverse countries in her travels, some of which include Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Spain, Cambodia, Vietnam, and many more.
On September 2nd 2006, Ming will travel to Phnom Penh, Cambodia for 4 weeks to spend time with Cambokids.
The purpose of this trip is to create a photographic body of work that she will bring home and exhibit to raise funds for the children of Cambodia.
She will be exposed to and immersed in the hardships and rewards of everyday life within the community, photographing the people she meets in and around the orphanage.
Through this documentation Ming will create a work that embodies the beauty of the human spirit through compassion, support and determination.
This project as aimed at exposing the importance of support and assistance for other developing communities as well as presenting an idea of the nature, lives and culture of Cambodia.
www.spotmingsblog.blogspot.com has been set up to track the development of Project Cambodia from its very beginning stages to the trip Ming will take in September all the way through to the opening night of the exhibition. It has been set up to encourage the viewer to get involved, be informed and to spread the word about this inspiring project. By logging onto the blog on a regular basis, you will get updates on the progress of the project, see photographs Ming will be taking in Cambodia and hear all about her journey and news on the project.
To get involved with the project and find out how you can help, visit www.spotmingsblog.blogspot.com
To help fund the success of Project Cambodia, Ming is raising money to donate to Cambokids when she arrives in Phnom Penh as well as looking for sponsorship and donations for the production costs of putting on this exhibition.
Donation and sponsorship is needed for various aspects of the project including:
o Professional printing and framing/mounting of photographs for exhibition
o Donated/rental space to hold exhibition
o Printing of invitations /flyers /postcards for promotion, marketing and advertising
o Prizes and things for auction for a fundraising night (to be held in Aug)
Please log on to www.spotmingsblog.blogspot.com or email Ming at ming_nomchong@hotmail.com for more information on how you can help and find out what Project Cambodia needs assistance with to put on this exhibition.
The fundraising deadline is the 20th of August 2006 for funds going to Cambokids before the exhibition. Anyone who is interested in sponsoring efforts of Project Cambodia may send cheques to:
Ming Nomchong,
PO Box 127 Erskineville
NSW 2047
Australia
Thank you.
Ming Nomchong is a photographer living in Sydney. She has a degree in Fine Arts Photo Media from COFA UNSW and is an avid traveller. She has explored many diverse countries in her travels, some of which include Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Spain, Cambodia, Vietnam, and many more.
On September 2nd 2006, Ming will travel to Phnom Penh, Cambodia for 4 weeks to spend time with Cambokids.
The purpose of this trip is to create a photographic body of work that she will bring home and exhibit to raise funds for the children of Cambodia.
She will be exposed to and immersed in the hardships and rewards of everyday life within the community, photographing the people she meets in and around the orphanage.
Through this documentation Ming will create a work that embodies the beauty of the human spirit through compassion, support and determination.
This project as aimed at exposing the importance of support and assistance for other developing communities as well as presenting an idea of the nature, lives and culture of Cambodia.
www.spotmingsblog.blogspot.com has been set up to track the development of Project Cambodia from its very beginning stages to the trip Ming will take in September all the way through to the opening night of the exhibition. It has been set up to encourage the viewer to get involved, be informed and to spread the word about this inspiring project. By logging onto the blog on a regular basis, you will get updates on the progress of the project, see photographs Ming will be taking in Cambodia and hear all about her journey and news on the project.
To get involved with the project and find out how you can help, visit www.spotmingsblog.blogspot.com
To help fund the success of Project Cambodia, Ming is raising money to donate to Cambokids when she arrives in Phnom Penh as well as looking for sponsorship and donations for the production costs of putting on this exhibition.
Donation and sponsorship is needed for various aspects of the project including:
o Professional printing and framing/mounting of photographs for exhibition
o Donated/rental space to hold exhibition
o Printing of invitations /flyers /postcards for promotion, marketing and advertising
o Prizes and things for auction for a fundraising night (to be held in Aug)
Please log on to www.spotmingsblog.blogspot.com or email Ming at ming_nomchong@hotmail.com for more information on how you can help and find out what Project Cambodia needs assistance with to put on this exhibition.
The fundraising deadline is the 20th of August 2006 for funds going to Cambokids before the exhibition. Anyone who is interested in sponsoring efforts of Project Cambodia may send cheques to:
Ming Nomchong,
PO Box 127 Erskineville
NSW 2047
Australia
Thank you.
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