Art2healing
2017-18
SynesthASIA is pleased to announce the charity it will be supporting this year:
Art2Healing
The Art2Healing Project is a non-profit charity based in Asia. The initiative looks to empower individuals specifically women and children who are victims of rape and exploit trauma. The organization does so through art-based healing projects. The facilitators look to foster self-awareness, developing social skills, and reducing anxiety. The charity began in 2005 and has since worked with many organizations in Laos, Cambodia, Nepal, Japan and many more. Their current project is support for trafficked victims in Laos and Nepal.
Help us support Art2Healing!
Art2Healing
The Art2Healing Project is a non-profit charity based in Asia. The initiative looks to empower individuals specifically women and children who are victims of rape and exploit trauma. The organization does so through art-based healing projects. The facilitators look to foster self-awareness, developing social skills, and reducing anxiety. The charity began in 2005 and has since worked with many organizations in Laos, Cambodia, Nepal, Japan and many more. Their current project is support for trafficked victims in Laos and Nepal.
Help us support Art2Healing!
pencils of promise & The Canadian Red Cross
2016-17
This year, SynesthASIA is proud to be supporting Pencils of Promise! Pencils of Promise (PoP) builds schools, enhances educational and teacher programs, and supplies water and health systems in locations such as Ghana, Guatemala, Laos, and Nicaragua. They have built more than 350 schools, served close to 34,000 students, and have impacted more than 300,000 people through their programs. SynesthASIA hopes to raise money and awareness for PoP this year. Our proceeds will go directly towards a pilot program for teacher support in Laos.
Donate: Help us support Pencils of Promise this year as we fund a teacher’s program in Laos!
In addition, to our year-long fundraising campaign that has supported teaching programs in Laos for Pencils of Promise, we have partnered with the Canadian Red Cross which aims to support humanitarian missions both in Canada and abroad. They are dedicated to helping the most vulnerable people around the world.
Our team is dedicated to promoting sustainable development and poverty alleviation projects throughout Asia. All proceeds from this year's show will go towards emergency relief in Asia and the Nepal Earthquake for the Canadian Red Cross. On behalf of the Canadian Red Cross, the SynesthASIA executive team thanks you for your continuous support!
Donate: Help us support Pencils of Promise this year as we fund a teacher’s program in Laos!
In addition, to our year-long fundraising campaign that has supported teaching programs in Laos for Pencils of Promise, we have partnered with the Canadian Red Cross which aims to support humanitarian missions both in Canada and abroad. They are dedicated to helping the most vulnerable people around the world.
Our team is dedicated to promoting sustainable development and poverty alleviation projects throughout Asia. All proceeds from this year's show will go towards emergency relief in Asia and the Nepal Earthquake for the Canadian Red Cross. On behalf of the Canadian Red Cross, the SynesthASIA executive team thanks you for your continuous support!
TINY HANDS-be her link to freedom
2015-16
The charity we chose was Tiny Hands. They serve in two ways: human trafficking and children’s ministries. Through their transit monitoring programs, safe housing for women and children, and children’s homes, they have worked to fight against human trafficking in South Asia – including Nepal, Bangladesh and India and have provided homes to many impoverished and orphaned children. We hope to raise money for Tiny Hands this year, raise awareness, and give voices to those who have been victimized by human trafficking or have been abandoned as a child. We are proud to say that we raised around $10,000 dollars that has all gone towards the Tiny Hands foundation! Thank you for all your donations!
FREE the children- rural china
2014-15
In 2014, SynesthASIA formed a partnership with Free the Children. Free the Children is an international charity that was founded in 1995 with a goal to help create a world where all children can achieve their fullest potential, and do so by breaking down barriers such as poverty and exploitation. It is an organization that believes in a youth-led movement to bring positive, impactful social change through leadership, and the development of sustainable and economical projects. FTC’s Adopt-a-Village program extends aid to families in countries such as China, Kenya, Sierra Leone, India and more, by providing the 5 pillars; education, clean water and sanitation, health, alternative income, and agriculture and food security. For 2015, SynesthASIA is taking on the challenge to raise $10,000 to build a school in rural China and is ready to accomplish this goal and tackle the poverty cycle.
habitat for humanity- phillipines
2013-14
In 2013, we begin a relationship with Habitat for Humanity Philippines, we aim to raise $12,500 to rebuild five homes in Zamboanga City. In September, conflict arose between the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in Santa Catalina, Zamboanga City. Our goal is to aid in this government-defined “humanitarian crisis” by providing funding to rebuild houses, as well as the lives of many adults, children, and families. We are pledging to work with Habitat for Humanity to promote peace in a city in considerable need of it at this time. Habitat began working in the Asia-Pacific region in 1983 with a pilot program in Khammam, India. Since then, Habitat has provided approximately 113,000 homes and served an estimated 565,000 around the region (as of December 2010). Every year, tens of thousands of families are helped to acquire new homes or rehabilitate or repair existing ones, as well as to access financial and technical assistance.
Ashraya initiative for children (AIC)
2012-13
Currently, AIC operates three main programs in Pune: the residential program, housing ten kids; the education outreach program, supporting the education of more than 120 kids in the slums; and the health outreach program, promoting improved health in the slum through education, healthcare and community mobilization. It was founded in 2004 by seven college students from around the world and continues to operate as an engaging, international project.
right to play
2011-12
Right To Play is the leading international humanitarian and development organization using the unique power of sport and play to build essential skills in children and thereby drive social change in communities affected by war, poverty, and disease. Right To Play creates a safe place for children to learn and fosters the hope that is essential for children to envision a better future. Programs target the most marginalized individuals including girls, persons with disabilities, children affected by HIV and AIDS, street children, former child combatants, and refugees.
Working in both the humanitarian and development context, Right To Play trains local community leaders as coaches to deliver programs in 20 countries affected by war, poverty, and disease in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and South America. The programs incorporate a unique methodology that uses sport and play as tools for learning in four developmental impact areas: (1) basic education and child development, (2) health promotion and disease prevention, (3) conflict resolution and peace building, and (4) community development and participation. The two guiding principles are inclusion, promoting the involvement of children marginalized for reasons of gender disability, ethnicity, social background or region, and sustainability, working with local organizations to ensure programs have a lasting impact.
Working in both the humanitarian and development context, Right To Play trains local community leaders as coaches to deliver programs in 20 countries affected by war, poverty, and disease in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and South America. The programs incorporate a unique methodology that uses sport and play as tools for learning in four developmental impact areas: (1) basic education and child development, (2) health promotion and disease prevention, (3) conflict resolution and peace building, and (4) community development and participation. The two guiding principles are inclusion, promoting the involvement of children marginalized for reasons of gender disability, ethnicity, social background or region, and sustainability, working with local organizations to ensure programs have a lasting impact.
medical institute for tamils (mift)
2009-10
The Medical Institute for Tamils (MIFT) is an association of Tamil medical professionals in Canada. They provide humanitarian aid and medical assistance to refugees of the thirty-year civil war in Sri Lanka. SynesthASIA raised over CAD $ 7,000 last year for a project run by MIFT called God’s Children, which helps orphaned children in Sri Lanka.
ashraya initiative for children (AIC)
2008-09
The Ashraya Initiative for Children (AIC) is a home for street kids and community outreach project located in Pune, India. Currently, AIC operates three main programs in Pune: the residential program, housing ten kids; the education outreach program, supporting the education of more than 120 kids in the slums; and the health outreach program, promoting improved health in the slum through education, healthcare and community mobilization. SynesthASIA raised almost CAD $9,000 for AIC in 2009, which was used to help purchase an orphanage.