Arts for Cambodian Children & Teens at Champey

2011 Summer Arts Camp reinstated due to generosity of last minute donors !

Our  2011  Summer Arts Camp , initially cancelled for 2011 due to lack of funding, received a last minute reprieve due  to unexpected generous  donations.  The 2011 Summer Arts Camp is hosting just  65 students, a lower number than before,  to an abbreviated 6 week session.

2011 Camp , which began in August 2, will provide 6 weeks of instruction  in traditional Cambodian dance and music to 65 enthusiastic campers which include 35 children from the Phnom Penh Municipal Orphanage, 20 children from a local AIDS hospice and 10 children from Kasumisou Foundation’s AIDS Patient Family Support Program.

Campers will continue to build  skills in the performing arts, as well as building self discipline, self esteem and an understanding of the power and responsibility of  volunteering . As before,  Summer Art Camp classes will be taught by Senior students of the Apsara Arts Association , under the guidance of staff teachers.  Peer mentoring is a key part of this program, where disadvantaged children can learn from  their peer teachers, who are now advanced to rank of student teacher.

More information on the Apsara Arts Association, its students and performances can be seen on the Kasumisou Foundation website at www.kasumisou.org.

Our sincere thanks to all who have continued in support of our efforts to continue the Summer Arts Camp. We would be grateful for additional donations to help us ofset related expenses for this program.

Barbara & Mark Rosasco

Links:

• Photo gallery for Summer Arts Camp & Apsara Arts Association

Funding Goals Met -Summer Arts Camp for Orphans

Thank you! We did it! Your generous support of our project campaign during the GlobalGiving Open Challenge has made it possible for 75 orphans to attend 8 weeks of Kasumisou Foundation’s 2009 Summer Arts Camp.

Thanks to your support, we have now been welcomed onto the GlobalGiving.com website, which should significantly broaden our exposure through personal and social networking as well as a result of the prominence of GlobalGiving in the media and within the non-profit arena.

Campaign results:

Donations made to our Summer Arts Camp for Orphans project totaled $ 6,400 from 77 donors, with net proceeds of $5, 584 ( 87.25%) to coming Kasumisou Foundation and $816 (12.75%) retained by GlobalGiving which is also a non-profit organization.

As most of you know, this was our first project campaign with GlobalGiving. Like all new things on-line, there has been a technology learning curve.

For the past 10 years, at Kasumisou Foundation, we have tried to thank each of our donors personally by letter. However, in reviewing our successful campaign, we have learned that the information of donors who had checked “ anonymous” is not available to us. Consequently, our only method of contact to these donors to personally express our heartfelt thanks is via project updates through the GlobalGiving site.

We would like to continue our long standing tradition of direct contact with all of our donors and in this regard we would be grateful if you would send your contact information to us at kasumisou.foundation@gmail.com .

Other news:

New website launch:

Mark has just launched a new website for Kasumisou Foundation. To see photos from our 2009 Summer Arts Camp, please visit the new website at www.kasumisou-foundation.info . Click on the “WHAT’S NEW” tab and there is a link will take you to the photo album.

Permission based email list change:

We will soon start using a top rated permission based email firm to handle our future campaign emails. Our goal is to eliminate annoying duplicate emails and have a 100% permission based email list. This will also you an immediate “opt out” ability should you wish to be taken off our list. Again, there is a technology learning curve and we are doing our best to be current with the times.

Questions or Comments:

Please contact us with questions or comments at kasumisou.foundation@gmail.com .

Thank you again! Our efforts are only possible because of the generous support of friends like you!

Barbara & Mark Rosasco October 16, 2009