March 24, 2010 - One of the most important parts for a successful school is good qualified teachers. Thanks to Wishes for Children (WFC) foundation in Australia we are now able to hire 6 teachers and 1 principal for one year. Ergomotion Inc., Craftmatic Australia, Richard Anderson and Associates Accounting, and Medico Japan donate US$ 1,350/month via WFC to PA. And not only that, to ensure that PA will have sustainable funds in the future, Medico Japan also donates 5% of its profit to PA!
Also special thanks to Ash Day, Bryan McCartney, Abby Hamdan, Tony Yeo and Darlene Ford for their enormous support! 

PA is very grateful with this collaboration. It began when Ash Day, an Australian entrepreneur also founder of WFC, and his lawyer Abby Hamdan visited PA few months ago. They brought up interesting idea that matched with our future plan. They would like to help not only the street children and other neglected children, they wanted also to empower their families or communities so that parents or guardians do not rely solely on their children as the source of the family income.

It is widely believed by many Indonesians that children must devote their life to the parents or family. Some families take this common belief too far as to exploit their children to earn money for them. For the first step of this mutual collaboration, WFC has gathered three companies to help PA school hire teachers and principal. For future project, together we will execute a plan to empower the family/community of these unfortunate children. 

Furthermore, Ash and Abby will spread the word about PA to their colleagues and people around the world through fundraising events and just a simple word of mouth. This month, Ash returned to Lombok with his colleagues Tony, Darlene, and Rick to finalize our agreement. PA is very delighted and blessed to work with such enthusiastic people with big hearts who are willing to dedicate their expertise, time, and money to help others in need.