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KCBB Scores a Major Orphan Community Support Victory in Four Indonesian Cities: Banda Aceh, Manado, Medan, and Palembang! June 20, through July 31, 2018

Dear Friends and Supporters of KCBB:
As-Salaamu Alaikum {Peace Be Upon You and Yours}!

First, let me, Salahuddeen Abdul Kareem, and my wife, Irda Nurwahyuni, wish each and every one of our friends and supporters of KCBB around the world the best of health, safety, and security. We want to thank every person - near and far - who has helped make KCBB's orphan support mission this summer a major success. Since the summer of 2011, our nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization has provided essential and critical emotional, material, and financial support directly to the orphan community, especially in Indonesia and Malaysia. This assistance has been made possible thanks to generous tax-exempt donations we've received from relatives, colleagues, friends, and general supporters. They are the true heroes and heroines of our humble mission and work. We are grateful and humbled by their kindness and care.

As of this summer (2018), KCBB's staff has visited more than 25 orphanages in Indonesia and Malaysia. We've also provided indirect financial support to orphan and poor-child communities in eight additional countries: Afghanistan, America, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Palestine, Syria, and Yemen. Our organization applauds, recognizes, and appreciates the selfless humanitarian work of other nonprofit organizations who provide services and support to the international orphan community. We consider them our "good-will, orphan-assistance partners" who are trying their best to make life a little better for our youthful brothers and sisters around the world. It takes an international effort to meet the orphan community's needs. If we, the broader community, fail to help the children who will? We must see helping the orphan community as a collective duty and responsibility. Who can they turn to if not us - you and me?

Kindly note only some of KCBB's accomplishments since 2011:

1. KCBB sponsored and organized the First Annual Manado, Indonesia Orphan Community's Field and Fun Day. At least six orphanages and more than 150 children and adults participated in the fun-filled day (July 5, 2018). It was the first time multiple orphanages came together for such an event.
2. Paid full college/higher education tuition and fees for five orphan girls and two boys.
3. Provided funding to cover all public transportation costs to and from college for seven orphans.
4. Paid labor and material/supplies costs to renovate and/or replace: a dormitory roof; bedroom walls; floor resurfacing; and the remodeling of orphanage kitchen.
5. Paid the full cost for (iftaar during the month of Ramadhan) food and drink at six orphanages.
6. Visited a Myanmar Rohingya Muslim refugee camp in Malaysia. The situation was very painful and bleak. KCBB made a donation to a number of Rohingya Muslim refugees while there.
7. Provided financial assistance to five elderly widows and those within their care.
8. Provided financial assistance to a father of five children who's struggling with prostate cancer.
9. Encouraged orphans to consider enrolling in nursing school and other professional training institutes. KCBB has offered to fund all tuition and fee costs for interested and qualified orphans providing it has enough donations to cover the cost.
10. Replaced and had installed large underground septic tanks in two orphanages.
11. Provided money for school supplies, clothing, and shoes for more than 1000 orphans in multiple orphanages.
12. Provided funding for at least 24 new bed mattresses and sheets at multiple orphanages.
13. Helped finance the cost of a desperately-needed motor bike (scooter for staff use) for one orphanage in Manado, Indonesia (Darus Saadah).
14. Provided major funding to help construct a second floor with bedrooms and a multi-purpose room at one Manado, Orphanage (An Nur).

The aforementioned list of KCBB accomplishments is just a small example of what KCBB has made available to the orphan community. Our next major goal is to establish a home/office in Indonesia or Malaysia. The projected cost is between $80,000.00 and $100,000.00, This will allow KCBB to purchase and operate a local office/residence; purchase appropriate furniture and instructional equipment; and purchase supplies that will be used on behalf of the organization and visiting orphans. Please make a sizable donation exclusively for this purpose. Since 2011, traveling back and forth to Southeast Asia has cost my wife and me more than $60,000.00 (flights, hotels, ground transportation, food, clothing, personal donations, and much more). However, we do need major financial support to offset our personal expenses. Our ten-month employment income is very modest. We are spending as much as possible to make this mission successful on behalf of the children - orphans - we are determined to help, God-willing.

WHATS KCBB'S GOAL AND OBJECTIVES FOR 2018 AND BEYOND?

KCBB, Inc. will continue its orphan-support mission in Southeast Asia this summer (June - August 2018), God-willing. We hope to expand our work to include other orphanages and deprived communities in Indonesia and Malaysia. We want to send more orphans to college and other higher education institutes. We hope to broaden our educational and training opportunities into multiple career-shaping activities. And most importantly, we want to thank everyone who has contributed to our nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization since 2011. Without their kindness and generosity, we wouldn't have been able to do much for the orphan community - near and far. Our supporters are the true heroes and heroines of our humble effort. May God bless their kindness and caring!

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Kindness and Care Beyond Borders, Inc. {KCBB} is based in Germantown, Maryland. The President and Executive Director, Salahuddeen Abdul Kareem, has more than 40 years experience interacting with children in multiple settings. Having worked as teacher, assistant principal, principal, board member, and parents' representative in American private and public schools for more than 40 years, he has dedicated his life to helping children grow and develop while encouraging them to explore and pursue their life goals. He seeks the same for the fast-growing orphan community around the world. Please help us make life better for innocent children - the fast-growing orphan community - around the world. We can only improve their condition with your help.

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Kindness and Care Beyond Borders, Inc., orphan support contributions have reached the following ten countries: Afghanistan, America, Haiti, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Malaysia, Palestine, Syria, and Yemen. More than 1000 orphans and poor children have received material and financial support from KCBB since 2011. We have so many wonderful people to thank for their support. However, with that said, there is much more that needs to be done. We need your tax-deductible contributions to help KCBB help the orphan community. We really need to open an multi-complex residence-office in Southeast Asia to better organize and coordinate our work. Will you help?

"My name is Anisa. In 2014 and 2015, I received higher education tuition, fees, and travel assistance from Kindness and Care Beyond Borders, Inc (KCBB). My educational goal is to return to the orphan community to teach and serve those I have left behind. Had it not been for KCBB, there was no way for me to enroll in a higher education institute in Makassar, Indonesia. I'm very grateful for all they have done for me and others. In 2016, I completed my two-year intensive study program in Arabic Language. I hope to return to Manado, Indonesia from Makassar in the fall (September 2016). I hope to enroll in a local college to complete the remaining two years of my higher education program...." Anisa is close to finishing her college program of studies. She is scheduled to receive her degree in 2018. Great job Anisa! We're very proud of your dedication and accomplishments.

"My name is Jefri. Thanks to KCBB, I enrolled in college (2015) where I want to major in business and accounting. Without KCBB's financial support, I don't know how I could have pursued my higher education dream. One of my main goals is to return to the orphanage, Darus Sa'adah in Manado, Indonesia, where I continue to live and serve my orphan brothers and sisters in any way I can. This is my hope, and now my dream has come true! I completed my first year of college study in 2016. My grades were excellent, and I look forward to continuing my studies in the fall (September 2016)...." Jefri is close to finishing his program of studies. He should receive his college degree in 2018 or 2019. Thanks again to KCBB's support for helping Jefri pursue his educational dream.

"My name is Fitria. I have lived in an orphanage community my entire life. In 2013, I graduated from high school, but was unable to purchase my diploma. When Mr. Salahuddeen and his wife, Ms. Irda, visited our orphanage (Sitti Khadijah in Manado, Indonesia) in 2014, they accompanied me back to my old high school. Once there, they paid for my diploma, and now I work in a local Manado, retail store. Additionally, Ms. Irda invited me to spend time with her retired parents where I stayed for nearly one week during the month of Ramadhan (2016). It was like being in a loving, caring home - something I've always longed for. This would have never happened without their kind, friendly, sincere support. I'm very grateful for all that they've done for me and others. Now I'm able to provide for myself in addition to helping out at the orphanage. Thanks again to KCBB for providing me with a promising, bright future...!"

"Mr. Salahuddeen and Ms. Irda first visited our orphanage (Darul-Istiqaamah) in 2015 (June and July). There are more than 100 girls in our orphanage-community. We were in desperate need of school uniforms and more. Thankfully, they were able to purchase four new sewing machines for our orphanage. An adult community member will teach some of us how to sew so that we can make our own uniforms and much more. If we didn't receive these sewing machine gifts from KCBB, we would continue wearing school uniforms and clothing that are too small and outworn. We are more than thankful for this gift! We can't thank KCBB enough for their kindness and care."

Whenever my wife, Sr. Irda, is with the children it's fun time! It's always time to forget the sadness and loneliness surrounding orphan-life at least for a while. Sr. Irda is a "huge hit" with the children - both girls and boys. She has a way of turning sadness into joy and happiness, no matter what child she meets during our orphanage visits. This little Malaysian boy lost both parents in a car crash in 2014. Fortunately, he has a home in a suburban Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian orphanage. We hope to see him during our summer-visit to the region in 2018.

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