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We Had a Great Summer (2019) Supporting The Orphan Community in Indonesia and Morocco. Let's Keep The Important Work Going!

Dear Caring Friends and Loyal Supporters of KCBB, Inc. -
May Peace, Safety, and Security Be With You and Your Beloved,

First, let me, Salahuddeen Abdul Kareem, and my wife, Irda Nurwahyuni, wish each and every friend and supporter of Kindness and Care Beyond Borders 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 the past eight years (2011 - 2019) a major success. Since 2011, our 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization has provided essential and critical emotional, material, and financial support directly to the orphan community, especially in Indonesia, Malaysia, and now Morocco. This assistance has been made possible thanks to generous tax-exempt donations we've received from relatives, colleagues, friends, and general supporters. Many supporters and friends of KCBB are unknown to us. They simply find out how to contact KCBB to make their contributions. They are the true heroes and heroines of our humble mission and work. We are grateful and humbled by their kindness and care.

Since 2011, KCBB's staff has visited more than 25 orphanages in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Morocco. We've also provided indirect financial support to orphan and poor-family communities in ten additional countries: Afghanistan, America, Bangladesh, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Myanmar, 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 brothers and sisters" who are trying their best to make life a little better for our marginalized brothers and sisters around the world. As you well know, it takes an international effort to meet the orphan community's needs. There are currently more than 153 million orphans worldwide according to Worldwide Orphan Statistics (www.sos-usa.org). If we, the broader community fail to help the children - our children - who will? We must see helping the orphan community as a collective duty and responsibility. Who can they turn to if not to us - you and me? We are actually doing ourselves an honor by serving them. There is nothing equal to caring for an orphan child.

Kindly note some of KCBB's major accomplishments between 2011 through 2019:

1. Sponsored, planned, organized, and managed the First Annual Manado, Indonesia Orphan Community's Field and Fun Day (July 2018). The Second Annual Field and Fun Day was held July 7, 2019. Seven orphanages and more than 150 children and adults participated in the fun-filled day (July 5, 2018). In July 2019, eight different orphanages participated bringing together more than 200 children, their caretakers, and volunteers. It was the first time multiple orphanages in Manado, Indonesia have come together for single event in history.
2.  Paid full college/higher education tuition and fees for five orphan girls and two boys (seven young adults).
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; a concrete staircase and wall; and the remodeling of an orphanage kitchen.
5. Paid the full cost for (iftaar food and drink at multiple orphanages) during the holy month of Ramadhan and other special occasions.
6. Visited a Myanmar Rohingya Muslim refugee camp in suburban Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2016. The situation there 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 been diagnosed with prostate cancer.
9. Encouraged orphans to consider enrolling in nursing school and other professional training institutes. KCBB offered to fund all tuition and fee costs for interested and qualified orphans providing it has enough money to cover the cost of enrolling in nursing school.
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).
15. Provided a large donation to Az Zikri Orphanage to help rebuild a burned building that served as home/headquarters for the orphan community.
16. Paid/Purchased school uniforms and clothing for more than 30 orphans (girls and boys) this summer (2019).

This humble list of KCBB accomplishments is just a small example of what the organization has shared with 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, Hopefully some wealthy contributor or friendly organization will donate this amount to KCBB. This will allow KCBB to purchase and operate a local office/residence; purchase appropriate furniture and instructional equipment that will be used on behalf of the organization's mission and visiting orphans; allow orphans to make periodic visits to the office/residence to further build their sense of family-life with KCBB support staff members. Please make a sizable donation exclusively for this purpose. Since 2011, traveling back and forth to Southeast Asia during the summer, my wife and I have spent more than $70,000.00 (international and domestic flights; hotels; ground transportation; food; clothing; personal donations; and more). It's been our honor and pleasure doing whatever we can to help our brothers and sisters. However, we do need and appreciate any and all additional financial support to offset our personal expenses. While working as teachers in a very small private school, our ten-month salary is very modest. We are spending as much as possible to make our orphan-support mission successful on behalf of the children. We can, need, and hope to do more providing we receive greater donations from our friends and supporters like you. Please help if you can. Remember: Your contribution is tax-deductible.

WHAT'S KCBB'S GOAL AND OBJECTIVES FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS (2019 - 2024):

1) KCBB, Inc. hopes to continue its orphan-support mission - directly on the ground - in Southeast Asia. We are currently working with a trusted Indonesian friend who will serve as KCBB's contact-agent in select Indonesian cities. We hope to expand our work to include other orphanages and deprived communities in Indonesia and Malaysia.
2) KCBB wants 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.
3) KCBB wants to directly involve youth volunteers in its overseas work. We want young adults to travel with staff members to and from Indonesia, Malaysia, and other countries to see and feel what life is like in the international orphan community. Supporting the orphan community is something that needs long-term commitment and dedication. To help the children, we need caring people from all walks of life to give whatever they have to make life better for the children; our brother and sister friends throughout the world.
4) KCBB wants to raise $500,000.00 in order to build, establish, and manage its own orphanage in Southeast Asia. We hope to utilize every resource - human and material - available that might empower the orphan community. It's our goal to help them become self-sufficient and self-actualizing.

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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 KCBB make life better for as many innocent children as possible. The orphan community has grown and continues to grow around the world. (currently there are more than 153 million orphans around the world). Together, we can make life a little better for them. Come join us and share in the joy of helping young people grow into healthy, well-mannered, well-educated, contributing adults.

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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 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 Saadah 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 2019. Thanks again to KCBB's support for helping Jefri pursue his educational dream. It's been KCBB's honor and privilege to help this fine, well-mannered, goal-oriented young man.

"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 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 (please pray for them and him). Fortunately, he has an orphanage-home in a suburban Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian orphanage. We hope to see him during our summer-visit to the region in 2019 or 2020, God-willing.

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