Kindness And Care Beyond Borders Inc.

Dear Friends, Sisters, and Brothers in Faith and Life -
As-Salaamu Alaikum - Peace Be Upon You and Yours!

Welcome To Kindness and Care Beyond Borders, Inc. {KCBB}!
THANKS SO MUCH FOR SUPPORTING KCBB'S MISSION SINCE 2014! LET'S MAKE 2025 A PROMISING YEAR OF RELIEF AND JOY FOR OUR ORPHAN COMMUNITY FRIENDS! THEY NEED US, AND WE NEED THEM EVEN MORE!

THE CURRENT HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN PALESTINE, YEMEN, THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, SUDAN, BURMA, KASHMIR, AND OTHER COUNTRIES HAS LED TO MILLIONS OF ORPHAN CHILDREN. WILL YOU HELP KCBB PROVIDE VITAL SUPPORT TO THE ORPHAN COMMUNITY AND THEIR DEDICATED CARETAKERS IN 2025? WE HOPE YOU WILL. WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT YOU WILL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR CARING AND SHARING!

Dear Friends and Supporters: KCBB is eagerly looking forward to directly - heart to heart and hand to hand - serving the international orphan community in 2025. We traveled to Indonesia and Turkey in June and July 2024 to spend time with relatives along with our orphan-community friends. We had a wonderful, spirited, invigorating time with our little brothers and sisters while in Manado, Indonesia. More than 200 orphans and their caretakers came together in June 2024 for a wonderful day of prayer, supplicating, fun, learning, and delicious healthy food. It was a very special day of fun, friendship, and prayer.

Dear Caring Friends, Brothers, Sisters, and Loyal Supporters of KCBB, Inc. -
As-Salaamu Alaikum (May Peace, Safety, and Security Be With You and Yours),

In The Holy Quran, Allah Almighty says: "...and they question you (Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him and his) regarding orphans. Say! Improving their condition (in life) is excellent (serving and treating them well)...." [Surah/Chapter 2 Verse 220] Imam Ali (as) used to say, "I'm the father of every orphan..." He cared for every orphan as if they were his biological children.

Second, since 2014 officially, our 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization has provided spiritual, emotional, material, and financial support to the orphan community, especially in Indonesia, Malaysia, Morocco, Nigeria, and Palestine. Thanks to generous, tax-exempt donations KCBB has received from caring relatives, colleagues, friends, and general supporters like many of you, we have helped hundreds of children - innocent orphans - along with their humble caretakers. We are grateful to know and work with a growing number of very caring orphan community friends and caretakers. We know many of them, and have worked with them, especially in Indonesia for more than eleven years, Al-Hamdulillah. Additionally, there are unknown supportive-others, who simply believe in KCBB's very important orphan-assistance mission, and want to help in any way they can. Their donations have made life much better for the children we serve. They, our friends and supporters, are true heroes and heroines of our humble mission and work. We are grateful and humbled by their kindness and care.  Kindly include them in your prayers.

Third, since 2011 (before receiving government approved nonprofit status in 2014) KCBB's staff has provided support to more than 25 orphanages in Indonesia, Malaysia, Morocco, Nigeria, and Palestine. We've also provided indirect financial support to orphan and poor-family communities in additional countries: Afghanistan, America, Bangladesh, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Myanmar, Nigeria, Palestine, 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. We all know that orphan-life is very challenging with long-term consequences. We, you and I, need to help our brothers and sisters as much as we can. Both small and large donations go a long way towards improving life for any orphan child - male or female.

Finally, as you well know, it takes a global effort to meet the international orphan community's needs. There are currently more than 153 million orphans (estimated) worldwide according to Worldwide Orphan Statistics (www.sos-usa.org). If we, the broader community fail to help these children - innocent orphan girls and boys - who will? We must consider helping and serving the orphan community as a collective duty and moral responsibility. Who can they turn to if not to us - you and me? Who is going to make sure they have food, water, clothing, shelter, education, medicine, and more, if not you and me? We are actually honoring ourselves by serving them. We should view helping them from this humble perspective. There is nothing equal to caring for an orphan child.

Kindly note some of KCBB's major accomplishments between 2014 through 2024:

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 representing more than 150 children and adults participated in the fun-filled day (July 5, 2018). In July 2019, ten different orphanages participated bringing together more than 200 children, their caretakers, and community volunteers. It was the first time multiple orphanages in Manado, Indonesia have come together for a single event in history. KCBB sponsored and organized a third "Day of Celebration and Orphan Community Fun Day" in June 2024.
2.  Paid full college/higher education tuition and fees for six orphan girls and two boys (eight young adults). One of them received his bachelor's degree (B.A.) in June (2020). Another received her B.A. degree in 2021. We are anticipating at least one other college graduation in 2025, Insha'Allah. One young-adult orphan community brother and long-time KCBB helper/supporter, Abubakr Tamaraw, graduated with a college degree in Islamic Studies in July 2024 specializing in calling people to Islam. We have been praying for his higher education academic success since 2018. and finally succeeded in earning his degree.
3. Provided funding to cover partial and full 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 and doors; bedroom walls; floor resurfacing; a concrete staircase and wall; and the remodeling of an orphanage kitchen. We hope to help one building (dormitory) repair a leaking roof as soon as we get more information regarding the extend of the damage along with the material and labor cost.
5. Paid the full cost for (iftaar food and drink at multiple orphanages) during the holy month of Ramadhan and other special occasions (2014 through 2024).
6. Visited two orphanages in addition to visiting a Myanmar Rohingya Muslim refugee camp in suburban Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2016. The situation there was very painful and bleak. KCBB made a modest donation to orphanages and a number of Rohingya Muslim refugees while there.
7. Provided financial assistance to five elderly widows and those within their care (2015-2019).
8. Provided financial assistance to a father of five children who's been diagnosed with prostate cancer. He has since recovered, Al-Hamdulillah. I prayed with him while staying in Manado, Indonesia (June/July 2024)
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 money to cover the cost of enrolling in a nursing/medical 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 (2011 - 2022).
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 (2018 and 2019 at An Nur Orphanage).
15. Provided a large donation to Az Zikri Orphanage in Palembang, Indonesia to help rebuild a burned building that served as home/headquarters for the orphan community (2018 and 2019).
16. Paid/Purchased school uniforms and clothing for more than 60 orphans (girls and boys) this) since 2011.
17. Provided money to help start a tire-repair and replacement business for an orphanage, Fatonah Orphanage/Panti Asuhan, located in Palembang, Indonesia (June 2022).
18. Provided money to help expand a building at As Salaam Orphanage located in Manado, Indonesia. The existing building is routinely damaged during floods. The project includes building an upper-level floor that will serve as a dormitory/sleeping area for the girls (June 2022).
19. Sponsored and organized a major orphan community "come together" in June 2023 involving 300 or more orphans and their caretakers. The event took place in Manado, Indonesia.
20. Looked into purchasing a residence/business property (Orphan Assistance Center) in Manado, Indonesia during our June/July 2024 Manado, Indonesia work/family time visit.

This humble list of KCBB accomplishments is a humble reflection of what KCBB has provided and shared with the orphan community thanks to donations we have received since 2014. Our next major goal is to establish a home/office in Indonesia or some area in Southeast Asia. The projected cost for such a property is between $80,000.00 and $100,000.00, Hopefully. a wealthy contributor or friendly humanitarian will donate this amount to KCBB. This will allow KCBB to purchase and efficiently operate a local office/residence; to purchase appropriate furniture and instructional equipment that will be used on behalf of the organization's mission and visiting orphans; to allow orphans to make periodic visits to the office/residence to further build their sense of family-life with KCBB staff members; to recruit and hire professionals who can work with orphans to develop viable educational and work-force skills. Kindly make a sizable donation exclusively for this purpose.

Since 2011, traveling back and forth to Southeast Asia during summer months, my wife and I have spent more than $90,000.00 (international and domestic flights; hotels; ground transportation; food; clothing; personal donations; and more) of our personal money. It's been a true honor and pleasure doing whatever we can in support of our orphan-community brothers and sisters. Just to add: We do appreciate any and all additional financial contributions 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 personal money as possible to make our orphan-support mission successful on behalf of the orphan community. We need and hope to do more for "our children" providing we receive greater donations from our friends and supporters like you. Please help if you can. Remember: Your contribution is tax-deductible.
1) KCBB wants to send more orphans to college and higher education institutes. We hope to broaden our educational and training opportunities into multiple career-shaping, skill-developing activities.
2) KCBB wants to directly involve youth volunteers in its overseas work. We want young adults to travel with KCBB staff members to and from Indonesia, Malaysia, and other countries to experience first-hand what life is like in the international orphan community. Supporting the orphan community is something that needs long-term commitment and dedication. To help children we need caring people from all walks of life to give whatever they have to make life better for the orphan community who are our brothers and sisters throughout the world.
3) KCBB wants to raise $80,000.00 to 100,000.00 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 orphans become self-sufficient and self-actualizing. This hope and dream has come true for a few young adult orphans. We believe we can make it come true for orphans with greater financial support.

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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 48 years of experience interacting with children in multiple settings. Having worked as a teacher, assistant principal, principal, board member, and parents' representative in American private and public schools for more than 48 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 international 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, and the number is fast-growing). More than 5000 innocent children become orphans every day. Together, we can make life a little better for these innocent children. Kindly support KCBB and share the joy and privilege of helping young people grow into healthy, well-mannered, well-educated, contributing adults. Your reward is with Allah, The Most High. Your support has earned Prophetic pleasure and applause as expressed in Islam's authentic Prophetic literature, peace and blessings be upon every Prophet from Adam to Muhammad.

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Kindness and Care Beyond Borders, Inc., orphan support contributions have reached the following thirteen countries: Afghanistan, America, Haiti, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Malaysia, Morocco, Nigeria, Palestine, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen. More than 1500 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 global 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? Will you make a donation to help us purchase a property for this purpose?

Look at my little orphan-sister friend who we met during a visit to Indonesia seven years ago (2018). She had just arrived at the orphanage (Ar Rahmah) only a day or two before our visit.

The Prophet of Allah, Muhammad (pbuh&h) said: "See knowledge from the cradle to the grave."

Dear Special Friends of KCBB:

This is Br. Jefri Rindengan and Uswatun Hasannah who graduated from an Indonesian college in 2020 and 2021. They earned Bachelor's Degrees in Shariah Economics and Islamic Studies. My wife and I met Jefri and Uswatun more than eight years ago. They were both in high school at the time. After graduating from high school, our organization gladly paid Jefri's and Uswatun's college enrollment, registration fees, and transportation to and from their orphanage in Manado, Indonesia. We hope and pray they will gain employment and continue serving the orphan community where they continue to live. Two great stories with special endings.

"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 in at some point in the future, God-willing.

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