Name: Give Direct At REMO Since: 2005 Thanks to: Chris Zinn Copyright: NA CustOMER Comments: 1 Average Rating:

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NB: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. Money raised & sent. Thanks received.

Give Direct is an idea from longtime CustOMER and journalist Christopher Zinn. Chris recently returned from Banda Aceh in Indonesia and did a story for the Nine Network's "Sunday" program here in Australia about conditions there six months after the wave.

Amongst the people he interviewed was businessman Umar Ali and his wife Rusnah. They lost their three children and everything but the clothes they were wearing. They were prosperous and had a car, a brick house and savings in gold. It was all swept away. Now they live in a tent on handouts of tinned sardines and dried noodles waiting and waiting for the rebuilding and relief to arrive. As Chris's story showed, they could have a long wait.

The rest of the story via this 9 August 2005 email from Chris:

"Last week I received a registered letter from them. In short they said they believed I could understand their sadness and had "all the proofs of the disaster facing us." They asked for A$5,000 to start a new business selling clothes and provided bank details. I have thought long and hard about the request. I met these people by chance and was struck by their resilience and bearing. I have no doubt their request is genuine and they have the skills and enterprise to make a go of any "investment." A friend has already offered A$1,000 if I can raise the first A$4,000. Other journalists who were there and wanted to help out have also become involved. Many of us have already given generously to the Tsunami appeals but this is a chance to provide some modest micro finance which at least will make the world of difference to just one family. My philosophy is to secure a lot of little donations and potentially build up an on-going "person to person" program of directed investment not hand outs."

We'd like to support Chris's idea. Hence this new page.

100% of the profits generated from the sale of this Give Direct T Shirt will be deposited directly by REMO into an account for Umar Ali and his wife Rusnah. Alternatively, you can deposit smaller amounts of money (every dollar helps) into a bank account that Chris has opened (in his own name) here in Australia. It’s a CBA savings account: sort code 062272 & account number 10110992. Include the word REMO in the comment, so that Chris knows it's from one of us.

Finally, Chris will be keeping us posted on their progress.

P.S: As mentioned above ... MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. Money raised & sent. Thanks received.

T SHIRTS: SHORT SLEEVE:

+  Adult Sizes $35.00 => SALE PRICE: AUD $26.25

+  Kids & Babies $25.00 => SALE PRICE: AUD $18.75

T SHIRTS: LONG SLEEVE:

+  Adult Sizes $40.00 => SALE PRICE: AUD $30.00

+  Kids & Babies $30.00 => SALE PRICE: AUD $22.50

SINGLETS: ALL STYLES:

+  Adult Sizes $33.00 => SALE PRICE: AUD $24.75

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