Building Brighter Futures in New York
Eric & Marie Goulding had the honour of representing Building Brighter Futures at the prestigious Award Ceremony held at the Unicef Building in United Nations Plaza to witness Sam Kateu the director of Kavule School for the Deaf receive the 2009 Humanitarian Award from Harry Leibowitz, Ph.D. Founder and Chair of The World Of Children.
Eric & Marie funded their own trip and were overwhelmed by the people they met, all working for the improvement of children's lives. Sam was accompanied by his daughter Barbara and was honoured at a very moving ceremony hosted in the UNICEF Building; Sam publicly thanked BBF for its ongoing support and recognised that the school would not have progressed without Building Brighter Futures efforts.
Sam's work was presented to the audience via a short video presentation and most of the images used were from BBF. When Harry Leibowitz introduced the awards he highlighted the fact that Sam had been chosen from over 185 nominees spread across 35 countries, he explained the process of selection and advised the audience that the final stage of the process was to employ independent investigators to visit the school and check on the integrity and genuineness of the nominees. We all know Sam to be honest and straight forward but it is good that others have checked on Kavule School and by implication Building Brighter Futures and all proved to be honest and transparent in their operation and financial dealings.
Sam took the stage along side his fellow honourees who were equally inspiring:
Douglas Maclagen from Child Welfare Scheme Nepal.
Doug established two health care centres in 1995 following an incident when a desperate mother handed him her dying baby, now Doug runs highly sustainable programmes with 190 physicians, nurses and support workers.
Jessica Rose Markowitz is a very special 14 year old young lady from Seattle, after hearing about genocide in Rwanda she set about forming an organisation called Richards Rwanda which sets about empowering young people in the USA to support and ensure that young girls in Rwanda receive good education. Jessica intends to spend her award on a World of Children Library.
Ashlee Smith is the daughter of a fireman and someone who lost her own home in a fire, following her own experiences and realising how children are affected by disasters she at the age of only eight started Ashlees Toy Closet and now at the age of 10 distributes toys to children affected by natural disasters such as fires and floods. Ashlee also supports children with disabilities and those in disadvantaged areas.
Read the 2009 Press Release from The World of Children
To find out more about these very special people, and Sam Kateu, go to www.worldofchildren.org
Eric & Marie funded their own trip and were overwhelmed by the people they met, all working for the improvement of children's lives. Sam was accompanied by his daughter Barbara and was honoured at a very moving ceremony hosted in the UNICEF Building; Sam publicly thanked BBF for its ongoing support and recognised that the school would not have progressed without Building Brighter Futures efforts.
Sam's work was presented to the audience via a short video presentation and most of the images used were from BBF. When Harry Leibowitz introduced the awards he highlighted the fact that Sam had been chosen from over 185 nominees spread across 35 countries, he explained the process of selection and advised the audience that the final stage of the process was to employ independent investigators to visit the school and check on the integrity and genuineness of the nominees. We all know Sam to be honest and straight forward but it is good that others have checked on Kavule School and by implication Building Brighter Futures and all proved to be honest and transparent in their operation and financial dealings.
Sam took the stage along side his fellow honourees who were equally inspiring:
Douglas Maclagen from Child Welfare Scheme Nepal.
Doug established two health care centres in 1995 following an incident when a desperate mother handed him her dying baby, now Doug runs highly sustainable programmes with 190 physicians, nurses and support workers.
Jessica Rose Markowitz is a very special 14 year old young lady from Seattle, after hearing about genocide in Rwanda she set about forming an organisation called Richards Rwanda which sets about empowering young people in the USA to support and ensure that young girls in Rwanda receive good education. Jessica intends to spend her award on a World of Children Library.
Ashlee Smith is the daughter of a fireman and someone who lost her own home in a fire, following her own experiences and realising how children are affected by disasters she at the age of only eight started Ashlees Toy Closet and now at the age of 10 distributes toys to children affected by natural disasters such as fires and floods. Ashlee also supports children with disabilities and those in disadvantaged areas.
Read the 2009 Press Release from The World of Children
To find out more about these very special people, and Sam Kateu, go to www.worldofchildren.org
