A donation in memory of Colin W. Pratt, 1943-2018

While traveling together around Laos, my father Colin developed a deep affection for this country and its people. He was stunned to learn from COPE and other organisations about the millions of bombs dropped on Laos during the 1960s-70s, which continue to kill and injure people today.

As an amputee himself at the age of 70, Colin experienced personally how difficult it is to adjust to losing a leg. He passed away in 2018 at the age of 74 and is missed by all. During his funeral, our family and friends collected donations for COPE, based on the time dad and I had spent together in Laos. We raised US$1,000, a fraction of what COPE needs to support UXO victims, but we hope that every little helps.

Thank you very much for supporting people with physical disabilities to access P&O rehabilitation services. This donation will support people with disabilities to access P&O rehabilitation services throughout Lao PDR.

SOUPHATTAR SERVICE APARTMENT

Souphattar Serviced Apartments makes an incredible contribution to COPE for helping people with physical disabilities to move on.

Thank you very much for supporting people with disabilities to access P&O rehabilitation services.

   This donation will support people with disabilities to access P&O rehabilitation services throughout Lao PDR.

MR. LODE NANDHIVAJRIN

Mr. Lode MANDHIVAJRIN made incredible fundraising for COPE by writing an article about the COPE program with content buy a leg for people with physical disabilities and UXO revival in Laos and posted on his Facebook page.

   This donation will support people with disabilities to access P&O rehabilitation services throughout Lao PDR.

La Lune Restaurant

Amount raised: USD 18,375

La Lune Restaurant who donated an incredible US$18,375 (155,000,000 Lao Kip) from two fundraising events held at their restaurant in Vientiane in June 2018. This donation will support people with disabilities to access P&O rehabilitation services throughout Lao PDR.

 Charity motorcycle ride in Laos by Owen and friends from Australia 

On the 12th January 2019, Owen and friends made charity motorcycle ride in Laos to raise the money for supporting COPE to continues help people with physical disability to move on, Thank you so much for supporting people with disabilities to access P&O rehabilitation services.

The Anglican Church in Luxembourg  

                                                                                      Amount of raised € 2800

The Anglican Church of Luxembourg made three amazing fundraising events to COPE  on December 2018.The first was held in church and I gave short presentation about COPE, the second was an evening the screening of “Bomb Harvest” was preceded by a talk I gave on the background to the war and also showed your video clips and the final event was a the concert held in the residence of the British Ambassador with David Pike baritone.This donation will support people with psychical disability to access P&O rehabilitation services throughout Lao PDR.

FUNDRAISER BY PUPILS IN MEATH, IRELAND

Amount raised: EURO 400

“Our family visited COPE Visitor Centre in Vientiane when on our trip to South East Asia last year. It was one of the special places we were lucky to see along the way. We learned so much from your amazing exhibition. Myself and my family think that the work COPE carries out  is incredible.
We wanted to share this information with our friends. So myself and my sisters organised a cake sale in our school recently, with the help of our school Principal Mr Kennedy and our teachers in Scoil Cholmcille, Meath, Ireland. Pupils and parents very kindly baked and everybody involved donated so generously. We raised EUR400 which we are delighted to send on to you, in the hope that this contributes towards making a difference to somebody in need of COPE/CMR assistance.”

Bruno Monnier

Amount raised: EURO 7200

  In Paris February 2019, Bruno Monnier raised an amazed fundraising to support COPE by given benefit of selling an graphic novel  about the first world war which is written by himself .

Young People Inspired to Help

Amount raised: EURO 970

After spending many hours at COPE Visitor Centre in July 2016 during a 3-week trip to Laos, Luke and Kai Bitschnau, respectively 12 and 10 years old, decided to put their dual citizenship to good use by selling Australian delicacies at two local Christmas markets in Austria. Because “Christmas is about giving” they made and sold 70 kilos of potato twisters (fried potato on a stick) and chocolate muffins, raising an amazing 970 euros worth of profit.

Dawnie Ng & Pure Yoga

Amount Raised: HKD 6,854 (Nearly USD$900).

Hong Kong resident Dawnie Ng visited Laos in the summer of 2015 and discovered that Laos is the most-bombed country per capita in history and that many parts of the country are still suffering from the effects of unexploded ordnance (UXO) contamination. After returning to Hong Kong, Dawnie convinced local business Pure Yoga to organise a yoga workshop at their centre in Hong Kong to raise money for both COPE and MAG Laos. The workshop was held on 16 January 2016, and donation boxes were put in all 7 centres of Pure Yoga for that week. The workshop was led by two awesome yoga teachers, Ms Shalon Wan and Mr Eswar Khuntia. Dawnie helped raise awareness of the situation in Laos and the work of COPE and MAG by preparing some slides to share with the workshop participants. Dawnie raised HKD 6,854 which has been split equally between COPE and MAG Laos.

Celebrating National Day with donations in place of flowers

Amount raised: USD $2,700

In May 2013, the Singapore Embassy visited the Centre for Medical Rehabilitation and COPE centre. They were impressed by what our centre is trying to achieve and during the Embassy’s National Day reception in August 2013, they encouraged their invited guests to donate to COPE instead of sending flowers to the Embassy. Many of their guests responded positively and USD2,700 was raised through their generous donations. The photograph shows the handover ceremony at the Embassy where the Ambassador Ms Kang Siew Kheng handed the cheque to Ms Bounlanh Phayboun, CEO of COPE

Marguerite Garnier, France

Amount raised: USD $2,700

Madame Marguerite Garnier from France celebrated her 95th birthday last year and instead of presents asked her children, grand children, great grand children, nieces and nephews to donate money to COPE. 2035 EUR (2700 USD) was collected and transferred to COPE in January. The photo from the celebration shows Madame Garnier surrounded by her 8 children, 27 grand children and 37 great grand children. 34 nieces and nephews are missing from the photo. Thank you so much to Madame Garnier and your generous family, people like you are vital for ensuring the necessary support for people with disabilities in Laos.