The Amazing Project - Stepping Back to Burma

Dear Friends,

Well, we are blown away by your support of our Year End Campaign. We had donors from all over the world and a very successful campaign. Here is a snapshot of our success:

• We came 3^rd overall in the Year End Competition out of 250 organisation
• We raised a total of $13,522 USD for our Step Back to Burma project
• We doubled our fundraising effort from last year, and doubled the bonus we received – to $1000
• We had the most individual donations of any organsation in the competition (119)
• They haven’t stopped – people are still donating to the campaign!  

We can’t thank you enough for your support of our program during this campaign. The Year End campaign is our major public fundraising drive for the year and an important opportunity for us to raise much needed funds for our tightly run projects. With your generous contributions Step Back to Burma will be able to kick into gear ASAP in 2015.

Your money will go towards:

• Training people from rural Burmese villages to provide prevention education and addiction treatment to their own people
• Addiction education workshops in 20 rural Karen State Villages – often the first time many people have heard of “addiction”
• Providing equipment and supplies for our staff travelling by foot, motorbike and truck to the villages
• Security to ensure the safety of our staff while on the road
• The distribution of locally designed posters informing villages of harmful drugs and addiction, extending our reach past the workshops.

If everything else goes to plan, we should be getting ready to make tracks in the next two months.

This month it was Karen Thanksgiving celebration. Pam went to the ceremony in the camps, and our team members celebrated at various events at home in Mae Sariang. The theme of Karen Thanksgiving is to pay respect and thanks for the year that has been and make wishes and plan for safety and good luck for the year ahead. That is exactly what we are doing. Along with all the Karen people who may be wishing for freedom from addiction this year, DARE Network is wishing to be able to help them.

Thank you for helping us help people struggling with addiction.

Best regards and Happy New Year to each and everyone one of our donors.

DARE Team 

P.S. Our GlobalGiving page will continue to be active, so we apprciate any and all "spreading of the word" you might be inclined to do.