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Orkney Helping Hands
We would like to thank EVERYONE who donated to Orkney Helping Hands over the years. It is with great regret that we close the charity but we feel the time is right following the return of our volunteer to Orkney. Your cash has helped many children and their families, in the poorest areas of Cochabamba in South America. The remaining funds in our accounts have been divided up between projects and charities that we have dealt with in the past, in particular Ninos Con Valor, Performing Life and Operation Harvest. We are very proud of the charities achievements. Should you wish to donate directly to the any of the projects that we have supported, please contact Barbara on 01856 851052 and we can give you contact details to make the donation direct. OHH no longer receives donations and offically closes at the end of March 2012.
"Furthering the health, well-being and protection of children and families in Latin America" Orkney Helping Hands (OHH) is a Registered Charity set up by Barbara McVean, responding to the many donations given to send on to her daughter Barbara Ann McVean, who has been living and working in Bolivia, South America since 2005. Currently she is in Orkney fundraising for both OHH and raising sponsors for herself. OHH has six Committee Members, who live locally (OHH was registered 13th December 2006 - SCO37666). Committee members work voluntarily to run the charity and raise cash to send to Barbara Ann. Barbara Ann sources projects in Cochabamba and other areas in Bolivia and manages each project from beginning to end to ensure that the money donated is spent carefully. Barbara Ann is unpaid and her day to day living expenses are paid for by separate sponsors. OHH fund Barbara Ann's annual insurance policy payment, and we have also purchased a camera and a laptop to allow her to take photographs of the different projects and to communicate with us. As we have very little running costs, most of the money OHH raises goes straight to where it is needed most - worthwhile causes. For further information about OHH or for a copy of OHH's Constitution please contact Barbara McVean at 22 Grieveship Brae, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3BG. Or contact Barbara on 01856 851052 or email at orkneyhelpinghands@hotmail.co.uk To make a donation, large or small, please click on "Make A Donation". Every penny counts! Thank you for taking time to read about Orkney Helping Hands. ABOUT BARBARA ANN
Barbara Ann was born in 1981 and grew up in Stromness, Orkney. At the age of 17 she saved up to go to Borneo, Malaysia where she spent one year as a volounteer worker at an orphanage. Having always loved children and because she enjoyed her time so much in Malaysia, Barbara Ann came back to Orkney to save up again, with a view to doing similiar work somewhere different. This time she went to Guatemala, Central America, where she spent two years working voluntarily at an orphanage called Casa Bernabe. After Guatemala, Barbara Ann came back to Orkney to save up again and returned this time to South America. After working for one year with children in an orphanage and one and half years sourcing projects for OHH, she fell in love with the area, the people and the culture. Barbara Ann now considers Cochabamba, Bolivia to be her second home. As well as working for OHH independent projects, Barbara Ann also works closely with local charity Ninos Con Valor - translated as "Children Of Worth" (click here for more info). This charity has vast experience working with street children/young people and has links with local childrens social services. OHH has given financial assistance to projects supported by Ninos Con Valor in the past and we plan to consider assisting future projects. If you would like to make a donation to Ninos Con Valor, you can do so through OHH - if you donate by cheque, please write "NCV" on the back of the cheque. If you donate online, please email OHH to advise that you wish for the money to go to Ninos Con Valor. See Barbara Ann's Newsletter for updates on how she is getting on, in Bolivia. See Achievements So Far for projects OHH has helped in the past and see Current Projects for projects we are working on and projects in the pipeline.
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