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The Extended Family of Mr Kite |
Here at Mr Kite
Benefits, we believe that music is a universal language. We
gather around a stage in a room somewhere to hear some great
music. There may be a few of us or a lot of us. Who cares? We
take great pleasure from it. On top of this, we hope that the
money made at the Benefit goes outside that room to help those in
need. Generally, we support local charities or national charities
with local branches. However, many of us have travelled and seen
that there are circumstances outside our normal homes that need
some help. Boy, that's an understatement!
So, we have built up an extended family of friends around the
world that our Benefits will help to support. At the moment, we
are helping to support the Buryi family in Belarus where both the after
effects of Chernobyl and current political upheaval are making
life pretty difficult. We also support children across all the
other continents of the world - well, give or take Australasia.
In Africa, there is a young girl called Nzilani-nduku in Kenya where recent elections
may change life for the better but recent droughts and AIDS are
still major problems. Also, we support a boy called Omar whose Senegalese home is famed
for great music and football but life can still be very hard. In
South America, there is Nidia Lourdes who lives in Ecuador where
nature has provided a land of extremes for her to experience and
we support Luis-felipe in Colombia where human nature
can provide some serious challenges for a young boy. Out in Asia,
we support Hui Liu, a young Chinese girl who will know that
economic growth doesn't hide some tough living conditions for the
locals. Finally, in Thailand, we help to support a boy called Sawai who lives in a country often
regarded as a sun and sand paradise but, then, could you forget
the Tsunami of Boxing Day, 2004, or the coup that followed in
2006?
Please do peruse the pages of our Extended Family to find out more about our friends and where they live.