Letter from Indonesia, 01 Jan 2005:

Your Reply is make us happy and support us.
that is we need and thanks again for the web site.
but the best way is suport the NGO in your place is the best way .
thanks again, sari madjid & Tinton.

Letter of Sari Majid from Indonesia, 31 Dec 2004:

Dear all my kite flyers family,

The wind make us happy, but also the wind can make some trouble.
Now I work to fund raise for the Aceh with Indonesia Kite Foundation, we try to help them estafet.
The problem is many food and cloth and water, but we can not distributed because the access is difficult.
with Indonesia Kite Foundation we try to make estafet with the other NGO, goverment and all the private company, to recovery Aceh and we know it's take time a year or more.

If you can help us you can send anything (Cloth, Medicine , etc ) to :
Yayasan Masyarakat Layang-layang Indonesia (Indonesian Kite Foundation)
Jl. Setiabudi barat No.4
Jakarta 12910
Indonesia

or

if you want donated money to :
acc no 0350821597 Central asia Bank Sudirman - Sari Sabda Bhakti Madjid
or
acc no. 0350726071 Central Asia Bank Sudirman - Tinton Prianggoro

acc no . 008-01-94091-12-5 Niaga Bank Thamrin - Sari Sabda Bakti Madjid

all of the donated we can report every week and also please tell us if you sent something for us to know.

Thankyou for your participation and also your support for all of the world.

Flying for peace,
Sari Madjid
legong [ le-gong@centrin.net.id ]

France:
Dear friends, Following the catastrophe which has occurred in Asia and, by request of Mr LEVEAU, Deputy and mayor of the town of DIEPPE, the association "Dieppe Capital of Kite" decided to be used as relay with the financial assistance to the disaster victims, via the various foundations or local associations, having relations with kitefliers known of "Dieppe Capital of Kite", touched by the seism.
With this intention, an independent currant account will be especially opened with the "Caisse d'Epargne" BANK of DIEPPE, in the name of "Cerf-Volant Solidarité Asie" (Kite Asia Solidarity). This account will be closed as of the end of the operation. Movements of capital, will take place under the control of Master Arrivé, bailiff in Dieppe.
Bank transfer to : "Cerfs-Volants Solidarité Asie"
Bank : Caisse d'Epargne haute-Normandie Rouen# 16 rue Asseline - 76200 Dieppe - FRANCE
c/Etab : 17695 c/guichet : 00900 n° compte : 04043043963 c/rice : 40#
IBAN / FR76 1769 5009 0004 0430 4396 340 BIC : CEPA FRPP 769
For any further information : infos@dieppe-cerf-volant.org
We thank you in advance for your generosity. The team of the Festival.

India / Sri Lanka:
[from "the hindu news" 12 jan 2005]
Phoenix rises from ashes in kite show
Khambhat, Gujarat, Jan 12 (UNI): Among hundreds of colourful kites that soared in the sky, one seemed to steal the show in this coastal town today -- a Sri Lankan kite with an image of the mythological bird Phoenix rising from its ashes.
The kite was released into the air at the International Kite Festival of Gujarat by a four-member team from the Tsunami-battered island nation. The team, led by Devsiri Fernandes, came here an behalf of the Pan Lanka Kite Flyers Association. Mr Fernandes told UNI that he was 10 km from Colombo, in his home town of Mortuwa, when the tidal waves smashed the coast. Mr Fernandes, who volunteered as a relief worker at a church near his home, said, "My nation suffers, and so do I."
He said he had committed himself to the organisers three months ago to participate in the Festival. His associates -- Manno, Irank and Buddhim -- also came for the same reason. They were surprised at the "Indian style kite-fighting". "We fly kites just to show our skills," said Mr Fernandes.

India:
[from "express india " 12 jan 2005]
Tsunami shadow - Kite festival gets off to flying start.
When Indonesian James Kekenusa made his travel plans for the International Kite Festival that got off to a flying start in Ahmedabad today, he had two other enthusiasts from the Jakarta Kite-Fliers Association for company. But the killer wave that hit South Asia washed away these plans. Today, Kekenusa stands alone at the Indonesia stall surrounded by colourful kites. ‘‘My colleagues had to pull out. One of them who is the vice-president of the club, Rony Ibrahim, lost 40 relatives in the tsunami. So many of our people have died and many others are busy with relief work. It is very sad but life cannot stop. It has to move on,’’ says Kekenusa, trying to put a brave face on the tragedy. Of the seven kite festivals across Indonesia, he likened the one in Gujarat to the Bali International Kite Festival where people — majority of them Hindu — fly kites for the Gods. ‘‘The festival here has quite the same spirit,’’ says Kekenusa, who stays in Jakarta, two hours from the tsunami-hit area.

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