The Odd Bods have had a long association with charity, Ryder-Cheshire, whose activities include looking after the health and welfare of disadvantaged people in India and Timor and we are making a special donation this year.
Friends of the Odd Bods donate $750 each year to help support three students in India, currently Abbas, Asma, and Sarthak. However a recent cyclone in Timor has created an urgent need for further assistance.
This report from the Sydney Morning Herald on 9th April – “A state of calamity has been declared by East Timor, whose foreign minister has been asked to seek international assistance from Australia and others as it bids to recover from catastrophic floods and landslides and confronts an alarming new COVID-19 outbreak. …(following Tropical Cyclone Seroja).”
This is how Ryder-Cheshire describe the need -
KLIBUR DOMIN CYCLONE RELIEF
“The cyclone that hit Timor-Leste and parts of Indonesia, has caused tremendous damage and loss of life. Of particular concern to us is the damage to the Ryder-Cheshire Home, Klibur Domin, at Tibar just west of Dili. Whilst damage to our infrastructure is not severe, many homes of the Klibur Domin employees have been devastated. Please consider donating to our appeal.”
Friends of the Odd Bods have just contributed $500 to the Ryder-Cheshire Cyclone Relief Appeal on behalf of members as we continue to support the work of this organization.
• Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, Baron Cheshire, VC, OM, DSO & Two Bars, DFC (7 September 1917 – 31 July 1992) was a highly decorated Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot and group captain during the Second World War, and a philanthropist.
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