The 2nd PC4KIDS of SIVA4KIDS Foundation has started succesfully on the beginning of the year 2008. The PC4KIDS project, contains 40 PC’s and accessories, which were donated last year (29th of October) by ROC Amsterdam ICT department. As you already could read in our newsletter, we were looking for sponsors to support this 2nd PC4KIDS project of SIVA4KIDS.org and thanks to the Scandinavian Expat recruitment company “Scandi-jobs.com”, the 40PC’s are now sent to destination, Paramaribo, Suriname.

The board of SIVA4KIDS Foundation would like to thank our main sponsor the Scandinavian Expat Recruitment Company¬†Scandi-jobs.com for donating the half of the shipping cost and the other half for the graphich school’s Director Robert Peneux of Avond IMEAO / Avond HAVO / Middag IMEAO / MHAS, who¬†are very happy and eagered to support financially and implement this project as soon as the goods arrives to Paramaribo, Suriname.

We also would like to thank the Amsterdam Suriname Service Line for the kind support on picking/packing/shipping the computers&the accessories with big care and very safty.
“We are very happy to contribute in this way to support a good cause in our mother land” said a worker at SSL Amsterdam, while packing the goods very carefully.

Through the 2nd PC4KIDS project which will benefit more then 1000 kids in Avond IMEAO / Avond HAVO / Middag IMEAO / MHAS in Paramaribo, Suriname, South America, we at SIVA4KIDS Foundation wishing the Director Robert Peunex of the / Avond HAVO / Middag IMEAO / MHAS a succesful start on this project and will keep supporting this school, through SIVA4KIDS volunteer in Suriname and other study materials in the future.

This will be the 2nd PC4KIDS project, which is supported by ROC Amsterdam ICT department this year. The 40 PC’s are to support a school, where more then 1000 students will get benefit from this co-operation between ROC Amsterdam, SIVA4KIDS Foundation and the school in Paramaribo, Suriname.

SIVA4KIDS Foundation is in search of companies, which are willing to sponsor the¬†shipping-cost of these 40 PC’s to Paramaribo. If you are a company and you will like to support this project please email us at for how you can contribute to help 1000 students in South America.info@siva4kids.org

On the 28th of January 2007 ROC Amsterdam ICT dept. of the school donated 10 PCs (+accessories) and 1 printer (View Gallery) for an upcoming ICT project in Paramaribo, Suriname. This PC4KIDS Project would be the first one of 3 PC4KIDS Projects of SIVA4KIDS.org in South America where a similar project is also in plan to be realized in Colombia for 642 children by  the support of a global ICT Company, which is also located in Amsterdam. The SIVA4KIDS foundation has realized similar projects for tsunami affected school children in Sri Lanka (2005) and in India (2006).

The PC4KIDS Project in Suriname is planned to be realized in coming June 2007. This is a very unique project since the project coordinator is not only a volunteer of SIVA4KIDS.org but also the ICT Teacher of the ROC Amsterdam School and the same volunteer went to the same basic school in Paramaribo during his childhood. Therefore the foundation is very enthusiastic about announcing another optimistic project which is coordinated by the Dutch Hindustan ICT teacher, Ashok Joerawan, who was born in Suriname. Siva for Kids Foundation is responsible for the transportation and monitoring of the progress of this project, which we expect to support the ICT development of the 196 children in the basic school in Paramaribo.

We are also very proud to announce when this project has been completed then SIVA4KIDS.org will be reaching a unique target of helping 1.000 children in 2 continents (Asia and South America) and 3 different third world countries like India, Sri Lanka and Suriname. All this was possible only because of the hardwork and positive actions from our volunteers and sponsors so far.

SIVA4KIDS.org is hoping to find companies which will be interested in supporting and sponsoring this project  in order to help the children of Suriname in Summer. If you are interested in joining this project as a volunteer, support or sponsoring this project, please email: info@siva4kids.org for more details. Thank you very much.

Aim:
Siva for Kids Foundation’s aim through this project called PC4KIDS Kotapuli is to provide educational facilities to the kids (youth) through used computers to the tsunami affected¬† girls, youths and children and get them employment.¬†This¬†village called Kotapuli was damaged by tsunami disaster on the¬†dec. 26th 2004. This project provide in trainning the girls and boys¬†computer and¬† help them to start some business from their home. The need of the 20 Computers is to educate the youths and girls on computer training on 6 months and diploma course and prevent them from being child Labuor, bonded labour, uneducated also save the girls from sexual harassment and make their life better.

How will this project be realized?
The project should be realized as a Community project of Kootapuli as well as deprived poor people of Tamilnadu. The Community organization is formed in the name of Human Education and Liberation for Poor for establish this training center in accordance and democracy with rural people as per desired

Who will benefiet from this project?
The Children, Girls and Youths of the Tsunami affected areas such as Kotapuli, Perumanal and near by affected villages of Tirunelveli District, Tamilnadu, South India. They are based on fishing. They are fishing Community. All the other poor students who are not affected by Tsunami will  be also benefited by this project without any cost, creed, religious, gender, origin, etc.

Development plan
The educational facilities has been requested by local community themself. It is not something Siva for Kids Foundation has pushed – the ownership & location for the trainning centre is locally founded. The donation is a small one-off donation which will ensure a good environment for learning and progress for the children.

As you already have read about the Project PC4KIDS of SIVA4KIDS Foundation, which is to use computer facilities as one of the tools to educate youth and kids in the rural areas in third world countries. Therefore we want to announce that SIVA4KIDS.org starts her first project PC4KIDS for a fisher men village in India, which was badly affected by tsunami.

More about this project and pictures will be updated soon. Meanwhile you are welcome to view the pictures of this tsunami affected¬†village called “Kotapuli” in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu.