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Welcome to Volume 3, Issue 1 of OnBoard, SurfAid International's eNewsletter.
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KATIET CENTRE – Cooking and nutrition class a big success
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SurfAid Community Facilitor Wati held a cooking and nutrition class for Care Group mothers from the hamlets (dusun) of Mongan Bosua, Katiet and Sao in April.
About 20 mothers attended the day-long workshop which incorporated a range of activities at the Quiksilver SurfAid Community Health Training Centre.
The mothers collected a variety of locally available, healthy food and, under the guidance and instruction of Wati, they prepared three different types of meals that would be ideal for pregnant mothers, babies under 12 months and infants under five.
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International Board Visits The Mentawai To Review Programs and Direction
SurfAid’s International Board (IB) held its annual field meeting in the Mentawai Islands in March, reviewing the programs and setting the future course of the organization, which is now eight years old.
International Board and staff with Pukarayat Care Group. Photo: Kirk Willcox/SAI
Board members Steve Hathaway (chairman), Ray Wilson, Harry Hodge and Paul Riehle were all able to make the trip while Santiago Aguerre unfortunately had to make a last-minute withdrawal due to illness. All donate their time voluntarily to SurfAid.
Senior management staff in attendance included CEO Dr Dave Jenkins, who also sits on the International Board, Chief Operations Officer Andrew Judge, Program Director Alan Rogerson and Country Director Bart Rombaut.
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AusAID Reviews E-Prep Program in the Mentawai and Nias
The Wakil Bupati (Vice Regent) of the Mentawai, Yudas Sabaggalet, at the inauguration and first test run of the new radio station, Radio Sasaraina, in Tua Pejat which is now broadcasting E-Prep programs. Photo: Kirk Willcox/SAI
In late April/early May, a team from AusAID – the Australian Government’s Agency for International Development – conducted a mid-program review of SurfAid’s three-year, $3.15 million Emergency Preparedness (E-Prep) Program in the Mentawai and Nias islands that AusAID funds as part of the Australia-Indonesia Partnership.
The E-Prep program, which targets 55 coastal villages (22 villages in the Mentawai Islands and 33 villages in Nias), began in October 2006 and focuses on three objectives:1) Raising community awareness
2) Building the capacity of the community and developing contingency plans; and
3) Disaster mitigation.
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Staff Profile – Mona Lisa in the Mentawai
E-Prep staff member Mona Lisa, left, performed in a traditional Mentawai dancing exhibition in the village of Tiop, on the island of Siberut Selatan, during a ceremony on the AusAID program review visit in April. Photo: Kirk Willcox / SAI
SurfAid has its own Mona Lisa and she’s just as valuable to the team as the more famous one hanging on a wall in the Paris Louvre.
Our Mona Lisa, 25, has been part of the E-Prep Program team in the Mentawai Islands since June 2007.
Born on the northernmost Mentawai island of Siberut, Mona Lisa lives in Katurei village in South Siberut and she works in the hamlets of Tiop and Sarausau.
She is one of 12 dedicated E-Prep Community Facilitators who live together with the target communities, speaking the dialect and understanding the local culture and customs.
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E-Prep Community Facilitator Mona Lisa became seriously ill in the field in June and contracted the two types of malaria found in the Mentawai – plasmodium falciparum and plasmodium vivax. Another E-Prep CF, Yimi, also contracted plasmodium falciparum which, without treatment, can be fatal. Both were rushed by SurfAid’s fast boat, Sibex, from Tua Pejat to Padang, a 150km trip across the strait, on Friday 20 June, where they were met by ambulance, which rushed them to hospital in Padang. After treatment, Mona Lisa was able to leave hospital three days later and doctors advised home rest for five days. Yimi also recovered quickly and both staff are now back in the field. The illnesses highlight the dangers for our staff working in the field. Since the pair became ill, there have been reports of further cases of malaria in Mappadegat village, near Tua Pejat.
Help Jackson English cross the Molokai Channel for SurfAid
Australian paddleboarder Jackson English will be racing in the Quiksilver Edition Molokai to Oahu Paddleboard Race on 27 July to help raise money and create further awareness of SurfAid International’s work in the Mentawai and Nias islands. Jackson, 33, a frustrated surfer who resides in Singapore and has helped co-ordinate fundraising events that have raised more than $150,000 for SurfAid International, is looking forward to getting back on his paddleboard and “surfing” across one of the roughest stretches of ocean in the world. “I haven’t competed in this event since 2003 and I’m really looking forward to catching up with old friends and raising awareness for the outstanding work that SurfAid does in the islands,” he said. “And I’d like to thank my events supporters - Quiksilver, Joe Bark Paddleboards, Kaenon Polarised and K2 Engineering.” You can help Jackson get across the Molokai Channel by making an online donation on the www.surfaidinternational.org website. Please write “Jackson” in the additional information box so we know it’s for his paddle.
Jackson English with a very serious piece of paddling equipment. He means business!
Save the Date: Liquid Nation 5 September 5, 2008
In the last five years, this event has become one of the surf industry’s can’t-miss events and a guaranteed sell-out! This year is especially significant for SurfAid International since our own Dr. Dave Jenkins will be honored with SIMA’s Humanitarian of the Year Award. Join friends, surf industry legends and surf stars at the ocean-front home of Fernando and Vicky Aguerre for an amazing night of dancing, live music, great food, open bar and a short live auction of a unique collection of one-of-a-kind items to benefit 13 surf-related humanitarian organizations.
Save the Date: Fashion Show August 28, 2008 Join us for Hard Rockin’ the Runway, a fashion show downtown at the Hard Rock Hotel. Take Thursday night off from the everyday and go downtown for a cause. Support SurfAid International while taking in the city view, the incredible fashion, and maybe a couple cocktails. The night starts at 8 and will be held by the amazing Hard Rock pool. Proceeds are going to SurfAid International and everyone gets to have a rockin’ time. Details to follow in the coming weeks.
Liquid Nation is your chance to hang with the stars and legends of the surfing community.
Watermans Sunscreen Gets On Board!
SurfAid is pleased to announce that Watermans Sunscreen is a new corporate sponsor of SurfAid's efforts.
Macon Brock owner and president, a supporter of SurfAid's for years, had this so say: "Watermans is proud to provide the most effective sunscreen on the market for heavy water use. I love and support what Surf Aid is doing, because I feel they are doing it for the same honest reasons and really reaching out and helping people. Partnering with SurfAid seemed only natural and, along with financial contributions, Watermans is proud to bring awareness to the cause by featuring the SurfAid logo on our website, advertising, and packaging"
Visit their website at www.watermansappliedscience.com for more information.
Fundraising Highlights:
FCS Strings for Charity Hits Stores
The FCS Strings for Charity are a high quality functional leash string of which 100% of FCS profits go to SurfAid.
+ Available at over 70 Surf Shops! Follow this link to see where. Special Thanks to:
United World College of SE Asia Raises S$55,000 for SurfAid
Dr Dave Jenkins accepting a chwque from students at United World College of SE Asia.
Dr Dave Jenkins accepting a chwque from students at United World College of SE Asia.
The students of the United World College of SE Asia in Singapore presented a S$55,000 cheque to SurfAid International CEO Dr Dave Jenkins in June. The students raised the money for SurfAid with their 24-Hour Swim Challenge three months ago. SurfAid CEO Dr Dave Jenkins said that his trip to the United World College was “truly an inspiring activity”. “I can feel the spirit is high there,” Dr Jenkins said. “The teachers are committed to providing great leadership and the result is the children have come together and raised a total of S$150,000 for SurfAid in the last three years. “All of this was only possible because of the management and skill of Jackson English, whose untiring volunteer work has mobilized the school into joint action. It’s an extraordinary effort that sets an example of what people can do when they come together in purpose, so thank you very much to all involved.”
ZimZala event in New Jersey a great success!
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On June 5th 2008, New Jersey held its biggest art and music surf charity event, Zimzala, in support of SurfAid International. The event was founded and co-hosted by Okoto Apparel, Jay Alders Fine Art and Photography and Sun Dreams Productions. OKOTO Apparel, a grassroots company based out of Zimzala, held at The Headliner in Musical performances included the East Coast favorites Shoreline, Ted Hammock and Echo Movement with the headlining performance by North Shore legend, Paula Fuga. Starbucks provided a free coffee and frappuccino bar and Surf Taco, a With over a hundred items up for auction, only a few remain, as they were donated back from the winners to help further support the cause. These items will be going online for auction, and when the bids close, Zimzala will have raised approximately $9,000 for SurfAid International.
Swim 4 Life Wrap-up
New and long-time supporters of SurfAid stepped up in a huge way for SurfAid in our second annual Swim 4 Life West Coast. Besides jumping in the pool and swimming some laps our participants reached out to friends and family for sponsorships of their efforts for a total of over $70,000 in donations to SurfAid’s programs!
SurfAid swimmers in San Francisco were treated to great weather and great food from Rubio's.
The money raised is enough to power a year of SurfAid’s Community-Based Health Program in over 5 of the 22 SurfAid target communities of the
We’re thrilled with the results and would like to extend a special thanks to everyone involved for raising awareness of the need to help the less-fortunate conquer dangerous global health issues.
Thanks to all of our swimmers! Our top 25 fundraisers were:
GFH Boards won the Team relay race in San Diego and it's no surprise considering one of their team members trained for the Olympics. Can you tell which one?
Joe Wirht
Paul Riehle
Milton Fiala Jr.
Laurentius Harrer
Bill Bonnefil
Tanya Maslach
Ana Amaya
Lianne Milton
Kathleen Egan
Brian Pickett
Sara Kong
Angela Vance
Garrett Hurley
Amelia Eastman
Russ Winslow
Cynthia Krueger
Jess Cramp
Jenna Bush
Glen Oross
Mike Digger Durgerian
Ramsey Ayloush
Penelope Russ
BreAnne Custodio
Aida Welch
Thanks to the 4 locations that hosted the event!
GFH Board's Garrett Hurley brought out the family, as did many swimmers.
Thanks to all of our teams and team captains! The top 5 fundraising teams were:
Surf Addict
Team Riehle
Dog Paddle
LLS Allstars
Thx to the committee of volunteers that helped make this happen!
Whitney Graves
Nadia Ayloush
Sara Templeton
Doug Darroch
Josh Montgomery
Kris Hahn
Thx to our sponsors!
Next year, sponsors & interested committee volunteers should get in touch now by emailing Elizabeth Ritter at usa@surfaidinternational.org
Sliding Thank you to Big Red Productions and Keiko Beatie for hosting the movie premiere Sliding Liberia at the La Paloma Theatre in Encinitas on April 11th and
Duke's in
Thank you to Duke’s in
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As Always, Special Thanks to Our Corporate Sponsors:
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