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October- On 4 October Margriets Better World was launched, a project for women with driveand commitment for charity. The Foundation will participate for a year in this project.- On 10 October was the election for the Transparency Award, for the charity projectwith the most transparent annual report. The Foundation was one of the institutionsto receive a special nomination because it proved that a young organisation is alsoable to present a transparent annual report. We achieved a fourth place on the list ofparticipants.- 31 Perches have been (virtually) sold.- The YouTube film of the Foundation was announced “Best Film” and was awardedwith a cheque of € 500.November- The local staff in Somawathi holds 65 people and all is well and according to planand expectations.- In the webshop new greeting cards are being offered. These cards contain drawingsmade by the children.- Preparations have started for the fundraising concert to be held in December. Manyvolunteers are busy with selling tickets, decorations technical matters and findingsponsors.- Mrs Rita Verdonk, former Minister in The Netherlands, visits Somawathi HollandHouse of Hope. She is one of the first sponsors of the project. She puts the firststone for the construction of the new pavilions and reveals a plaque at the Nursery.December- The monthly distribution of the newsletter is 6,000.- Somawathi houses 89 in-home children and 114 out-home children.- Very special for some boys is their visit to the big cricket match that was played inthe new stadium in Galle. The old one was destroyed by the tsunami.- The construction of pavilions 12, 13 and 14 is in progress and the deadline of theend of January will be reached.- Many activities in the country raise thousands of Euros.- 26 December: three years ago the tsunami struck.- On 30 December the fundraising concert takes place in a fully decorated church inLeiden. The lottery and auction raise € 92,500. Many celebrities and artists did awonderful performance.12