On Monday 26 July 2021 Forget Me Not hosted our sixth LIVE Zoom for donors and supporters to learn more about how donations are providing emergency relief to children and their families. We have uploaded the conversation here for those of you who couldn’t join us LIVE. 

Andrea Nave (Australia), Anju Pun (Nepal) [at 3:46], Diptesh Singh (India) [at 17:25] and Patrick Ruhweza (Uganda) [at 37:00] gave updates about FMNs ongoing response, predicted priorities and plans for recovery. 

There’s a great deal of pride and thanks for the incredibly hard work happening on the ground to make the world safer and kinder for children and their families. Thanks Herd. We love you!

Please keep asking questions. We love that you’re part of the ongoing conversation about how we can together raise children to be thriving, vibrant and connected to family, community and opportunity.

Your donations really make a huge difference in people’s lives. Thank you. 

You can hear first hand how things are going on the ground, on Monday 26 July 2021 when we host our sixth LIVE Zoom for donors and supporters to learn more about how your donations are providing emergency relief to children and their families.

Please join FMN CEO Andrea Nave in conversation with Forget Me Not’s global leadership team: Anju Pun (Nepal); Diptesh Singh (India); and, Patrick Rhuweza (Uganda).

6.30pm Monday 26 July 2021
via Zoom

Register Here

There are still hundreds of children in Nepal, India and Uganda we are feeding, along with their families and extended families. We can keep helping because you trust us with your donations. Thank you.

We are so proud of our teams on the ground in India, Nepal and Uganda. They have been working around the clock to serve humanity with kindness and making the world safer and more nurturing for children.

The inaugural Forget Me Not Rally for a Reason car rally fundraiser was a fabulous family fun day!

“From all reports and feedback it looks like everyone enjoyed themselves, exploring some great parts of the Sunshine Coast.  We were very impressed with the efforts people took to dress up in their whacky costumes which added to the fun.

We will be putting these funds to immediate use, assisting our families in Nepal, India and Uganda.

On Monday 24 May 2021 Forget Me Not hosted our fifth LIVE Zoom for donors and supporters to learn more about how donations are providing emergency relief to children and their families. We have uploaded the conversation here for those of you who couldn’t join us LIVE. 

Unfortunately Patrick Rhuweza was unable to connect to the internet and join us from Uganda and we didn’t capture the introduction and first few words from FMN Change Agent, Care Leaver Advocate and Social Work Intern Dikshya Thapa in Nepal. Sorry. These things happen. We always try to do our best and ‘take the lesson’.

This was Dikshya’s first gig on RISE and she shared information about the current situation in Nepal from the heart. We have received great feedback from guests commending Dikshya’s professionalism and passion. 

You can drop in on FMN CEO Andrea Nave’s chat with Lakshya Aakriti Foundation Director Diptesh Singh in India [at 4:49] and hear about their ongoing response, predicted priorities and plans for recovery.

Volunteer Campaign Manager Joanne Heath [at 31:25] shares a little about her inspiration for dreaming up ‘Run For Their Life’ and taking on such a huge task in her already stretched schedule. 

Board members, sponsors, donors and supporters are really appreciative of all the hard work happening to make the world safer and kinder for children and their families. Thanks Herd. We love you!

Please keep asking questions. We love that you’re part of the ongoing conversation about how we can together raise children to be thriving, vibrant and connected to family, community and opportunity.

Your donations really make a huge difference in people’s lives. Thank you. 

Your support is making a difference. We have been able to feed families, assist with healthcare and wellbeing, and provide oxygen to loved ones in India, Nepal and Uganda.

You can hear first hand how things are going on the ground, on Monday 24 May 2021 when we host our fifth LIVE Zoom for donors and supporters to learn more about how your donations are providing emergency relief to children and their families.

Please join FMN CEO Andrea Nave in conversation with Forget Me Not’s global leadership team: Anju Pun (Nepal); Diptesh Singh (India); and, Patrick Rhuweza (Uganda).

6.30pm Monday 24 May 2021
via Zoom

Register Here

There are still hundreds of children in Nepal, India and Uganda we are feeding, along with their families and extended families. We can keep helping because you trust us with your donations. Thank you.

We also want to give love and praise to our teams on the ground in India, Nepal and Uganda. They have been incredible, unflappable and unfaltering in their commitment to serve humanity with kindness and making the world safer and more nurturing for children.

It’s time to rally your friends and family to help our brothers and sisters in India, Nepal and Uganda. 

They need our love and support and dollars for food and healthcare now more than ever. Car rally proceeds will help families stay safe and alive during this COVID crisis. The Forget Me Not team are absolutely overwhelmed with the desperation being faced by the children and their families we support in India, Nepal and Uganda.

Tell everyone you know and love to join us on Sunday 20 June for a spectacular family-friendly funday car rally adventure on the Sunshine Coast.

Meet at Ken Mills Toyota on Sugar Road at Maroochydore for your briefing at 8.15am and you will be given a welcome pack with some carefully crafted clues and a map!

Whacky costumes are highly encouraged and there will be plenty of shenanigans along the way to our lunchtime destination. Lunch & a welcome bevvie is included in your ticket price.

• $180 per car incl. lunch & welcome bevvie for 2 people
• $50pp for extra adults in your car & incl. lunch + a drink!
• $15pp for children (incl. kids meal & drink)

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While most of us have been impacted by COVID in some way, our lives are well and truly blessed when compared to the devastation being experienced in Nepal and India.

The Forget Me Not team are absolutely overwhelmed with the desperation being faced by the children and their families we support. 

As the deaths mount in the Kalyanpuri slum in Delhi, orphaned hungry children roam, without a place to sleep, without enough to eat, even unable to access enough wood to burn the bodies of their parents.  

In Nepal, the situation is even more dire with vaccines running short, hospitals overwhelmed and positive testing rates being reported at a horrific 47%. 

The Forget Me Not team have themselves been impacted by death and sickness whilst they battle to save every life they can.

Whilst it sounds like a cliche, every $1 we can raise, does absolutely make a difference.  The one coffee you sacrifice can feed a family for a day. 

We are a registered Australian charity, with very minimal administrative costs ensuring your money gets where it’s needed fast. Donations over $2 are tax deductible.

You can help by purchasing essential items for immediate distribution throughout India and Nepal:

• 30 litres of clean drinking water $5
• Thin foam mattress for emergency bedding $5
• 20 kgs of rice $15
• 60 kgs of firewood for heating, cooking and cremation $20
• Tent for temporary accommodation providing dignity and isolation for the sick and dying $30

Your contribution will make an impact, whether you donate a lot or a little. Everything helps. Thank you for your support.

Our COVID-19 response.

We’ve just opened our doors (& hearts) to 8 children (7-12yo) rescued from an orphanage operating without approval of the Nepal Government, National Child Rights Council and local authorities.

The children have told us they were beaten by the orphanage operator and his son for small mistakes and fed just two meals a day. They were responsible for all of the cleaning and other household chores.

Our family tracing and reintegration team have been working around the clock and discovered all of these children are from the Humla district and have both parents alive and well. The children were recruited through a local teacher and their families paid between 20-100,000 NPR in the hope that education would ensure brighter futures and liberation from poverty.

These little ones are adjusting well and being extremely well cared for at Shakti Ghar (our transit home) while we work at getting them home to family as soon as possible. We’ve conducted health screenings and wellbeing assessments, provided clean clothes and nutritious meals, and have been conducting educational activities so they don’t fall behind.

The children have told us they’d love to visit the zoo – so guess where we’re heading?!

Being separated from family through no fault of your own, and all that goes with that, is traumatic and can have detrimental and ongoing consequences. Our team works so hard to provide the best quality care during this time.

Your donations help us make the transition from orphanage to family a process that is kind and professionally supported with the child’s best interests at the very heart of every decision made. Thank you.

We also work with families and communities so they can understand more clearly the terrible consequences of orphanage trafficking and the lifelong affects institutionalisation has on their beloved children.

Please consider becoming a regular donor and help us get more children out of orphanages and home to their families, where they belong.

On Monday 22 March 2021 Forget Me Not hosted our fourth LIVE Zoom for donors and supporters to learn more about how donations are providing emergency relief to children and their families. We have uploaded the conversation here for those of you who couldn’t join us LIVE. 

You can drop in on FMN CEO Andrea Nave’s chat with Anju Pun in Nepal [at 3:13], Patrick Rhuweza in Uganda [at 12:32], and Diptesh Singh in India [at 22:30] who each gave heartfelt updates about FMNs ongoing response, predicted priorities and plans for recovery.

Please keep asking questions. We love that you’re part of the ongoing conversation about how we can together raise children to be thriving, vibrant and connected to family, community and opportunity.

Your donations really make a huge difference in people’s lives. Thank you. 

“Dear Andrea, our friends at Zonta Club of Caloundra City Inc. & other supporters,

I hope you are doing well.

Miss T’s house is complete at least to a habitable state. It is fitted with doors and windows and final construction finishing done. We would have cemented the floor inside, plaster the walls and work on the veranda but our resources couldn’t enable us to reach that far.

Nevertheless, the house is in a good habitable condition for the family.

Thank you for supporting them, Miss T broke into tears as I showed her the latest photos at her school.”

Patrick Rhuweza
FMN Uganda

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