COMPLETED IN 2009
Myanmar
We were once again able to provide for the housing for the local MaMa's Hope Haven Orphanage / Group Home which was established several years ago by our very good friend Ms. Rachel Trovi, with whom we have worked for years in the Philippines. The 24 Children and 4 adults living there now have a very clean and safe enviornment through at least August 2010.
WELCOME.... you are visitor number...
Watch The Knightsbridge International Team in Action by clicking on the poster below...
Adrian Belic's multi award winning documentary " Beyond the Call..."
Modern Day Knights
The CBS EARLY SHOW 2007-2008
Photos taken at the Hotel Montana site in Haiti January thru March 2010
Where SunEnergy Power International, Co-founder, our good friend and longtime KI Team Member, Sir Walt Ratterman lost his life while serving those in need on Jan 12, 2010
Improvised Kitchens
Provide us with our meals...
Many of us sleep on the bare floors in schools and other government buildings....
Life was never easy but...this is our home and
Now we have to flee for our very lives...
With little or nothing...
Sometimes with only what we can carry...
On a more personal note....
On Thursday Oct 1st, I had my third heart attack since 2004 and will be having a heart cath and possible additional angioplastys tomorrow morning. UPDATES to this Blog and responses to your emails will be slower for only as long as it takes for me to recover. Thanks for your kind words, thoughts, prayers and continued support of our various missions. Ed Artis - A Knight Errant , Manila, Philippines
And furthermore
I am counting on this game of Life that I have been playing for the past 64 years to not end up being a Three Strikes and You're Oout kinda game...Thanks for the flowers John and Maggie from Flutes Across the World, Ojai, California and my very dear friends, The Mavrovich Family from New York...10/02/09
From my Room at The Philippine Heart Center
PRE OP 0630 Hrs 10/06/09 More Later
Hi Ho Hi Ho it's back to work I go...
I had my 3rd angiogram yesterday and the results show that two of my three stents are failing but only to a 50 % level so far and the US Department of Veterans Affairs ( The VA ) will not authorize replacing them until they have failed to at least 70 % so..It is back to work for me until my next heart attack, that would be # 4 if anyone is counting. A good thing too as I am far too busy to die just yet. IF YOU DOUBLE CLICK ON THE POSTER SHOWN ABOVE you will be able to find out more about some of our other humanitarian projects...Thank you for your support and encouragement over the years. This has truly been a TEAM EFFORT............ Ed Artis, A Knight Errant, Manila ....10/07/09
8th Annual Daniel Pearl World Music Days " Harmony for Humanity " October 1st thru 31st
Brought to you from The Republic of the Philippines by the Hard Rock Cafe-Makati in Association with Knightsbridge International
The areas hit by Tropical Storm Ondoy
Death and Destruction in the Philippines
Buildings were knocked off their foundations
and entire neighboorhoods were wiped out
Flooding forced many to the roof tops
The ground floor in thousands of homes flooded
Few could survive the flash floods
Cars were stacked like children's toys
stood on end and rammed into buildings.
Some managed to get to safety
Some climbed or were pulled to safety
Even climbing up to the telephone wires
Countless thousands were rescued
Hospitals were flooded and patients evacuated.
Tens of Thousands lost everything...
Homes, family...
And not all survived
As the clean up begins the Death Toll continues to rise as more and more bodies are found with 750 known to have perished and 300,000 forced to flee their homes and seek shelter in schools, churches and other facilities as of 10/12/09
Operation Smile Mission to Tawi Tawi 09/23 thru 09/26 The Team's Spl Chartered SeaAir Flight
From Zambo to Tawi2 Courtesy of the Governor
This Team is so ready to fly....
The Team's Home away from Home in Bongao,
Dinner with the Governor 09/23/09
Pre Op
Post Op
Pre Op
Post Op
The Smiles say it all
09/24/09 BEFORE
09/25/09 AFTER
Recoginition for Humanitarian Efforts
Certificate of Appreciation Sept. 2009
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Certificate of Appreciation May 2009
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Certificate of Appreciation May 2009
KI Office in Yangon, Myanmar # 1
KI Office in Yangon, Myanmar # 2
Area hit by Cyclone Nagis
Map of Myanmar the areas shown in RED are those which were most affected by the Cyclone
