The four Brahmavihara are lovingkindness, compassion, shared joyousness and equanimity

(Cambodia AIDS Project)
Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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Contributions: Brahmavihara/Cambodia AIDS Project is a project of Empty Hand Zen Center. Donations through the center are tax-exempt under US laws. Checks should be made out to Empty Hand Zen Center with the notation that they are for the Cambodia AIDS Project (without this notation they don't reach us but go into center funds). They can be sent to:

Empty Hand Zen Center
45 Lawton Street
New Rochelle, NY 10801

Donations through the website (via PayPal) are also tax-deductible. The Empty Hand Tax Exemption (501 (c)(3)) number is listed in the donations button information. You do not need a PayPal account to donate in this manner; only a credit card is required.

Contributions not requiring require tax-deduction may be made through our Cambodian bank account (ask for details) or directly.

We welcome letters and responses at goldringba@gmail.com

In Gratitude
Beth Goldring
Brahmavihara/Cambodia AIDS Project

Finances: Brahmavihara/Cambodia AIDS Project is funded by dana, freely given assistance, primarily from individuals, and have since our beginning eight years ago. I remain amazed and profoundly grateful for the opprtunity this provides us. Institutional and quasi-institutional donors have included Khane Khane (Samdech Maha Ghosanda’s foundation); Peacefuldwelling; the David G. Lennol Memorial Foundation; Goldman Sachs (employee matching grant); UNFPA (laptop); and the Women’s International Group of Phnom Penh (phone line). We recently received a personal grant for $10,000 to continue and extend our work at Phum Andong. Fireflies, a Buddhist charitable organization in Singapore expressed interest in helping us restore the Chea Chum Neas mortuary. An extremely kind person has also offered to match specifically donated funds up to a total of $6000 under a challenge grant (ask for details). Everything else, for all these years, has come from dharma centers and from individuals. Our financial records are open for inspection by anyone who wishes to see them.

Estimated Budget for 2008:
1. Rent (director pays utilities and part of rent):	$1200/year
2. Telephones and email:	$2000/year
3. Transportation:	$2500/year
4. Salaries (13X each monthly salary including traditional bonuses):
Director: $3900/year Administrator/Assistant: $2900/year Translator/Assistant: $2275/year Translator/Assistant $2275/year Senior Nun: $2275/year Lay Chaplain: $2275/year Lay Chaplain: $1950/year Lay Chaplain: $1950/year Lay Chaplain: $1950/year Salaries Total:	$21,175/year

5. Supplies (estimates based on costs Jan-June 2007): Monkey balm: $2500/year Candy: $350/year Incense, candles: $100/year Buddhas: $25/year Seven-day ceremony money: $50/year Books and photocopying: $50/year Soymilk: $500/year Alcohol, masks, and cotton (for protection): $120/year Mosquito nets, travel, and emergency for Roussey hospital: $800/year Miscellaneous other supplies: $500/year
Supplies Total:	$4995/year

6. Meditation retreat time for staff:	$500/year
7. Director's Cambodian visa:	$300/year
8. Special fund for director's US trip:	$1500/year
9. Direct patient assistance :	$6000/year
10. Patient transportation includes Andong :	$4000/year
11. Miscellaneous, including all emergencies:	$1000/year

TOTAL ESTIMATED BUDGET FOR 2008	$45,170