Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 21:53:35 -0400

To: jeremy <96s0908@njc.edu.sg>

Subject: Re: How can I help?

August 23, 1997

Dear Jeremy,

I was very moved to receive your kind message. The people, particularly children and the elderly, are undergoing severe suffering at this time with a

grave food shortage that is affecting particularly children and the elderly. The only effective way to help them is to ship food, medicine, infant formula powdered milk and medical equipment there--and to monitor the distribution. Therefore I am continuing my campaign to receive donations large and small to assist in this effort and show the suffering people there that we care.

If you are able to hold some event or get your friends to contribute even $1 each, it will make a difference. We will list your contributions on our Home Page, if you are able to conduct such a campaign and add the names of any contributors and amounts contributed (even small) if you will provide it. This list is seen by millions of people around the world, including some people from North Korea, and will remain on the Web forever.

God bless you for having such a kind heart.

Warmest regards,

Bernard Krisher

.............................. You wrote ........................

>Dear Bernie,

>I am a student in singapore and I'm 18. I have seen the situation in North Korea and the starvation the victims of the famine suffer and the pictures are absolutely terrfying and I want to help them. I feel the need to be avle to reach out to feed the hungry and clothe the poor. I am a Catholic and I fully understand Jesus' call to reach out to those who need us. I know I can help but is there any way you can suggest I could help them directly or indirectly?

>One way I can help is to have a project in school to help raise funds. Such fund-raising projects are quite common in school and this is entirely feasible. The total amounts often amount to about $2000 or more depending on the response.

>I feel that we in Singapore are so fortunate we often tend to forget about the rest of the world. Perhaps it's time we can do something together and why not let it start with myself? I have seen the quantity of food that goes wasted each day in school at the canteen, $2.00 worth of rice or noodles are barely eaten and placed at the removal bins. Meanwhile I see in the papers that the average family of three in North Korea is having 450g of rice for the day. We can surely afford to forego a meal and sacrifice it for the starving in another part of the world.

>I do wish to help.

>Please advice me on how I can do this.

>Yours sincerely,

>Jeremy Choong