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Hotelwithheart.com Gives First Donation to Roslin Orphanage of West Timor.
SINGAPORE, 4 March 2011 --- At the Charter Installation of the latest Rotary E-Club of Singapore, Charter President Budi Soerhardi, founder of Roslin Orphanage, together with his wife Peggy received the first donation from Hotelwithheart.com. A cheque amounting to SGD 462.00 was presented by company directors Ms. Helen Yeo and Mr. Raymond Goh.
Budi and Peggy in the late nineties, founded the orphanage after seeing the need to take care of abandoned children affected by war when they visited West Timor to provide relief goods. Capt. Budi Soehardi, a pilot of Singapore Airlines was one of the CNN Heroes for the year 2009.
His selfless and philantrophic work was recognized not just by CNN but many organizations throughout the world.
Hotelwithheart.com, the only online hotel reservation system that donates half of its profits to charity has decided to give all funds going to "No Charity Preference" to Roslin Orphanage for six months starting January 2011.
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About Capt. Budi Soehardi and Roslin Orphanage
Roslin Orphanage was started in 1999 by Budi Soehardi and family during an unplanned trip to the East Timor refugee camps. After multiple trips to the refugee camps, they decided to look after some of the abandoned babies in a rented house at Kupang City. After feeling the need of having their own place, they decided to build an orphanage of their own. It was officially opened by the Province Governor Alexander Piet Tallo in April 6, 2002.