SUNSHINE ACTION

DONATE Donate Online Thank you for considering a donation to Sunshine Action! Both monetary donations and select donation items are welcome. You can make a donation via Give.Asia by clicking the button below. Donate Now Note that Sunshine Action is NOT subverted by the Hong Kong Government or any Government, the Community Chest of HK, or the Lottery Fund of Jockey Club of HK. 100% of Sunshine Action’s funding comes from the general public and corporate donations. On average, 98% of the food, materials and contribution delivered to the final beneficiaries by Sunshine Action are purchased with donated funds, with the remaining 2% being directly donated items. Other Donations Sunshine Action accepts donations in other forms, including bank wire transfer, cheque, and select donation items. Bank Wire Transfer: Payee: Sunshine Action Ltd. HSBC: Account No.: 400-595989-838 Swift: HSBCHKHHHKH Bank I.D.: 400 Beneficiary I.D.: 595989-838 Bank Address: 1 Queen's Road, Central Hong Kong Bank Tel: 2748 8288 Bank of China: Account No.: 012-926 1 -018415-6 Swift: BKCHHKHHXXX Bank I.D.: 012 Branch I.D.: 926 Beneficiary I.D.: 10184156 Bank Address: Head Office 1 Garden Road, Hong Kong Bank Tel: (852)-2826-6888 Cheque: To donate via cheque, please provide a crossed cheque with payee 'SUNSHINE ACTION Ltd.' Please attach the donor’s name, contact telephone and complete address for tax-deductible receipt. Sunshine Action Mailing Address: Room D, 13/F Wing Kin Industrial Building, 4-6 Wing Kin Road, Kwai Chung Donation of Items: At Sunshine Action we welcome enterprises and donors to donate the following items: Food items: White/brown rice, oats, and nuts Canned food with at least 6 months until expiration date Pasta and noodles Cooking oils such as canola, coconut, vegetable, etc. Any form of condiments Juices and other healthy drinks Non-Food Items: Detergent Shampoo and conditioner Face and moisturising cream Toilet paper and tissue Notebooks and general stationery Children and adult clothing (either new or secondhand, in good condition)

PLANT THE PLANET Project Info Plant the Planet plants trees, flowers, and other plants in countries around the world to help combat climate change. To date, Sunshine Action has planted over 322,000 trees, plants, fruit trees and flowers in Hong Kong, Kenya, China, Sri Lanka, Mongolia, Thailand, Nepal, and India. Newly planted trees are sponsored by local farmers and schools. Sunshine Action plants new trees/plants on all charity trips outside of Hong Kong. Sunshine Action is struggling to financially sustain all programs, including the Plant the Planet Program. Your contribution would mean a lot to us. Donate now! History of Plant the Planet Plant the Planet began in 2010 as a way of fighting climate change during Sunshine Action's charity trips. New trees were planted on charity trips to countries outside of Hong Kong. Approximately 280,000 of these trees are in Mongolia and China. Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, Plant the Planet has been suspended since the beginning of the pandemic. However, once travel restrictions are lifted, the program will resume normal activities. Why is Plant the Planet Important? Did you know that an area of rainforest the size of a football field is being destroyed every second? Tropical forests cover 23% of the Earth’s land surface but are disappearing at a rate of 4.6 million hectares per year. Trees are crucial to absorbing carbon dioxide and producing the oxygen that helps sustain humanity. They reduced the greenhouse effect by shading our homes and office buildings, and help maintain the environment by preventing soil erosion, maintaining local rainfall patterns, and maintaining populations of plants, animals, and insects. Planting trees is one of the cheapest and most effective ways of drawing excess carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere. Fast Facts according to UN Environmental Program: Three-quarters of the world's people rely on wood as their main source of energy. On average, each American uses more than 600 pounds of paper and almost 200 board feet of timber per year A single mature tree can absorb carbon dioxide at a rate of 22.7 kg/year (48 lbs) and release enough oxygen back into the atmosphere to support 2 human beings. One acre of trees annually consumes the amount of carbon dioxide equivalent to that produced by driving an average car for 41,483km (26,000 miles). That same acre of trees also produces enough oxygen for 18 people to breathe for a year.

MYANMAR Intro Four Sunshine Action volunteers went to Yangon & Mae Sot, distributing over 30 tones of food & material through the following several organizations including the Burmese Migrant Worker's Education Committee, Eyes to Burma for the dump site, Boddha Ditta Nun Vihara, Mangalar Parahita Youth Development Center, Tikha Rama nun Vihara,Happy Heaven Humanitarian Project for HIV/AIDS orphans, Mayan Chaung Leprosy village and the Social Action for Women. In this trip, we also sponsored tuition fee for teachers, solar light, shoes, and many more, estimated to benefit over 2'316 people directly Our focus is to ensure that as many children and young people as possible have access to a quality education which enriches their lives now, and opens opportunities for them either back in Myanmar, in Thailand or further afield. At the moment we oversee education for approximately 3'500 children in 25 learning centres. Living on Landfill Eyes to Burma is truly fortunate that Australian filmmaker, Helen Newman of Nomad Films, visited the Mae Sot garbage dump and was so moved by what she saw that she made a short documentary. She recently sent a link to the film, and said: "Finally I am able to share the film created from my time on a Thai rubbish dump with Burmese refugees and the wonderful Fred Stockwell from Eyes to Burma. I met so many inspiring, powerful and positive people during this shoot and was reminded again both of the incredible strength of the human spirit and how much difference one person can make." We met Fred Stockwell, a wonderful man of 70 years old alone taking care of hundreds of people in the dump site of Mae Sot, Thailand. A garbage dump outside of Mae Sot, Thailand, is home to a group of Burmese people who have been displaced by armed conflicts in Burma. They are unable to return to their country where many of their villages have been destroyed and are unable to gain legal refugee status in Thailand; thus, their options are very limited. Those living in the Mae Sot Dump, even the children, earn a meager living by picking recyclable plastic from piles of garbage.