Please
‘Please’ is a campaign to help people with disabilities in the Maldives.
These children and young adults do not have sufficient services available to them. They are treated at best as second-class citizens and we aim to create awareness amongst the general public and raise funds for CDC (children development center) in Care Society. We need your support to successfully manage this and in turn help kids who are in such situations. Please, Help!
Under the ‘ Please’ campaign we have organised a Read-a-thon in all the school in Male’, Villingili and Hulhumale’. ‘Read-a-thon for charity’ commenced on 13th of September 2009. Students of all participating school are given the opportunity to raise funds to help people with disabilities at CDC, by reading books. Parents are going to sponsor their child to read books. They are going to donate MRF 3.00 to every book the child reads over the following two weeks.
Please campaign is also centered around raising awareness about people with disabilities in the Maldives. Five documentaries are being produced depicting the hopes, dreams and every day lives of five different children with different disabilities.
Further more, a MUSIC show will be held on the 1st of October 2009, to emphasize the importance of this campaign. Helping people with disabilities is not only their families’ responsibility. It is our responsibility as a nation. Through this campaign we hope to mediate away for people to learn about these disabilities and help them via donations.
So far, the bands confirmed to perform for this cause are,
Shiuz
Fa’thu
Vijan
1984
Damned ones
Brain damage
Rock paper scissor
Moonstone
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September 18th, 2009 at 18:41
indeed a noble cause and we fans are proud of you! it may be a good idea to set up a trust fund in a bank account so that contributions could pour in when they are available, right through out the year. also you guys could tie up with the telecom companies for sms donations? a big thank you!
September 23rd, 2009 at 14:34
Here’s the final line up of bands
Fa’thu
Tappu
Vijan
Shiuz
Affan
Shan
Mohoj
Rock Paper Scissor
1984
Brain Damage
Traphic Jam
Agents of Orange
Valu Illmu
theDamnedones
September 24th, 2009 at 18:31
yay! dying to see valu ilmu after a long time!
September 30th, 2009 at 20:31
PLEASE! pass this urgent and noble message to all your friends and help.
October 1st, 2009 at 21:07
TVM: Show cancelled due to bad weather. Is the weather really really that bad?
October 2nd, 2009 at 02:47
it would put the lives of musicians at risk since the wind was really strong tonight and some of the lights may fall if it does get any windier. and the weather forecast predicted the weather would be worse after 9pm. so.
show had to be postponed for 4th October at Olympus.
ironic that it didn’t rain much after 9pm.
October 2nd, 2009 at 15:11
“all over the world there are people who worship and idolize celebrities, artists and famous people hence they listen to them. Isnt that the reason why they have awareness shows because people listen to them… i wonder how many people go to the Maldivian Awareness shows and listen to anything the artist says… All most people care about is there is a show and that is it.”
http://naduha.blogspot.com/2009/10/please-stop-having-music-shows-in-name.html
October 2nd, 2009 at 19:07
who else is putting an effort to help the cause? if they can, why don’t they… they are more than welcome to. in all mediums,
photography,
film,
books,
tv programmes,
sports,
survey teams
transportation, the list goes on… how do we activate people in those positions who can actually make a difference? atleast the youth are doing what they can to focus on these things.