(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

PayPal donations through this Brahmavihara/Cambodia AIDS Project website are also tax-deductible. The tax exemption (501 (c)(3)) number is listed in the donations button information. Please do not donate to Brahmavihara through the Empty Hand Zen Center website. Donations to that website go to Empty Hand Zen Center, as they should.


 


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: For the past 11 years we have lived on dana, freely given assistance, primarily from individuals.. I remain amazed and profoundly grateful for the opportunity this provides us. Institutional donors and family foundations have included Khane Khane, Peacefuldwelling; the DGL Memorial Foundation; Goldman Sachs (employee matching grant); Firefly Mission; Silicon Valley Community Foundation; and the GDG Foundation.

This year’s budget again includes major necessary increases. Our budget for direct aid, 100% of which goes directly to patients, has increased, as has the work necessary to administer it meticulously. Adequate protective equipment in the presence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, is expensive but essential. We were forced to move; the space is much larger, the rent only slightly so. The cost of living in Cambodia continues to rise. Staff salaries need to allow people, including myself, to support themselves. Our financial records are open for inspection by anyone who wishes to see them.
   
Estimated Budget for 2012:  
1.        Office contribution to rent (director pays part): $2040/year
2.        Telephones, email, internet: $1700/year
3.        Transportation: $4500/year
4.        Salaries, calculated at 13 times the monthly salary including traditional bonuses (Tenure with the project has been indicated in parentheses):  

                Director: $4550/year (12 years)

   Co-director: $3900/year (11 years)

   Translator/Assistant: $3250/year (12 years)

   Senior Lay Chaplain: $2925/year (9 years)

   Senior Lay Chaplain: $2925/year (6 years)

   Senior Lay Chaplain: $2925/year (6 years)

   Junior Lay Chaplain: $2925/year (3 years)

   Junior Lay Chaplain: $2925/year (3 years)

   Junior Lay Chaplain: $2600/year (2 year)

   Junior Lay Chaplain: $2600/year (2 year)

   Assistant (Phnom Penh): 1300/year (1.5 years)

   Assistant (Chea Chum Neas): $1250/year (3 years)

                                    Salaries Total:

 $34,075/year

5.        Supplies:    

 $1300/year

6.        Protective equipment for staff:    

 $1500/year

7.        Cryptococcyl meningitis program:    

 $7500/year
8.        Direct patient assistance (100% of this goes directly to patients):              $40,000/year
9.        Meditation retreat and training for staff:                                                                                 $2000/year

10.     Miscellaneous (including director's US trip):                                                                   

$5000/year
   
TOTAL ESTIMATED BUDGET FOR 2012                                                    $99,615




The four Brahmavihara (dwelling places of the Brahma or boundless virtues) are lovingkindness, compassion, shared joyousness and equanimity.
All photographs, except where otherwise noted, Bennett Stevens 2005/2006. Used with gratitude.