THE NOMADIC BRIDGE INC FKA HOME EC WOODSTOCK AND ANIMAL WELFARE

ANIMAL WELFARE, HUMANITARIAN, AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCETHIS YEAR WE EXPANDED OUR MISSION TO INCLUDE OTHER SANCTUARIES AND ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS, WE WERE ABLE TO CREATE POSITIVE CHANGE IN COMMUNITIES FROM EUROPE TO INDONESIA. WITH LEBENSHOF ODENWALD IN GERMANY, THE PREMIER FARM SANCTUARY IN EUROPE, WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE FUNDING FOR A NEW ENCLOSURE FOR THEIR GOATS, PAY VET BILLS FOR CHICKENS AND DUCKS, AS WELL PROVIDE THEM WITH WEEKS OF VOLUNTEER LABOR AND SHARING BEST PRACTICES. WE TOOK THAT KNOWLEDGE TO ENGLAND TO ASSIST LITTLE CAGE FIGHTERS, A CHICKEN WELFARE GROUP WORKING ON REHOMING BATTERY HENS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO FUND A NEW EMERGENCY CLINIC, AS WELL AS TEN DAYS OF VOLUNTEER WORK REHOMING SEVENTY-FIVE EX-BATTERY HENS. WORKING WITH THE ANGKOR CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY (ACCB), AND WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE DAYS OF VOLUNTEERING, AS WELL AS FUND THEIR LABOR COSTS TO COMPLETE THEIR BREEDING ENCLOSURE FOR THE NEARLY EXTINCT WHITE SHOULDERED IBIS. THE ACCB IS RECOGNIZED GLOBALLY AS ONE OF THE FEW ORGANIZATIONS WITH SUCCESSFUL BREEDING PROGRAMS FOR THE IBIS AND VARIOUS NEARLY EXTINCT TURTLES, AND WE WERE FORTUNATE TO FUND AND ASSIST WITH THEIR WORK. WE PARTNERED WITH PAW PATROL CAMBODIA, PROVIDING A MONTH'S WORTH OF DOG FOOD, PAID OFF THEIR VET BILLS, AND SECURED FOREVER HOMES FOR FOUR DOGS - PREVENTING THEM FROM BEING KILLED IN THE ILLEGAL DOG MEAT TRADE. WE PROVIDED A LOCAL VET TO GET THE DOGS CLEARED FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL, AND PROVIDED THEM WITH SAFE PASSAGE TO THEIR NEW HOMES IN THE USA. WE WORKED IN INDONESIA WITH THREE OTHER STREET DOG ORGANIZATIONS, PAYING OFF VET BILLS AND VOLUNTEERING IN THE RESCUE FACILITIES.IN MALAYSIA WE MET THE HEAD CONSERVATIONIST FOR MALAYSIAN SUN BEARS, WORLD RENOWNED WONG SIEW TE. DR. WONG HAS SINGLEHANDEDLY BROUGHT THESE BEARS BACK FROM THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION, AND WHILE THERE, WE WERE ABLE TO FUND NEW FENCING TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN THEIR PROTECTIVE ENCLOSURE. WE ALSO PLANTED THREE ACRES OF TREES IN BORNEO WITH OUR NEW PARTNER APE MALAYSIA.WE WERE ABLE REFOREST ONE ACRE OF LAND WORKING WITH MY FOREST ARMENIA IN GUGARK, ARMENIA. WE ALSO PROVIDED ONE MONTH OF FOOD AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR 120 UKRAINIAN REFUGEES LIVING IN GEORGIA, AND PROVIDED FUNDING FOR A WOMEN'S SHELTER SERVING HUNDREDS OF ABUSED WOMEN IN ISTANBUL. IN LAOS, WORKING WITH A LOCAL PARTNER AND PUBLIC LIBRARY, WE WERE ABLE TO CREATE A SIX WEEK SUMMER PROGRAM FOR 250 CHILDREN IN LUANG PRABANG, PROVIDING SUMMER SCHOOL EDUCATION, MEALS, AND ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS. WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO PROVIDE A YEAR'S WORTH OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES TO FIVE VILLAGE SCHOOLS ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN, FILLING EACH CLASSROOM WITH BOOKS AND ALL NEEDED MATERIALS FOR 116 CHILDREN, AS WELL AS TEACHING MATERIALS FOR EACH TEACHER. WE TOOK THIS IDEA TO CAMBODIA WHERE WE PROVIDED THE SAME TYPES OF BOOKS AND MATERIALS, FILLING ALL REQUESTS OF THREE VILLAGE SCHOOLS ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF SIEM REAP.WE WERE ON THE GROUND IN SAPA, VIETNAM FOR TYPHOON YAGI, AND AFTER OVERWHELMING DEVASTATION, WE WERE ABLE TO REBUILD A VILLAGE LIBRARY, AND BUILD HOMES FOR THREE EXTENDED FAMILIES, PROVIDING PERMANENT SHELTER FOR 76 PEOPLE. WE ALSO MET THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS OF OVER ONE HUNDRED VILLAGERS, PROVIDING WINTER CLOTHING, BLANKETS, AND EMERGENCY AID - INCLUDING RICE AND PROVISIONS - BEFORE INTERNATIONAL AID ORGANIZATIONS ARRIVED FOR LONG TERM SUPPORT.WORKING WITH SCHOOLS AND GROUPS DEVOTED TO DISABLED CHILDREN IN BALI, WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE EVERY BIT OF THERAPY EQUIPMENT ONE SCHOOL REQUESTED FOR OVER 300 DISABLED CHILDREN. WE PARTNERED WITH BALI ORPHAN DAY CENTER TO GIVE THIRTY FIVE ORPHAN KIDS THEIR FIRST EVER FIELD TRIP TO THE BEACH, WHERE WE HAD SURF INSTRUCTORS, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, AND BEGAN A YOUNG MENTORSHIP PROGRAM. WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO PROVIDE A SCHOLARSHIP OF SCHOOL FUNDING AND NEW COMPUTER TO A WELL DESERVING GRADUATE STUDENT, AND A MOTORCYCLE FOR A YOUNG COUPLE TO GET TO AND FROM WORK.IN ANTICIPATION FOR FURTHER COLLABORATION, WE FUNDED AND BEGAN NEW PARTNERSHIPS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST OF THE UNITED STATES WITH BEARTREK, HOME RANGE WILDLIFE RESEARCH, AND THE WOLF RIDER. IN AFRICA WE PROVIDING SEED FUNDING FOR FUTURE COLLABORATION WITH VILLAGE VOLUNTEERS IN KENYA, AND GLOBAL BATWA OUTREACH IN UGANDA, AS WE ANTICIPATE A LONG AND BENEFICIAL PARTNERSHIP.BASED ON PUBLIC RECOMMENDATIONS, WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE $10,000 IN MICROGRANTS (ONE HUNDRED $100 GRANTS) TO AID ORGANIZATIONS IN NEED OF IMMEDIATE SUPPORT.