To do charity can be done in so many various forms and I always admired Gandhi who said “if everyone mediated on the heart center for 1 minute per day there would be no hunger in the world”…

My way to do charity is to get awareness for the cause of children in need in Southeast Asian emerging countries. In order to serve this aim, I have set up a trusted tool to give back, The Lotus Flower Foundation (LFF), registered foundation under Swiss law.

There are thousands of children in need in this region. Many of the poorest and neediest children have been neglected by their parents and are living in one of the many shelters throughout Thailand, Laos or Cambodia.

Sadly many of these children become victims of child trafficking, abuse, prostitution and child pornography. Especially when they are not given the adequate professional care and education that is needed.

For the most part, these children are not dying from hunger. It is a lack of an adequate education which unfortunately is only reserved for the privileged that leads these children into dangers that they have no control over. This must change!

In order to prevent this from happening more and more, the LFF is focusing on providing these children with child centered education to set their minds to a better future. The educational programs focus on various shelter's educational software such as sponsoring school & educational books, integrating libraries at the shelters, building up Montessori corners and sponsor the shelter's caregivers to learn child centered education philosophies.

With your help, the LFF collaborates with like-minded organisations in order to provide child centered education and tools for a child in need to be reintegrated into society and an independent life.

The LFF team is entirely committed to the cause of LFF and I firmly believe that, with the assistance of highly professional people from across the world, we will able to facilitate real and lasting change!

Gabrielle Elizabeth von Reding Biberegg