Thank you for taking the time to visit our fundraising page. As we have the last 2 years, friends and family of the Rhodes family are doing the City 2 Surf together. Geoff, Mel, Marshall, Tania, Nicole, Therese, Amelia, Jodie, Martyn & Steve will be running or walking the 14km for ChildFund Australia. 
This year we are raising funds towards the construction of a Community Meeting Hall in the village of Pha-En, in the Nonghet district of the Xieng Khouang province in northern Laos. Last year we were so pleased to be able to witness the opening of a pre-school built from the kind donations of our friends and family.
The meeting hall will be a place for village training and meetings to help the community develop further. At the moment there isn't a meeting hall in the community so village training and meetings are conducted in any available space. The hall will be used to hold meetings of the community leaders to discuss issues and brainstorm solutions for the community. It will also be used to carry out training sessions such as WASH training, teacher training, disaster risk reduction planning, youth group meetings, it will also give other groups a place to gather and meet. It is likely a children's club will start up as well.
The cost of the meeting hall is approximately $26,900 - at the moment we have $12,000 to go towards the construction.
We are so pleased that funds raised in memory of our brother/son/uncle/cousin and friend Gavin, his beautiful wife Lea, their daughter Jade & their son Manfred who we sadly lost to a plane crash in October 2013 in Laos, are able to help this village in remote Laos. Providing them with resources they have not previously had access to. 
So far we have raised over $102,000 (on our other Just Giving pages)

http://justgiving.com/rhodesfamily

We are so grateful for your kind donations. Every little bit makes a big difference to the people of Pha-En. Thank you!