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Need funds for Travel

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Dan Groshong

On the 12th of December 2011, The Hummingfish Foundation in conjunction with Timorese President & Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Jose Ramos-Horta, Grupo Sagres and Air Timor, launched the Ai-Funan all natural, handmade soaps project.

On the 23rd of May 2012, Homegrown Foods Hong Kong Ltd.,… Read more

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Thank you Social Enterprise Association of Singapore.

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Dan Groshong

The Hummingfish Foundation would like to thank the Social Enterprise Association of Singapore for covering the shipping costs of about 350 bars of Ai-Funan soap.

100% of the funds from the Ai-Funan soaps go back to support the woman’s cooperative the make them.  Every… Read more

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Thank you Mr. Tom Ingpen!

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Dan Groshong

Hummingfish received a very generous donation for Mr. Tom Ingpen of Melbourne Australia and we would like to thank him very much.

The Hummingfish Foundation is a non-profit organization and we can not do our work without generous donations like the one we received from… Read more

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Homegrown Foods launches Ai-Funan in Hong Kong

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Dan Groshong

Homegrown Foods is Hong Kong’s top distributor of organic produce and has just announced the launch of Ai-Funan all natural handmade soaps in Hong Kong.

The Hummingfish Foundation is very proud to be associated with Homegrown Foods and we are thankful that they are the… Read more

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Timorese President stops project, saves dive site!

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Dan Groshong

On the 12th of May, 2010, Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta stood in front of excavating equipment, forcing the stop of a project that was sure to destroy one of Timor’s top dive sites, called Tasi Tolu.

Please read the President’s office press release below and… Read more

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Eat & Travel Weekly publishes 1st ever article on Ai-Funan soaps

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Dan Groshong

We are very excited to announce that Hong Kong’s Eat & Travel Weekly has published the first ever magazine article about Ai-Funan all natural, handmade soaps.

Eat & Travel Weekly is an important magazine for the food and and travel markets in Hong Kong and… Read more

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Coffee event at O-Farms in Hong Kong

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Dan Groshong

Thanks to O-Farms and Colour Brown Cafe, we had a great event on New Year’s day here in Hong Kong.

The Hummingfish Foundation gave a lecture about Timor coffee, Edwin of Colour Brown gave a very informative talk about how to… Read more

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Report on Hummingfish visit to Thailand by FWFCC

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Dan Groshong

If you can read Thai, Please enjoy this report by Mr. Surin of FWFCC.
จากการประสานงานของ Jessica เลขานุการสำนักงานฯช่วงที่ผ่านมา แล้วในช่วงก่อนค่ำวันที่ ๕ กันยายน รถตู้แวนของ “น้องปู” ก็นำ Daniel และ Jessica ที่ลงจากเครื่องในช่วงเช้าวันนั้นส่งตรงมาถึงสำนักงานฯโดยสวัสดีภาพ และได้ติดเสบียงอาหารสดและแห้งมาด้วยจำนวนหนึ่ง พร้อมกับถุงนอนอีกสองใบตามที่ผมได้แนะนำให้ Jessica จัดซื้อมาด้วยระหว่างการเดินทาง
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Hummingfish visits Thailand

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Dan Groshong

With the help of Foundation of Western Forest Complex Conservation, one of Thailand’s most prolific organizations, The Hummingfish Foundation had a fantastic trip to the Western Forest Complex in northern Thailand this September.

The Western Forest Complex, straddling two countries – Thailand and… Read more

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Hummingfish annual shareholder’s meeting 2011

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Dan Groshong

The Hummingfish Foundation shareholder’s meeting 2011 has been postponed to allow Daniel Groshong time to return to Hong Kong. Daniel Groshong has been in Timor-Leste over the last month working on the very exciting Ai-Funan soap project and unfortunately, Timor’s internet connections is painfully slow,… Read more

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