WHERE 50% OF OUR PROFITS GO

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At this point we have two incredible recipients for the Pillow Dreams Project. They include Open Arms Infant Home in Malawi Africa, where our initial inspiration for Pillow Dreams came from, and KOTO, a training facility for homeless teens in Vietnam. We have visited both these organizations several times to ensure that the funds we donate are being used correctly. We want to ensure that our donations go to the right place, that is to the children directly. With these two recipients we can guarantee that they do.

To see all our products and to order online, please go to the Pillow Dreams website: http://www.pillowdreamsproject.com/

Open Arms - Malawi

Open Arms is a wonderful non profit organization that serves as a transition home for orphans birth to age five who have lost their parents to AIDS. It cares for about 40 children at any given time. Its loving and responsible Malawian staff cares for these children by feeding and clothing them, and giving them a true feeling of family. The children stay until they are two years old and then Open Arms does what it can to transition each child back to its extended families in its village of origin. Open Arms works very closely with the families to ensure that the transition goes smoothly and to teach them how to properly care for and feed the child. Children who have no extended family do not return to the village, but are placed in other orphanages or in a home for older children known as the Harrogate House. We came to know Open Arms very well in 2003 when we volunteered there, Renee for two weeks and Laura for six. We fell in love with the children and the staff, but also with their efforts at making the world a better place for children in need. They became our inspiration and led us to create The Pillow Dreams Project. Laura returned to Open Arms in 2004 for a month and vowed to make it a part of her life forever. Today we are supporting Open Arms Infant home with 50% of our African product profits. This money goes to making a difference in the lives of children who have lost everything and need our help so desperately.

If you would like to take a look at the Open Arms website go to http://www.openarmsmalawi.org/

Open Arms

Big Shoes to Fill

KOTO

KOTO (Know One Teach One) is the recipient non profit that receives 50% of our Asian pillow profits. KOTO is a non profit organization that takes homeless teens off the streets and trains them for 18 months to gain skills in the hospitality business and the English language. However, the task of training these teens is a lot more than teaching them a few new skills. They have all faced great hardship and need much more to change their lives around. KOTO is dedicated to helping these kids make the best of their lives by creating a family-like environment, where each child feels he or she is are safe and belongs. Every 18 months, 100% of the students are placed in jobs in hotels or restaurants in and around Hanoi.

With your help, we have now sponsored one student through the KOTO Project and have begun sponsoring a second. With their new skills in hospitality, English and their new family at KOTO, they are bound to do great things and we are proud to have been a small part of their success.

If you would like to learn more about KOTO visit their website at http:/www.koto.com.au/

Jimmy Pham- Founder of Koto and Renee

Mr. Tinh, our first KOTO graduate

Stdents at Koto

Craft Link

Lan- Maniger of Craft Link and Renee

Pom Coong Village - West of Hanoi

KOTO HANOI, CHARITY vietnam

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Click below to view a brief video of the KOTO project

PILLOW DREAMS PROJECT

WHERE 50% OF OUR PROFITS GO

KOTO HANOI, CHARITY vietnam