The Bone Marrow Donor Program

www.bmdp.org

The Bone Marrow Donor Programme (BMDP) is a Singapore-based non-profit organisation dedicated to building and managing a Register of Singaporean volunteers who are willing to donate their bone marrow to patients of leukemia and other blood diseases

The BMDP represents the only comprehensive database of potential bone marrow donors, and their genetic markers, in Asia. Doctors submit their patient's selection criteria to the BDMP who carry out a search of the database to identify prospective donors. Most of the patients are children with Lukemia.

The BMDP now have over 40,000 registrants, and contiue to add wround 5,000 more each year. By the beginning of 2008 over 8,000 searches for potential donars had been carried out.

Tsunami Appeal for School Repairs and Improvments

At the start of 2005 2BrightSparks began donating towards the work of a small independant group in Phuket which assisted children who had been orphaned as a result of the Tsunami which struck the asian coastline during December 2004.

Chidlren were given books, other study aids, and a school uniform. Schools were a crucial support mechanism for the children immediately following the loss of their family.

The work of this group now concentrates its efforts on supporting the maintenance and repair of smaller schools which come under the radar of the larger charities.

The Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (Acres)

www.acres.org.sg

ACRES has been influential in changing attitudes towards wildlife conservation and improving animal welfare in Singapore. Many animals have been rescued from cruel and life-threatening conditions, and thousands of children and adults now know more about animal welfare because of their work.

ACRES' approach is to focus on education and scientific research, and has run a number of campaigns in Singapore and throughout Asia with the aim of improving animal welfare and the eradication of animal abuse. Acres operates a 24-hour wildlife crime hotline which has led to the rescue of many animals from the illegal wildlife trade.

Acres is a member society of the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA), one of the largest and most influential international animal welfare groups.

Acres is a non-profit organization and registered charity (Registration number:1849) and a registered society (ROS 0176/2001) based in Singapore.