Let's do something nice for Ashraf Haziq (+others)

A nice new bike for Ashraf

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:30:38 +0000

Kindly donated by the nice people at Big Fish bikes.

http://bigfishbike.wordpress.com/

Handing over the cash to Ashraf

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:55:42 +0000

The final figure raised by the somethingniceforashraf campaign was £23,221.

We finally got to meet Ashraf at the Malaysian Embassy. He is a lovely lad and wished to express how touched he was by the many gestures of support he had received through this campaign and others. He hasn’t yet decided what he intends to spend the money on. Ashraf was particularly keen to make sure that some of the money raised goes to other riot victims and has put aside £5,000 for this use. A notice on how this money will be spent will be posted on this site.

Once again, an enormous thank you to everyone who supported the campaign.

Something nice from Foreign Students

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:27:39 +0000

Lovely little film put together by @foreignstudents.

Ashraf says thanks.

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:08:00 +0000

Ashraf says thanks.

Pay Pal Problems

Sun, 14 Aug 2011 18:53:39 +0000

It seems some people who have donated via PayPal have been receiving messages from PayPal stating that their donation has been ‘unclaimed’. I have spent an hour on the phone to Paypal today trying to work out what this means and how it can be resolved. Their analysis so far is “don’t know why that happened”. Anyone affected is advised to contact PayPal directly (unhelpful I know).

1. This will not affect the final total figure - which is based on funds that have hit the PayPal and JustGiving accounts.

2. There is no risk that anyone will part with any more money than they originally intended.

More news when I get it.

if you still want to do something nice for Ashraf

Sun, 14 Aug 2011 10:16:14 +0000

All of our donation pages are closed now. We felt like we had raised enough when we hit £23k. But if you want to donate cash or something else to Ashraf then you can do so at the Malaysian Embassies website. Follow this link.

http://alturl.com/ibuj2

leave a nice message for Ashraf

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:35:45 +0000

The Foreign Students organisation have set up a message board where you can post a message to Ashraf. If you want to pass on a message this is a good place to do it.

http://www.foreignstudents.com/student-news/huge-support-malaysian-student-attacked-during-riots

Lots of you did something nice via JustGiving

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 06:44:00 +0000

Visit the just giving page to see the total donations to Ashraf from this page. An excellent effort from everyone around the world. Top work.

http://www.justgiving.com/somethingniceforashraf/

All somethingniceforashraf donation pages are now closed.

Anyone who still wants to give can do so directly with the Malaysian Embassy at this address http://alturl.com/ibuj2

Or, why not support other victims of the riots at one of the links below.

do something nice with @riotcleanup

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 06:42:55 +0000

Non-financial ways to support people affected by the riots.

http://www.riotcleanup.co.uk/helpout.php

Plus links to other people who could do with cash.

http://www.riotcleanup.co.uk/donate.php

do something nice if you're a professional

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 06:35:00 +0000

Go on this page to donate your professional skills.

http://riot-rebuild.posterous.com/pages/the-pros

Something nice for Siva

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 21:48:00 +0000

Local shopkeeper in Hackney. Been running a convenience store for 11 years and had to watch it get ransacked.

http://www.helpsiva.com/

Something nice for Aaron

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 21:44:00 +0000

89 year old barber in North London. His shop got badly damaged. You can donate some money to keep him cutting hair. An ever present on the High Street by all accounts.

http://keepaaroncutting.blogspot.com/

something nice for Reeves Furniture

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 21:43:00 +0000

A furniture store in Croydon that had been trading for over 150 years but got burned down by rioters. You can help support rebuilding it.

http://www.pledgebank.com/RebuildReeves

What should we do for Ashraf?

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:55:00 +0000

We would like to pay for his dental and oral treatment.
We are a team of dentist and oral surgeons located in Spain. We would pay for the trip to our Dental Center in Spain and for the entire oral and dental treatment.
If Haziq is interested about this, make me know in we will do the arangements for his trip to Spain as soon as possible.
Thank you very much.

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:23:03 +0000

Awesome. That is incredibly kind.

It seems to me that everything financial and physical is being attended to by well wishers.
I suggest that if we can raise enough money, you could provide some sort of service in his name. I haven't formulated a particular plan, though I'm sure there are plenty of people that could make suggestions. One idea that sprang to mind was The Ashraf Haziq Foreign Student Support Program, which would provide non-uk students with the support they need to acclimatise to Britain, so that they can feel welcome and safe. Ashraf has unfortunately experienced the very worst possible welcome to our country, so we need to show both Ashraf and the world that we actively care and support both the citizens and the visitors

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 10:22:31 +0000

Canny idea.

Hi Jamie. Just to let you know we will be delivering Ashraf's new PSP and games (along with some donated by Namco Bandai) to Mr Abdullah at the High Commission today.

Well done as well for all your efforts as well; top man.

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 09:07:58 +0000

excellent. Well done.

Hi Jamie,

The United Kingdom and Eire Council of Malaysian Students (UKEC) would like to help publicize your website and effort towards helping Asyraf in our newsletter and website - do you have a brief official statement about your project and what your aims are, etc.? We'd also like to be able to help in any way possible - we are connected to both the Malaysian High Commission and the Malaysian Students Department in the UK and can help facilitate contact with them. You can contact us via email (which you can find on our Tumblr website). Thank you so much for your efforts!

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 08:30:59 +0000

Going to be busy (at work) todaybut will definitely be in touch to work out best way of progressing. Thanks.

Why would I send money to a random stranger? Ever since the scams that came up from Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans, people are just loving to beg for money from all the bleeding heart saps. Sure, you "say" you're doing something nice, but you could easily pocket the money and no one would know.

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 07:01:09 +0000

I won’t. I am sat in the BBC about to go live on radio 5 live for an interview about this at 0835. If I do something naughty there will be lots of people who know who I am and will be able to come down on me like a ton of bricks.

As a Malaysian, I unpleasantly feels terrible for this event that had actually happened to Ashraf. The manners of these scumbags are really terrifying some other races (I can tell) even me, myself. I applaud you for these kind attention to help our citizen and we FULLY understood how's life being in somewhere 'white' with a tiny minority acting like a dumby.

Thanks Buddy!

Thu, 11 Aug 2011 05:34:53 +0000

Cheers, mate.

Let's do something nice for Ashraf Haziq (+others)

A nice new bike for Ashraf

Handing over the cash to Ashraf

Something nice from Foreign Students

Ashraf says thanks.

Pay Pal Problems

if you still want to do something nice for Ashraf

leave a nice message for Ashraf

Lots of you did something nice via JustGiving

do something nice with @riotcleanup

do something nice if you're a professional

Something nice for Siva

Something nice for Aaron

something nice for Reeves Furniture

What should we do for Ashraf?

Hi Jamie. Just to let you know we will be delivering Ashraf's new PSP and games (along with some donated by Namco Bandai) to Mr Abdullah at the High Commission today. Well done as well for all your efforts as well; top man.

Why would I send money to a random stranger? Ever since the scams that came up from Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans, people are just loving to beg for money from all the bleeding heart saps. Sure, you "say" you're doing something nice, but you could easily pocket the money and no one would know.

Hi Jamie. Just to let you know we will be delivering Ashraf's new PSP and games (along with some donated by Namco Bandai) to Mr Abdullah at the High Commission today.

Well done as well for all your efforts as well; top man.