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Wilding Foundation wants to help

Wilding Foundation Intends To Indentify Children Who Have Lost Their Parents For Benefits

Los Angeles 27 Feb 2011

The Wilding Foundation, www.wildingfoundation.com a registered New Zealand charity set up by Christchurch born and raised internationally award winning and Hollywood and New York based Actress, Director,Producer, Anna Wilding http://pro.imdb.com/name/nm0005555/ has moved swiftly to launch an international appeal for the victims of theChristchurch City earthquake.

The charity and its adminstrators intend to start identifying childnen who have lost their parents as soon as humanley possible in the next week or so to apply funding and hopefully longer term assistance..

Th charity will work in with orgs such as Red Cross to see where most needed cases are.Ms Wilding , born in Christchurch, launched the appeal within 7 hours of the quake and has been working hard to build awarenss in the USA including appearing on Fox 11 News,Radio NBC .

Donations have been coming in from USA and as far as Denmark ,Brunei and London with some larger pledges to come.. Ms Wilding has been working tirelesllyin Los Angeles to deal with fundraising for the victims of the 6.3 earthquake.

Ms Wilding is currently based in the USA but coming from Christchurch and having her charity based there, she retains strong roots in New Zealand.She like many there,knows people who have lost their lives.

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The Wilding foundation can help this crisis by raising money and helping individuals and families who are already desperately in need.

Many families and individuals will not meet the critieria for government assistance. We would love for you all to join in reaching out with us and helping to make a positive difference for people who are in need. Wilding Foundation will apply our donated money to go to basic supplies, transport, helping families ,children and teenagers who have been made homeless and to provivde for assistanace to those who do not qualify for government funding and insurance.The Foundation will be focusing on the many children who have lost their parents.


Ms WIiding has also had support from people such as David De Rothschild and many other notables.


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