{"id":827,"date":"2011-05-25T11:59:51","date_gmt":"2011-05-25T01:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/murraygunn.id.au\/blog\/?p=827"},"modified":"2017-11-05T08:03:47","modified_gmt":"2017-11-05T08:03:47","slug":"dragon-bones-for-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/murraygunn.id.au\/blog\/countries\/asia\/bhutan\/827","title":{"rendered":"Dragon Bones For Charity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe class=\"g2image_float_left\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm.amazon.com\/e\/cm?lt1=_blank&#038;bc1=000000&#038;IS2=1&#038;nou=1&#038;bg1=FFFFFF&#038;fc1=000000&#038;lc1=D08504&#038;t=onepeomancul-20&#038;o=1&#038;p=8&#038;l=as4&#038;m=amazon&#038;f=ifr&#038;asins=9881900255\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>I&#8217;m very excited to say that the first copies of Dragon Bones have been shipped.  This is a good time to announce that <b>50% of the royalties for all editions of Dragon Bones will go to Bhutanese organisations<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Two years living in Bhutan convinced me that local people are best placed to identify and address the issues that the country faces.  International organisations may like to think that they know what&#8217;s best for a developing nation, but they&#8217;re really just pushing Western values onto another culture.  Following are some of the organisations I believe can help.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vast-bhutan.org\/what-is-vast\/\" title=\"Voluntary Arts Studio Thimphu\" target=\"_blank\">VAST<\/a> was created to provide vocational skills to Bhutanese youth.  This seemed important at a time when the number of graduates was surpassing the government&#8217;s capacity for employment.  I wanted to help directly, but I didn&#8217;t feel confident enough to try teaching a writing class at the time.<\/p>\n<p>I only discovered the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarayanafoundation.org\/about.php\" title=\"Helping the vulnerable and disadvantaged help themselves\" target=\"_blank\">Tarayana Foundation<\/a> towards the end of my stay.  Candles on sale at a market had been produced by a Tarayana community.  The foundation tries to bring remote communities into the new economy by promoting artisan skills.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.renewbhutan.org\/index.php\/about-us\" title=\"Respect, Educate, Nurture and Empower Women\" target=\"_blank\">RENEW<\/a>&#8216;s mission is to better the lives of victims of domestic violence, but I found it worked to resolve any kind of victimisation of minority groups.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/murraygunn.id.au\/Dragon_Bones_flyer_web.png\" title=\"page 1 of the flyer\" class=\"g2image_float_right\" \/>I intend to divide the donations among these and any other worthy organisations I discover.  To make my donations worthwhile, I aim to sell 5000 copies of Dragon Bones.  This isn&#8217;t easy for a new author, so I need all your help to get the word out.  Please do any of the following in your power:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Share my blog using the addthis buttons below each post<\/li>\n<li>Like my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/murray.gunn.author\" title=\"Murray Gunn on facebook\" target=\"_blank\">author profile<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Dragon-Bones-Two-Years-Beneath-the-Skin-of-a-Himalayan-Kingdom\/220771814599775\" title=\"Dragon Bones on facebook\" target=\"_blank\">book page<\/a> on facebook<\/li>\n<li>Tell your friends and colleagues<\/li>\n<li>Ask your friends and colleagues to post a review on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/9881900255?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=onepeomancul-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=9881900255\" title=\"Amazon US page\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/9011176-dragon-bones\" title=\"Dragon Bones on Goodreads\" target=\"_blank\">Goodreads<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.librarything.com\/work\/10660518\" title=\"Dragon Bones on LibraryThing\" target=\"_blank\">LibraryThing<\/a> or any book-related website you use<\/li>\n<li>Post <a href=\"http:\/\/murraygunn.id.au\/download.php?f=Dragon_Bones_flyer_forweb.pdf\" title=\"Dragon Bones flyer - web version\" target=\"_blank\">this flyer<\/a> in your workplace or community centre<\/li>\n<li>Ask your library or local bookshop to order a copy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When the first numbers come in, I&#8217;ll display a progress meter on the site.  Look out for it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m very excited to say that the first copies of Dragon Bones have been shipped. This is a good time to announce that 50% of the royalties for all editions of Dragon Bones will go to Bhutanese organisations. Two years living in Bhutan convinced me that local people are best placed to identify and address&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/murraygunn.id.au\/blog\/countries\/asia\/bhutan\/827\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dragon Bones For Charity<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,43],"tags":[56,76,70],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/murraygunn.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/murraygunn.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/murraygunn.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murraygunn.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murraygunn.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=827"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/murraygunn.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":869,"href":"https:\/\/murraygunn.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827\/revisions\/869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/murraygunn.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murraygunn.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murraygunn.id.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}