To rebuild the HHH Museum.

Hi all, here is the story about the (almost) fall of the Hash Museum.

You can use this info to answer questions when you are raising funds for the Hash Museum during Hash Events.

In March 2024 I got a phone call from my employer, who told me my (lucrative) job did not exist anymore as a result of a merger between two companies. I was the oldest, so they didn't need me anymore. Because of my age, there were no unemployment benefits. The good thing was I didn't have to go back to the Netherlands every 3 months. The bad thing was: since I was not in the Netherlands, I lost

another job: repairing waterbeds as a self employed. So I had only one income left: my state pension. With this money I could barely cover the cost in Kuala Lumpur. I stopped traveling, did not buy any beer for myself, skipped a lot of Hashing in KL and ate only cheap, local food.

I used my savings as well, until my sister died and I had to pay her debts and funeral. That made it even more difficult to survive.

As a pensioner I needed an official address in the Netherlands. Luckily a Hasher agreed to lend me his address.

In March 2025 he told me he could no longer do it. His wife considered it as fraudulent and was afraid of the consequences. I happened to be in the Netherlands that time.

That left me no choice than to find a place to stay in the Netherlands, otherwise I would lose my last income. There was no alternative anymore.

I was really lucky to find a flat within a week!

The rent of apartments is very high in the Netherlands (not unusual). Together with the other costs of living in the Netherlands, my pension can only just about cover it.

This mend there there was no money left to pay for the Hash Museum in KL.

So I had to decide to finish with the museum.

I found a cheap place to store the content of the Museum until the building near the Hash Heritage House has finished. ( The entire collection will be displayed in that building, free of charge).

Luckily there was a fundraising in February 2025 which can cover this rent in KL for a while.

I still need some more fundraising, not only to pay for the storage but more important: two very well known hashers have lend me money and I want to pay them back.

So for the near future I need around 6000 euro. This will cover the rent for the storage for at least 2 years and make it possible to pay back the guys who helped the museum to survive.

If you could support me use GoFundMe or ask for funds during Hash Events, please do!

There are a lot more issues but this is the main reason of the problems.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask!

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