This 29kgs-parcel of 52 dresses, about 75 handmade totes and school supplies that included about 200 notebooks, dozens of pens, pencils, rulers and erasers was picked up today for the children of Young Focus Phils c/o Paul Van Wijgerden.
Here are the 52 dresses included in the parcel -
and the school supplies for the first distribution of the year of my Education without Borders program -
made possible by the following donors -
1) Judy Nicholson
2) Jayne Hogan
3) Yvonne Henderson
4) Anne McGinnes
5) Colleen Mundt
6) Monika Osvald
7) Chrysoulla Paradissis
8) Sandra Gordon and Julie Hasemann (c/o Kaylee Healy)
9) Kaylee Healy
10) Dress A Girl Australia.
For larger images of the above donations, click here for the dresses and click here for the school supplies for the Education without Borders distribution. Thank you to all the donors who made this parcel for distribution possible. Much appreciated.
My next scheduled distribution will be in early May for School Supplies(Education without Borders Distribution #1) and school-aged handmade dresses for children between the age of 8 to 10 years old(Dress Distribution #121). These donations will be sent to a group (Young Focus Philippines) who does charity work in Tondo Manila. All parcel donations must be received by me by Friday, the 26th of April. There will be no post deliveries between the dates of 18 to 22 of April due to Good Friday and Easter Monday non-working days so please consider these dates when sending your parcels. For postal address as to where to send in your donations, please send me a message. Thank you.
Here are the parcels I will be handcarrying for the children in Siargao Philippines. A lady by the name of Neneng who is active in their local parish church will be organizing with the parish priest to help in the distribution of these dresses.
Here are the 50 dresses that make up the parcels above
made possible by the following donors -
1) Jenny Albiez
2) Monika Osvald
3) Judy Nicholson
4) Colleen Mundt
5) Year 12 Sewing Class of the Faith Lutheran College (c/o Vanessa Lane)
6) Chrysoulla Paradissis
7) Sandra Turnbull
8) Jayne Hogan
To all the dress donors, thank you. Much appreciated.
