Feedback Distribution - Sariaya - Christmas 2015

This distribution was made in a town called Sariaya about 2-3 hours away from Metro Manila. I think there are more pictures from this distribution but the lady who did the distribution is taking care of her mother and sometimes spends most of the night and early morning fully awake to look after her needs so I cannot really put pressure on her to send me pictures if she had more. She sent these pictures very early in the morning when her mother was fast asleep.

I am asking for more understanding especially from donors who are after pictures to prove that their dresses have been given away and not sold and for those who ask for receipts of their donations as I really cannot issue receipts to avoid further inconveniences. I humbly ask that if these are your requirements to PLEASE not make any donations in order to make life a little bit easier for me in making a difference. Thank you.

Final Numbers for 2015

These are the final numbers for the year 2015 in terms of donations received, sponsored dresses and dresses distributed. Statistics also includes boys' shorts and t-shirts.

Donations received for the year 2015 were as follows :

Dresses - 1782

Shorts for the Boys - 178

T-shirts - 237

Of the 1,782 dresses, 173 dresses were sponsored. More information such as projects sponsored by my Dress Sponsorship program will be made available soon.

Distribution of dresses were made to the following locations - 

Due to fund restrictions, this year lesser distributions were made in far locations such as Uganda, Kenya and South Africa.

Thank you to everyone, donors and sponsors alike for making this distribution possible in 2015. Much appreciated.

More Pictures from the Christmas Distribution 12-2015

More pictures from the Christmas Dress Distribution completed today 23-Dec-2015 in Dolores, Quezon Philippines. This distribution is the last outreach for 2015 by the group headed by Norie Bordador who oversees dress distributions on behalf of Dress A Girl Australia in the Philippines. Very festive event with more gifts for everyone of all ages from 1 to 75 years old

For more pictures of the distribution, please click here.

Thank you to Norie and the group for making this dress distribution happen and to all the donors and sponsors for making this distribution possible. Thank you.

Feedback on Dress Distribution #75 - 19-Dec-2015

Better late than never especially at Christmas time. A few dresses from the Dress Distribution Parcel #75 being randomly distributed to the streetkids of CDO from far-away island of Mindanao (about 2 hours by plane from Metro Manila, Philippines).

To see larger and individual images of the above, please click here. Thank you to Sha for finding the time to find these kids in the streets and make them happy and to the donors of the dresses for making this distribution possible. Much appreciated.

Dress Distribution #98/1C - 12/2015 - Project Philippines Christmas 2015 Distribution

This was the last parcel for Christmas distribution. It had 141 dresses, 7 boys' t-shirts/shorts sets, 1 girl shirt/short set, 18 pairs of boys shorts, 1 long pants, 7 teddy bears and several packs of undies.

The contents were made possible by the following sponsors and donors -
1) Pat Burton
2) Sarah Tanmahapran
3) Kay Innes
4) Monika Osvald
5) Vicki Watson
6) Pam Thompson
7) Ann McGinnes
8) Glenys Powell
9) Toni Kirkpatrick, Cherrie & Dot
10) Sharyn Cafee
11) Yvonne Henderson
12) Lyn Granger
13) Jacqueline Oudman
14) Michelle Plen
15) Jody Clooney
16) Karen Neilsen
17) Lynn Gibbs
18) Bronwyn Long
19) Lynne Preston-Dale

To see larger and individual images of the sponsored dresses and donated ones, please click here.

This parcel closes the dress distributions of Dress A Girl Australia for the year 2015.

Thank you  to all the sponsors and donors who made this final Christmas parcel possible for the disadvantaged kids of the Philippines. Your kindness and generosity is much appreciated. Thank you.

Feeling more generous this Christmas? Sponsor a Dress!

Another to share. One of the dress recipient pictured here is Elizabeth Garcia , 9 years old born with cleft chin. She underwent surgery already but was unsuccessful. 

She and other 3 students are appealing for medical help. Aira May Raya a 7- year old with one eye blind, Emjay Marzan- 10-year old mute and Charles Bersamera a 4-year old cancer patient. Their farmer parents are seeking help. Any kind souls who are interested to share their blessings especially this Christmas may reach them thru this post or sending an email to dressagirlaustralia@gmail.com.

Or better still, you may want to sponsor a dress and the proceeds from the sponsored dresses will be a big help to the kids and family. To sponsor a dress, just click on the image above or click on the link below - There are special images of fabrics that you can select to sponsor a dress for this assistance. Sponsored dresses will be allocated for 2016 distributions. Thank you.

Dress Sponsorship Program

Outreach group shared more hope to a 7-year-old boy

It may not be that interesting to everyone but just wanted to share that one of the beneficiaries of the group of volunteers' outreach in the community is this 7-year old boy. 

Justin Torres is a grade one student included among the top ten students. He is very eager to study but born without feet and hands. He writes using his elbows. He can now go to school using this new wheelchair. Words are not enough to express how we feel when We saw the happy face of this young boy upon sitting in his new wheelchair. Our small help brings a new hope to him and his family according to her mother. 

Thank you to Norie and the group of volunteers for giving more hope to this young boy. 

More Pictures/Feedback Distribution #98/1A & 1B - Christmas Parcel #1 & #2 - Philippines 12/2015

The first two parcels sent for Christmas distribution has now been distributed in a location almost 14 hours away by land from the city of Manila, Philiipines. Here are a few pictures taken from the distributions to more than 400 children in the community. It is not easy to gather all of the recipients especially when there are more than 400 of them with some kids crying so to the donors and sponsors of the dresses, please consider it as a Christmas bonus if you see a dress of yours being worn. 

To see larger and individual images of the distribution, please click here.

My heartfelt thanks to Norie and the group of volunteers who travelled all the way for almost 14 hours to make this distribution happen and to the donors and sponsors of the dresses. Much appreciated.

Other Gifts

If they dont sell, the next best thing to do is give them away and be rewarded with those sincere smiles from the lucky recipients.

Road less travelled but makes a lot of difference

Sharing these pictures with you all so you would know where the dresses you donate are being distributed like in the Philippines. The group sometimes travels by land for 12 hours and another hour of rugged road. Literally roads less traveled but the thought that at the end of this road lives children who are quite isolated from the big cities and rarely get a share of gifts makes the trip very well worthwhile. Makes the trip less tiring knowing that they are making a big difference to the lives of disadvantaged kids living in the community. 

To see larger and individual images of the above, please click here. Thank you to everyone who is making this big difference possible. Much appreciated.

Feedback Distribution #98/1A - Christmas Parcel #1 - Philippines 12/2015

The first parcel sent for Christmas distribution has now been distributed in a location 12 hours away by land from the city of Manila, Philiipines. Here are a few pictures and more to come once sorted and feedback from the group :

           "Thanks Gigi! We have another distribution today. Will travel another 12 hrs land

           trip tomorrow to go back to Manila. Tiring and exhausting trip but feeling so

           blessed. Thanks for your continuous support. We bring happiness to hundreds of

           children."

To see larger and individual images, please click here.

Second Parcel off to the Philippines

The second of 2 parcels for Christmas distribution were picked up this morning and are on their way to their final destination. They were not that heavy but I thought I should send them as early as I can to avoid the Christmas rush on sending parcels.

Dress Distribution #98/1B - 12/2015 - Project Philippines Christmas 2015 Distribution

These 2 parcels are the second batch of dresses(Parcel 1B) for Christmas distribution in the Philippines. A total of 191 dresses, 25 boys' clothes and about 8 packs of girls' undies scheduled for pickup this coming Sunday to start its journey for 216 disadvantaged kids.
These are the parcels -

and these are the contents of the parcels -

made possible by the following donors and sponsors -
1) Gaylene Herrmann
2) Ann Johnson
3) Laura Whitehead
4) Lyn Granger
5) Betty Barett and Betty Paull
6) Marion Whiteley
7) Monika Osvald
8) Julie Gowen
9) Yvonne Henderson
10) Elaine Klein
11) Colleen Mundt
12) Pam Kerry and Anne Pidgeon
13) Year 10 Textile Technology class of Picnic Point High School c-o Teriesa Thompson/Cheryl Wardrop
14) Tranquility Crafts of Moonee Ponds
15) Dress A Girl Australia

For individual and larger images of the dresses, please click here. 

Thank you  to all the sponsors and donors who made this second Christmas parcel possible for the disadvantaged kids of the Philippines. Your kindness and generosity is much appreciated. Thank you.

Feedback Distribution - Dress Distribution #91/1A Project Soibada Timor Leste

Here are A few pictures I downloaded from Tamara Harding's album (of Pittwater Friends of Soibada, a non-profit organization based in Avalon NSW) showing distribution of a few dresses to the girls at an orphanage in Salau (Distribution #91/1A - 10/2015 - Project Soibada Timor Leste). More pictures will be published once they are available.

To see larger and individual images of the above, please click here.

Thank you to all the donors for making this distribution possible.

Dress Sponsorship Program and Buy a Brick - Build my Future

As of today, through my Dress Sponsorship program, I have raised $550.00 and provided 55 more dresses to disadvantaged kids. Through your kindness and generosity, we can double, triple or generate more and end the year 2015 making a difference with a big bang to the lives of disadvantaged kids and a community. 

For $10.00, you can sponsor a dress for a disadvantaged kid this Christmas and at the same time support the development and education projects of the Pittwater Friends of Soibada (non-profit org based in Avalon NSW) in the community of Soibada, Timor Leste. All you have to do is click on the link below -

Dress Sponsorship Program

** Dresses will only be provided if you sponsor a dress through my Sponsorship Program. Anyone can still donate $10.00 directly to the Pittwater Friends of Soibada but no dress will be matched against your $10.00 donation. Please make sure you provide your correct email address as this will be used to send your tax receipt only. Thank you. ****

Dress Distribution #98/1A - 12/2015 - Project Philippines Christmas 2015 Distribution

With 205 dresses and 9 boys' clothes, I have decided to seal the first parcel for Christmas distribution. This parcel(1A) will be picked up tomorrow for delivery to the Philippines ahead of the first cut-off date of 23-Oct-2015 to give me more ample time to plan, sort and organize the next batch of dresses that will be available for distribution. As published earlier, this is parcel 1A -

and these are the contents of the parcel (205 dresses and 9 boys clothes) -

made possible by the following sponsors and donors -
1) Betty Paull and Betty Barrett
2) YWCA Patchwork Group Broken Hill NSW 
3) Kaye Hardman
4) Denise Scott
5) Guides Qld Aspley District TNT Guides (c-o G Keating & L Fossey) 
6) Lesley Kroese
7) Di Menzel
8) Christine Caputo
9) Sewing group (Erina Hobbysew Store) organized by Monica Poole of Monica Poole Designs in collaboration with Millhouse Collections.
10) Patchwork Angel
11) Raye Weinthal
12) Jac Dow
13) Anne McGinnes
14) Ana Carvalho
15) Sarah Macraild
16) Sue Bertozzo
17) Monika Osvald
18) Pamela thompson
19) Dress A Girl Australia

For individual and larger images of the dresses, please click here. This link will take you to the album that will display all 205 dresses and 9 boys clothes. These clothes will be on their way to Manila Philippines tomorrow, 14th of October, 2015.

Thank you  to all the sponsors and donors who made this first Christmas parcel possible for the disadvantaged kids of the Philippines. Your kindness and generosity is much appreciated. Thank you.

Sending first parcel for Christmas

The box is too full and very heavy with 205 dresses and 9 boys clothes I have decided to send the box in advance (ahead of first cut-off date) so I can do proper budgeting.

For those who are starting to look for christmas gift ideas, still have lots of good books and magazines, Betty Alderman patterns for sale at my Dress A Girl Australia e-shop. Soon I will be updating it with new Christmas cards for sale.

First Cut-off Date for Christmas Distribution

Just a friendly reminder of the first cut-off date for Project Philippines for Christmas distribution is the 23rd of October. Dresses that make it to this cut-off will be sent to the distributors by Sunday, 1st of November. Thank you.

Dress Distribution #91/1A - 10/2015 - Final Parcel 3 for Project Soibada Timor Leste

The last 2 parcels for Project Soibada will be sent on Monday, 28-Sep-2015. These two parcels hold 84 dresses and 4 boys clothes which will bring the final number of dresses collected for this project (which includes both donated and sponsored) to 141 dresses and 19 boys clothes.
These are the two parcels -

and these are the final contents of the parcels -

made possible by the following sponsors and donors -
1) Betty Barrett and Betty Paull
2) Raye Weinthal
3) Karen Neilsen
4) Yvonne Henderson
5) Elaine Klein
6) Monika Osvald
7) Denise Scott
8) Sally Hodgson
9) Lyn Gibbs
10) Megan Jones
11) Jac Dow

For individual and larger images of the dresses, please click here. This link will take you to the album that will display all 141 dresses and 19 boys clothes. These clothes will be on their way to Soibada Timor Leste c-o Tamara Harding of the Pittwater Friends of Soibada in October.

Thank you  to all the donors and sponsors who made this third and final parcel of dresses for the kids of Soibada Timor possible. Your kindness and generosity is much appreciated. Thank you.

Active Project as of today - 23-Sep-2015

Active Project collection as of today is Distribution #98 - Project Philippines for Christmas 2015 distribution. Please take note of the cut-off dates. -
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First cut-off date is Friday, 23rd of October. Dresses that make it to this cut-off will be sent by Sunday, 1st of November.

Second and final cut-off date is Friday, 27th of November. Dresses that did not make it on the first cut-off will be included in this batch and will be sent by Friday, 4th of December.

Please make sure you send your parcels before the cut-off dates to make it to the dates.
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This will be the last distribution for the year.