After thinking thoroughly about it and anyway it is Christmas I decided to send a Christmas parcel to the Philippines today. The items will be distributed by a group headed by Norie Bordador. This is the parcel that was picked up this morning -
and these were the contents of the parcel - 24 dresses, totes, 2 quilts, stuff toys, colouring pencils, small totes and lunch bags
made possible by the following donors -
1) Dress A Girl Australia for the small totes, lunch bags and colouring pencils
2) Monika Osvald for the stuff toys
3) Quilts donated by Gwenda Doherty and Sylvia Pommerening
4) Dresses by the students of the Year 8 Fashion Class of The Rockhampton Grammar School of Queensland
5) Elaine Klein for the totes
There were no dresses sponsored by anyone this year except the 24 dresses that I personally made and sponsored. With the above distribution, it brings the total of dresses I have distributed for the year 2018 to 97 and a grand total of 9,907 dresses since I started in 2011(about 7 years ago). Am a bit short of my target of 10,000 dresses but I did distribute 1,918 pairs of t-shirts and shorts for the boys which makes up for the shortage. Final numbers of distributions will be released early next month.
Thank you to all the donors especially for this year 2018. Much appreciated.
For my second trip to Asia this year with a stopover in the Philippines, I have decided to handcarry this bag weighing 10 kilos -
with 55 dresses and 14 sets of t-shirts and pairs of short for the boys inside for the children of the Philippines -
made possible by the following donors -
1) Colleen Mundt
2) Judy Nicholson
3) Kaylee Healy
4) Lyn Granger
5) Anne McGinnes
6) Jo Stubbs
7) Monika Osvald
8) Yvonne Henderson
9) Keren Lynch
10) Dress A Girl Australia
To see larger images of the handmade dresses and boys' sets, click on the image of dresses above or click here. Thank you to all the donors for their wonderful donations and for helping make a difference to the lives of disadvantaged children in the Philippines. It is much appreciated. Thank you.
if only i had more than a day in phnom penh (was only there yesterday for a day)i could have sewn and brought more dresses to share with the children of Cambodia’s killing fields. maybe in my next trip.
It is time once again to see the world and at the same time make a difference to a few lucky disadvantaged children. I will be leaving for Siem Reap, Cambodia on Monday, 17th of September and will be bringing with me 25 dresses to give to the children of the Orphanage of the Sisters of the Missionaries of Charity (Mother Teresa sisters). I contacted and asked for assistance from the Reservations Manager of the hotel where we will be staying in Siem Reap to help me get in touch with the orphanage and let the sisters know that I will be going to their orphanage to bring these dresses on Saturday and of which he willingly and earnestly did. What an amazing customer service he gave. This is the parcel that I will be handcarrying to Siem Reap -
and these are the donated dresses included in the parcel from Monika Osvald, Colleen Mundt, Lyn Granger and Chrysoulla Paradisis. A few dresses I held onto knowing that I will be travelling to Siem Reap this year -
and these dresses were made by me - a few of them from donated fabrics -
Thank you to the generosity of those who donated dresses and fabrics. It is much appreciated. One will not know when I am going to travel and handcarry dresses with me so why not sponsor a dress now so I can bring it with me the next time I travel or the next time I send a parcel for distribution. To sponsor a dress, you can click here or click on the link below - Thank you.
Dress A Girl Australia is open for dress donations between the size of 8 t0 10 years old for girls. I am not in a good financial position to distribute large quantities of dresses so there will be a limit of dresses to be donated by individuals and/or groups. Only 8 dresses will be accepted per individual and 15 dresses only for a group. These dresses will be distributed in the Philippines in October so please make sure you send your donations after Sept 23, 2018 but on or before Oct 5. to make sure someone is around to accept parcels. Deliveries for regular parcels now takes a week or more so please note the dates.
For those who are keen to donate handmade dresses, please send me an email to dressagirlaustralia@gmail.com for postal address. As usual, please be guided with the guidelines on how to make dresses to donate. Click on the link below for more details. Thank you.
