PNG Parcel sent today

The school supplies and dresses parcel for Papua New Guinea has been sent out today.

Public Service - Please send me a message if you are reading this!!

Could the donor of two large white parcels of dresses I picked up from the postoffice today please contact me at dressagirlaustralia@gmail.com. Will appreciate it if you can identify yourself to me by sending me a message. Thank you.

Dress Collections officially closed - Pls READ!!!

All dress collections this month of March are officially closed. I am not accepting any dress donations at this time. Dresses received will not be included in any of the March distributions so please do not send any dresses. I have no space to keep the undistributed dresses nor do I have the funds to pay for unplanned distributions. I am asking everyone to please be guided by this request. Thank you.

Dress Distribution #90-03/2015 - Project School Supplies - PNG

This is a special distribution of school supplies for the orphans of the BFO Orphanage in Papua New Guinea to help the kids in a small way prepare for the new school year which I believe started this month. The parcel includes 15 fabric school bags, 7 large messenger school bags, pens, pencils and exercise books. Also included are 6 dresses with 5 t-shirts to wear underneath the five pillowcase dresses and 3 boys undies.
Here is the parcel which will be sent this week -

and the contents of the parcel -

made possible by the following donors and sponsors -
1) Jayne Hogan
2) Monika Osvald
3) Karen Neilsen
4) Suzanne Marshall
5) Ana Carvalho
6) Tania Carvalho
7) Brian Chesterton.
Eight of the school kits were re-allocated from the Project Peru allocation which were offloaded due to excess baggage weight. For larger and individual images of this distribution, please click here.

Thank you to all the donors and sponsors of this special parcel. Thank you for believing that education will help provide for a better future for these disadvantaged kids of the BFO Orphanage. Your kindness and generosity is much appreciated. Thank you.

Dress Distribution #86-02/2015 - Project Peru

I handed this parcel over to the lady who was going to handcarry it to Peru last February but decided to acknowledge donors/donations at a later stage since I was not sure if the parcel will make it or not to Peru as it was dependent on the baggage weight of my friend. I allocated 22 dresses and ten of which included the school kits. When I came back from the US I was told that only 16 of the dresses made it of which two included school kits. The rest were offloaded due to excess baggage weight. I went to pick up the items today (8-Mar-2015) from my friend's parents and have added the offloaded school supplies kits to my PNG distribution.

Here are the dresses that made it to Peru through the kindness of Pilar Janet Pacheco Ruales on her trip back to Peru last 17-Feb-2015 for Julia Chuquitaype Quintana Ministry

made possible by the following donors and sponsors -

1) Fabrics donated by Millhouse Collections and sewn by Dress A Girl Australia

2) Suzanne Marshall

3) Ana Carvalho

4) Tania Carvalho

5) Brian Chesterton

Please note that the image above still shows the school supplies kits but what made it are just the dresses and the undies. For larger and individual images of the collection, please click here.

Thank you so much to the sponsors of these dresses. Thank you for believing and helping make a difference to the lives of disadvantaged kids through my Dress Sponsorship program. It is much appreciated.

Donation Acknowledgement #9/2015 - School Supplies from Jayne and Monika

I received two parcels filled with school supplies, fabric school bags and 3 small books from Jayne Hogan and Monika Osvald to boost my ongoing Education without Borders project for 2015. A few of these items will be allocated to a special project I just thought of when I was sorting the items I received. Project School Supplies - PNG to help the orphans of the BFO Orphanage in Mt Hagen Papua New Guinea in their preparation for the new school year which I think started this month.
1) From Jayne Hogan, 24x of fabric school bags, packs of pens and pencils -

2) From Monika Osvald - three messenger school bags and 3 small nursery books. I have not decided where to allocate the nursery books but I already have about 2 locations in mind.

To Jayne and Monika, thank you so much for your support of the ongoing Education without Borders project, for helping disadvantaged children aim for a better life through education. It is much appreciated.

Sponsored Dresses for the month of March Batch #1

This is the first batch of dresses sponsored by Suzanne Marshall for the month of March. Except for the dress with sleeves which is waiting for an allocation, the rest of the clothes on this batch have been allocated to the special distribution Project Cabaraban Philippines.

Hope this is the start of more sponsored dresses for the month of March. My heartfelt thank you to Suzanne for believing on this Dress for Sponsorship program. Thank you.

Donation Acknowledgement #8/2015 - Dress Donations for Project Cabaraban CDO Philippines Batch 3

These are the latest parcels received for the Philippine Distribution (Project Cabaraban) which is a special collection for March distribution. Please note that this collection is officially closed. No more donations will be accepted.
1) Five dresses and 2 matching sets for boys from Lynne Stupple -

2) A parcel of 5 dresses from Karen Nielsen -

3) A parcel of 5 dresses and two matching t-shirts/shorts sets for girls from Lyn Granger - 

4) A parcel of 12 dresses from Amanda Brown and the Hobart Salvation Army all allocated to Project Cabaraban -

5) A parcel of 8 dresses from Monika Osvald -

Thank you to all the donors of these wonderful dresses. Your kindness and generosity is much appreciated. Thank you.

Feedback Distribution - Letter of gratitude from Mbale Uganda

Sharing with you an email of gratitude I received today from Anne Wandendaya of Mbale Uganda for the dresses I have been sending to the kids in her community -

Please click here if you want to see a larger and more readable version of this email. Thank you.

For everyone's info

I will appreciate it much if you do not send me donations unless they are needed for a distribution. I do not want to be stucked with boxes of dresses in my garage with nowhere to go due to lack of funds especially donations that exceed the max number from a single donor or a group. I have a very limited space in my garage. For two months now I have not had any sale at all from my shop which finances the distribution and I think everybody knows what this means. So please do not send anything. I will post on this page or in my blog when I need dresses or whenever I have a location to send dresses to. When I do this, that means I have the funds to pay for the cost of administering these dresses (i.e. pay for postage or pay for excess baggage etc etc). I have a plan that needs to be strictly followed to make sure that distributions happen and not just distribute for the sake of distributing. I hope you all understand. To those who have made postage donations, my heartfelt thanks. 
For any questions or concerns, please send an email to dressagirlaustralia@gmail.com.  As much as possible I want to be able to help you all make a difference but your help and understanding is also needed to make a difference. Thank you.

Dress Distribution #89 - Project Burma 2015 Parcels

feeling grateful - These are Project Burma Parcels (Distribution #89) sorted and packed by Barbara Dodson, Dress A Girl Australia's Project Coordinator based in Victoria. Here is a message from Barbara for everyone who helped make these parcels possible. -
"I have made 4 fairly equal packages of assorted sizes. The lady going to Burma next week is going to 4 places where they will be distributed. Hopefully they won't exceed her weight allowance. Anything not taken this time will go in April with someone else. Total of 57 dresses and 12 sets for boys. Thank you everyone".

Here are the dresses that were sewn and donated by the AMES tutors that were also included in the Burma parcels above -

and the AMES tutors teaching Karen ladies how to sew -

Thank you everyone for helping make a difference to the lives of the kids who will be lucky enough to receive any of these items and special thanks to Barbara for all the work on this project.. It is much appreciated.

Donation Acknowledgement #7/2015 - Dress Donations for Project Cabaraban CDO Philippines Batch 2

Two more parcels received for the two special collections made this month and have also added four dresses from a previous donation. The distribution for the Philippines will happen later this month.
1) A parcel of 39 dresses from Rhonda Punzet and the ladies of the Newcastle Embroiderers Guild. Also included in the parcel was a special collection the group made to help with postage which I am very grateful for. All dresses will be included in the Project Cabaraban for the kids of CDO Philippines to be distributed by Sally Sanchez at the end of the month.

2. A parcel of 3 dresses and ten ladies t-shirts and three boys undies from Sharyn Cafee. The dresses will be allocated to the special collection for the Philippines, six of the t-shirts have been allocated to Project Burma 2015.

3. Four dresses sent in by Christine Caputo sometime in January which could not be previously allocated has  this time been allocated to Project Cabaraban -

With the above donations, this has brought the total number of dresses to 90, 4 sets of boys clothes and 4 girls shorts/t-shirts set for the Project Cabaraban Philippines.

Thank you to all the donors and a special thank you to the ladies of the Newcastle Embroiderers Guild for their special postage contribution. Thank you. Much appreciated.

Additional parcel sent for Project Burma 2015 Collection #1 - c-o Barbara Dodson

An additional number of t-shirts from Heather Harris, Sharyn Cafee and Dress A Girl Australia were sent to Barbara Dodson for those dresses without sleeves and pairs of shorts without matching t-shirts. A total of  13 t-shirts were sent and one pillowcase dress size 12 was also sent to match with a ladies' tshirt. The pillowcase dress was from a fabric donated by Millhouse Collections.

This final parcel closes off the special collection for Project Burma 2015, Dress Distribution #89. For a complete album on this collection, please click here. Thank you to all the donors who are making this distribution possible. Much appreciated.

More Boys Clothes for Sponsorship

No I was not being chased by a large dog smile emoticon but I did finish 5 pairs of shorts tonight for my Boys Clothes Sponsorship Program. Never in my wildest dreams did I think that I can have a well built for clean water in Kalagi Uganda to give a better future and hope to the people in the community using my sewing skills. Not even my coding skills helped me accomplished it. 

My heartfelt thanks to all those who have sponsored the things I sew to make a difference in the lives of the people in Kalagi Uganda. Thank you so much. feeling accomplished

To sponsor a dress or boys clothes, please click here.

Update on Dress A Girl Australia Well for the community of Kalagi Uganda

Here is an update of the Dress A Girl Australia well from Water-4-Kids International which I am trying to raise money for  for the people/community of Kalagi Uganda through the Dress Sponsorship program, proceeds from sales of my online shop and ebay listings.

As of today I have raised $4,287.25 out of the $10,500 money that is required to accomplish this project. Still trying to think of ways to make the fundraising quicker. It is not an easy task to try to accomplish something especially in an unfamiliar environment but soon, very soon I will get to reach my goal. I just have to be very patient and diligent.

To access a larger and more readable version of this letter, please click here. If you want to help make a difference and give a better future and hope to the people of Kalagi Uganda, you can help by selecting any of the options below -
1) Dress Sponsorship program - click here for more details and how to sponsor a dress.
2) Buying any of the handmade stuff I make and sell - click here to go to the online shop.
3) Buy any listings I made in ebay under 'Leisurestuff', click here to check out what is available
4) Or if you can spare any amount, click here to make a donation.

Thank you.

Donation Acknowledgement #6/2015 - Dress Donations for Project Cabaraban CDO Philippines Batch 1

A special collection for distribution in March. A total of  33 dresses for the first batch that has arrived. Unfortunately I have to control the number of dresses otherwise I will not be able to afford to send the parcel. It is so easy to receive but not that easy to send and quality of dresses is another area to consider. Here are the first batch of dresses that will be included in this special collection.
1) Anna Collett - parcel of 5 dresses -

2) Heather Harris - 16 girls t-shirts which will be distributed based on need.

3) Christine Caputo - 6 dresses and a girl's pair of shorts from a previous parcel -

4) 5 dresses from Cherrie, Dorothy and Toni Kirkpatrick -

5) Twelve dresses from the Inspired Peel Sewers group c-o Judy Scott

6) L brown with 5 dresses -

Thank you to all the ladies who sent in these parcels and a special thanks to Anne for her postage donation. Thank you . It is so much appreciated.

Public Service : Please contact me via email

Could the lady who sent me a box full of dresses with a return address of L Brown Inverell NSW please contact me asap at email address dressagirlaustralia@gmail.com. Thank you.

Last Batch of Sponsored Dresses for the month of Feb 2015

Sharing the love in February and growing hearts 2x bigger, these are the last batch of dresses sponsored in the month of February. All these sponsored dresses have been allocated to two special collections this month for distribution mid and end of March -
1) Suzanne Marshall - allocated to Project Burma 2015 Collection #1 and Project Cabaraban CDO Phils -

2) Lynette Granger - allocated to Project Cabaraban CDO Phils -

3) Lucy Maandig - allocated to Project Burma 2015 Collection #1 and Project Cabaraban CDO Phils -

Thank you to Lucy, Suzanne and Lyn for finding it in their hearts to share their blessings with disadvantaged kids in Burma and the Philippines. Thank you. It is much appreciated.

If you want to help make a difference and you do not know how to sew or you do not want to sew at all, check Dress A Girl Australia's Dress Sponsorship program. Change your life...change a child's life with one dress.