I have received my first donations, from Bradley Hire Northern Limited, Spacemaker Installations, my cousin Gary and his wife Nanette, and my uncle Ian and his wife Pla all the way from Saudi Arabia! These donations will be paid to Peace Matunda within the week for the first part of my placement at the orphanage. So thank you for your generosity.
Recently I arranged with my head teacher, Mr White, to take part in the ECOkids Recycling project; a project where schools and organisations raise a tonne of weight in clothes, shoes, bags, teddies, bedding, curtains, books, bric-a-brac and electrical items! When we collect a tonne or two if we can do it, ECOkids send a van to pick it all up and pay us some money! Mr White has graciously decided that for all the effort I put in, I may put the proceeds towards the orphanage and my placement there!
Since then, I have begun doing assemblies to get the word out, registering with ECOkids and ordering all the publicity information to get everyone at school involved! I have also started a design for a page on the school website, and have organised an article to be done in the local newspaper; The Morley Observer (so keep a look out), to explain to everyone what is going on!
The final bit of news I have is my secured dates! I’ll be going to Tanzania on the 20th of October and returning on the 3rd of November. You may have noticed that I’ll be at Peace Matunda over Halloween, so I’m looking into doing a fancy dress Halloween party for the children. Depending how much I raise, I can take decorations out and possibly fancy dress outfits for the children. Don’t worry I’ve checked that it won’t clash with their religion! But hopefully I can get this organised, and you’ll see some pretty funny photos on my return.
Keep checking my blog for more information J
