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December 31, 2023

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August 31, 2023

Wow, what a GIRLS DAY at Dekpor Basic School.  The younger girls received lovely handmade items from the June 27th shipment, and the grade 5 and higher got Kits4Girls and Boxers!

  • items for the kits sorted into many piles

August 30, 2023

In Dekpor, the distribution of the June 27th shipment started!  See the Shipping album under Projects!

August 30, 2023

A shipment of 28 items left Carol's in Aurora. Thanks to Angela McCart for taking a load to the shipper along with Carol! See photos of the collection in the Project page for Shipping!

Thanks to the following people for donating:

Alison Backer - clothing, sheets

Aurora FC - clothing

Betty - clothing

Dana Szasz - infant clothing

Dave Rout - car ramps

Jacqueline SY - monitor, cables, mouse

Jill Readman and Kristy Chantelle - phone (will go directly with Linda in the fall)

Jocelyn Patten (picked up by Sara Prince) - 3 suitcases

Kathy Petroff - cell phone (will go directly with Linda in the fall)

Kelly Brown - lots of medical supplies

Laura Mateyak - clothing, sheets

Laurel Peters - suitcase

Leanne Christopher and XE - tech items

Lillie Kwok - suitcase, laptop case, mouse

Lourita Lue-Shing and friend - clothing

Marilyn Peters - clothing

Michelle Furtado - soccer jerseys

Orianna Brodbeck - iPad (will go directly with Linda in the fall)

Ruth - clothing

Sara Prince - suitcase

Tracy Choy - huge amount of construction tools

Vicky Xek - nails

XE - loads of monitors, keyboards, mice, and cables! (Thanks to Leanne Christopher)

  • Angela McCart helped Carol get the shipment to the shipper and she stands by her loaded vehicle

August 27, 2023

We had the seamstresses make an additional 26 uniforms for elementary students who really needed them and missed out earlier this year.

August 26, 2023

New apprentices start: Patricia, Frank, Dzorgbenyui, Tity, Suzzy, Ophelia, and Eliza. There is a lot of work for Linda and Abraham to prep ahead of time!

 

  • an apprentice crouches down beside the tools that he needs

August 20, 2023

We were long past due to replace the solar lights at the town toilets, but had to wait for them to arrive from Ontario! Today they were all replaced!

  • a man stand at the top of a ladder, installing a solar light to the corner of a toilet facility

August 16, 2023

My oh my, the huge shipment from early June arrived and the distribution at the school happened today.  Just part one of many! Refer to the shipping project page!

  • Many people are sorting through a variety of items of clothing that are on tarps on the ground

August 8, 2023

Whew! We moved before we had a disaster on our hands! The emergency repairs at the Dekpor Yia Water Tower are completed!

  • After photo taken at the water tower once the erosion damage had been repaired

August 2, 2023

Work at the Dekpor Basic School's computer lab continues!

  • 2 men shown in the computer lab, each working at a different computer