On Monday 7th December, Chris and I are driving a car very full of books, dresses and knitted teddies to the home of Gill Curry of SI Thames Valley. The club has established ‘The Kori Project’ in Sierra Leone and we linked up with them at conference in Harrogate last year. We heard from club member Rose then about the plight of families because of the Ebola virus. We heard that where Ebola was discovered in a house, the whole house and contents had to be burned. This left families with nothing. At that time we sent some dresses and knitted teddies for the children.
In recent conversations, we understand that the club have funded a library building that is ready for use. However, it is a library without books at the moment! Thames Valley club collect items until they can get them sent over by container and we agreed to collect books and make some of our infamous dresses to go in the next container. A knitting group in Coventry run for Asian ladies have donated 25 teddies that will be sent out too.
So Monday morning, bright and early we will be making the drive to Maidenhead where Gill has promised us lunch before our drive back! Contributions have come from a number of Lichfield Soroptimists and friends. We will let you know how we get on!