{"id":2565,"date":"2014-07-27T12:35:20","date_gmt":"2014-07-27T11:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/winchester-and-district\/?p=2565"},"modified":"2014-12-11T20:21:05","modified_gmt":"2014-12-11T19:21:05","slug":"pillowcase-dresses-arrive-in-banjul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/winchester-and-district\/2014\/07\/27\/pillowcase-dresses-arrive-in-banjul\/","title":{"rendered":"Pillowcase dresses arrive in Banjul"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Serendipidy!<\/p>\n<p>Just as we were looking for a reliable and affordable way to get <a title=\"\u25cf Dress a Girl Around the World\" href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/winchester-and-district\/about-our-club\/%e2%97%8f-dress-a-girl-around-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\">136 pillowcase dresses<\/a> to Banjul in the Gambia, Marion Christmas was our guest speaker at the last supper meeting of the club year. \u00a0Her topic was her work with the scout movement in the Gambia and <a title=\"Talk by Marion Christmas MBE, JP on her work in the Gambia\" href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/winchester-and-district\/2014\/03\/29\/talk-by-marion-christmas-mbe-on-her-work-in-the-gambia\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kaira Konko Lodge<\/a>. \u00a0Naturally we showed Marion some of the beautiful dresses made by schoolgirls in Hampshire for schoolgirls in the Gambia. \u00a0To our delight and relief Marion said she could find room for them in her &#8220;luggage&#8221; on her next trip to Banjul. \u00a0Marion personally delivered the dresses to SI Banjul and met a teacher and some of the girls from the school supported by the club.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2566\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2566\" style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/winchester-and-district\/files\/2014\/07\/image-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2566  \" alt=\"image 1\" src=\"\/winchester-and-district\/files\/2014\/07\/image-1.jpeg\" width=\"575\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/winchester-and-district\/files\/2014\/07\/image-1.jpeg 639w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/winchester-and-district\/files\/2014\/07\/image-1-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2566\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marion Christmas with members of SI Banjul and a teacher and girls from the school they support.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2567\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2567\" style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/winchester-and-district\/files\/2014\/07\/image-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2567  \" alt=\"\" src=\"\/winchester-and-district\/files\/2014\/07\/image-2.jpeg\" width=\"575\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/winchester-and-district\/files\/2014\/07\/image-2.jpeg 639w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/winchester-and-district\/files\/2014\/07\/image-2-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2567\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two of the schoolgirls examining the dresses<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serendipidy! 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