Monday, 15 October 2018

Packing evening



The trip is almost here!  With just one or two sleeps to go (the groups are flying out on either Monday evening or Tuesday morning), we met at Dilanee's house to pack up all of the educational resources that we will be taking with us to Sri Lanka.


With a luggage allowance of 47kg per person, there was a lot of packing to do.  Dilanee's garage was piled high with pre-packed bags full of toiletries, glue sticks, scissors, paper, tissue, glitter, crayons, pens and books.

The sitting room was also a hive of activity.  In all there was around 700 teddies to be packed, hand knitted by dedicated people around the country and vacuum packed to save space.  We are aiming to bring enough arts and crafts for each school that we visit and a toothbrush, toothpaste and a teddy for each child. 

The second picture (Above Right) is the Le Fanu family's luggage and a small sample of the overall trip's capacity.

Most of the resources that we packed were donated from schools and churches so a special thank you to everyone who donated or made something.  Our next blog post will be from Sri Lanka so stay tuned!

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