India.

I will be going to India instead of Cambodia this December as there is a slight change of plans, that i will be going on a pilgrimage to India to meet a spiritual guru. Cambodia is scheduled for June 2010 after my wedding and we have decided to incorporate the trip into our honeymoon. 


However, a friend of mine is going to Cambodia in Dec with a group on a missionary and he has kindly offered to bring some items over for the kids.


Googling about India made me realized that India like Cambodia is also a very poor nation with many people living in slums. 

So i have decided to bring some items along to India for these kids as well.


Currently, i've collected quite an amount of stuff including clothes, school bags and stuffed toys.
Latest collection items donated by Lorraine, a friend from my french class a long time ago!
She was really helpful in the collection and even hooked me up with an auntie who donated even more stuff. I was really touched when this auntie hugged me suddenly and told me that she wanted to join me in helping these children when she retires. I didn't realize that one can have that kind of connection with a random stranger on the first meeting, and that really inspired me to go on helping these children and also to get people who are interested in this cause going.

i will continue to go around collecting stuff as soon as i dispatch some stuff off for Cambodia and India in Dec, if you have kindly offered to donate some stuff, i will get in touch with you in Dec for pick up.

Following are the items that we are still hoping to collect: 
1. 50 toothbrushes
2. 50 toothpastes
3. 50 bars of soap
4. 50 pairs of white school shoes (cloth type)
5. 30 boxes of crayons/colouring pencils
6. 30 colouring books/childrens' activity books/to learn ABC & numbers/or self made learning materials
7. Story books for children of any kind in English
8. 20 plastic water bottles
9. Pencils & erasers
10. Toys of any kind (e.g. jigsaws, dolls, soft toys, figurines etc.) preferably not too dirty or old, im sure the children would be happy to receive some of these.



Thanks everyone for your help and contribution! :)