Hello again,
As we have mentioned before, we spent many Sundays looking around our local car boot sales, and on one occasion in June 2011 we came across a little childs pram with two dolls in it. Two young women called Alice and Lois were the stall holders and after some debate, we purchased the pram complete with two dolls for the princely sum of £1.00. As usual, we told them what we were collecting for and we were asked to leave our telephone number, as they were interested in helping us.
The pram was taken home, and as the body was pink gingham material, it was washed in the bath and came up as good as new. We think it could be the only pram on the island! See bottom of picture below. Isn't it sweet?
A few days later we received a call from Lois and Alice to say they had several dolls for us, which they would like us to send to the children on Ukerewe, and we met them and took 'our new family' home.
Once the dolls had been dressed, using donated material from local Rotary wives, they were ready to be boxed up to send.
This is just one example of the kindness of people in general, that we have experienced. We have received many other dolls, from other people, and we thank you all, for your help. Hopefully we wil be able to take photographs of a lot of the dolls and toys, with their new owners.
Until the next time,
Best Wishes,
Diane and Derek
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