Over $2,000 Raised

Yep - you read that right... over $2 G raised for the New Hope Orphanage in Swaziland

Online: $1854.44 CDN
Cash: $100 Amr + $155 CDN

Total : $ 2119.44 CDN

i have no idea of what they will do with the money... but that puts them 2 Gs ahead of where they were before we started all this.

Packing

Doh'!
we've got a whole lotta' stuff


thankfully, medical supplies are light
( all plastic ) - it turns out it's the sheer volume
of the supplies that's the problem

Special Thanks to Dr. Lapointe at VGH for helping us procure all this stuff




There is still time to help out the New Hope Orphanage in Manzini. Every penny is going directly to the orphanage

many thanks for all your help

chris n' jenn

10 Days to Go

For those who aren't aware, the donations for the orphanage have surpassed $1000...
... we are currently a $1,184.58 (online) + $125.00 (cash)

= $1309.58

Swaziland has the world’s highest

HIV/AIDS rate ( 38.8% )

life expectancy :
male: 31.84 years
female: 32.62 years

Jenn, Andrea, Ryan and I leave for Swaziland in 11 days n' counting

What have we done ?

Dr. Lapointe at Vancouver General Hospital has boxes and boxes of medical supplies for us

Opus Framing and Art Supplies ( Opus website ) is donating a bunch of Sculpey III molding Clay that the orphanage will use to make jewelery to sell

Kids supplies and items from Jill, Heather, Kala, and many, many other offers

Aarm Dental clinic donating ~20 Lbs worth of dental supplies

Dr. J. Buckley in Radiology has given ~ 50Lbs in Radiology text books

Karen over at troll-baby has put up a wager to try and collect $10,000 for the New Hope Orphanage in Manzini, Swaziland. I won't actually tell you what this challenge is... you must read it for yourself ( the fact is, i just can't bring myself to type it.... you'll understand once you read it) http://troll-baby.com/

every penny is going to New Hope Orphanage in Manzini ( i still need to figure out how much physical cash can be brought into the country)

Online donations are through a secured Paypal account ( the same system Ebay uses )



I will take all your money out of the country, in an envelope, straight to Swaziland ( where you'll never have a chance to be refunded ) and it will be all be spent on something that will benefit kids in an AIDS-ravaged country. We might buy pre-school supplies. We might buy sandals and shoes. We might fix their water filtration system... i have no idea.

But without your help - we wouldn't be buying anything.

Regular updates with new total will follow

many thanks

Chris & Jenn