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