Kits are packed- YAY.

400 kits, 175kg!!! Packed and ready to go.

From here to there ... a wonderful journey. 

400 kits - what an achievement!

Sunday's volunteer "Pack'n'Chat" morning was a huge success. As a team we managed to get 400 kits packed, 200 regular and 200 heavy flow. It was the best production line ever, well, after a few alterations that is ;-) 

I want to thank everyone who came along to help, and those who brought along snacks too. 

And a very big thank you to Xeynab who made us a wonderful Days for Girls 500 kits celebration cake for the year. 

Here are some shots from the morning ... Lebanon here we come! 

Thank you to Lisa for making this lovely lap quilt / wall hanging (haven't decided yet) from the Days for Girls off cuts. It brings so much joy to my heart. We are going to miss Lisa so much, she was a force to be reckoned with when she and Maggie (the serger) were together.

PACK'n'CHAT TOMORROW

Can you believe it? Our second Pack'n'Chat meeting and this one will finish us off for this "year". We will all take a well deserved break over the summer and I wish all of you traveling with your families safe and quick travels.

TOMORROW at BHAJA HALL in Qurum (Next to the Jungle Restaurant) from 8.45am until 12.30pm.

If you can, bring along a small snack to share for our celebrations after the packing.

ALSO don't forget tomorrow some our volunteers will have their crafts for sale during the celebration time.  Please bring along some spare money and help support our volunteers and Days for Girls as each crafter will be making a donation to Days for Girls!!!

The ripple effect in action.

It was an absolute pleasure to receive 18 kits from Mary Hovland, the mother of my children's school principal. On her annual visit to Muscat last year she heard about Days for Girls and was so struck with idea that she took it back to her lovely sewing church friends in Willmar, Minnesota and they made it one of their many projects.

The kits are beautifully made and they will be travelling to Lebanon with us on the 28th of this month and will be distributed to Syrian refugees either at the settlement camp or in the school. 

Jamie took some time to share pictures and video of the Uganda distribution too. I love how this movement works!

Thanks for checking in ... 

Any Airline Connections?

Good morning lovely volunteers, whew, I hope you didn't get blown away last night with the winds in Muscat? 

I am giving a call out to anyone that might be able to help with a contact in the airline industry. 

Our Lebanon distribution is going ahead in two weeks time and we are trying to get some help with reducing our airline /  baggage charges. 

Our airlines choices are Qatar Airways, Etihad, Emirates or Gulf Air. Each has it's pros and cons.

400 kits weighs approx. 175kg. 

We really want to take the bags on with us as excess baggage as cargo has been known to "go missing" at the other end recently and customs can be tricky, so we were cautioned by the NGO in Beirut to have it with us. 

Excess baggage charges PER KG are ...
Qatar 5.5 rial
Emirates is 9 rial
Etihad is 42 rial per 23kg bag. (looking to be the best price, however the flight timings/  connections are not great)
Gulf Air 5 rial 


So ladies, does anyone have any "friends" in high places that might be able to give us a discount or reduction in baggage fees? PLEASE can you contact me ASAP if you are able to assist. 

Many thanks 

May 7th Volunteer Morning

We were packed to the rafters today and what a great feeling that was! 

Over 60 volunteers passed through this morning and we achieved a great deal. Thank you to everyone that participated. 

Jamie gave a great presentation and it was spine tingling to see the kits that were so loving made by our team in the hands of the girls in Uganda - well done everyone and a huge THANK YOU to Jamie for heading up the distribution for us. 

It is wonderful to report that we have now reached our target for the 400 kits for shields, heavy flow shields, underwear, soaps, and regular liners! The serging team are now "foot to the floor" on their machines getting the remaining 400 heavy flow liners finished.  We will also purchase some washcloths to reach the 400 needed. 

And many thanks to Julie's team that took home the remaining shields to snap, you ladies are fabulous. 

We will meet again on Sunday 21st to pack and chat and celebrate. (no ironing ;-) !!!! )

As discussed today we will ask if anyone would like to bring in a little snack or treat to share.  Also we will have some tables available to any of our volunteers who would like to display / sell their crafts  during the "celebrate time" on the 21st. It is up to you if you would like to make a donation of any amount from the sales.  Please contact me to let me know if you are interested. 

We are almost there .... many thanks! 

Here are some candid shots from this morning.