In the July edition of Romsey Abbey's monthly magazine "Open Door" is an article about this project and asking for donations of various things that I can take with me for other projects that Mission Direct supports. So this week I've been enjoying meeting people who I'd not met before who had called me, kindly offering knitting needles, crochet hooks (it seems that I am not the only one with duplicates in both these), wool, childrens' books.
The knitting/crocheting things are for 2 projects giving girls marketable skills so they can bring in a wage for their families: one trains girls to be maids and the other trains them in knitting and sewing. I am hoping to be able to spend some time with each of these projects while I am in Zambia, joining in with whatever they are doing.
The books will be much appreciated by the schools that I will be working with and by a childrens' home that the team will be visiting.
Slowly the heap of things I need to pack is growing, and the trip is feeling ever more real.
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