Jambo.
Exciting news that a distribution of 2000 bedkits is happening now in Tanzania thanks to our Overseas Partners, Mama Wandoa, her son Benjamin and eight volunteers with Upendo Counselling Centre. Mama Wandoa and her team have been trusted partners for over twenty years with Sleeping Children Around the World. In a word, she is formidable.
Since we are unable to send team volunteers from Canada due to Covid restrictions, Mama Wandoa, Benjamin and her volunteers are doing all the hard work which is why we call this a “remote” distribution. Jill and Peggy’s roles are to maintain regular contact/communication as the distribution is taking place.
Mama Wandoa contacted the school districts for the names of the children, ordered items from her suppliers: the mattresses, mosquito nets, bed sheets, school supplies, t-shirts and shoes. The backpacks, white shirts, shorts, skirts were made upstairs in Mama Wandoa’s home which is the long-time site of her sewing cottage industry. 7000 backpacks are stored in two of the bedrooms of her home.
From the first day we noticed that all Covid precautions are in place by their team at each distribution site. Washing stations with soap and disinfectant are organized, a volunteer takes the temperature of each child and masks are worn by the students, teachers and volunteers. A great beginning.
Lala
salama (sleep well)
By
Peggy Morrison, Team Leader and Jill Plasteras Team Leader Associate
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