At the beginning we were preparing the shipping of a 20 ft. container, but the support has been huge and we will need a larger container of 40 ft.
For this, our initial budget is not enough and we need more 1500€ for this purpose.
This container will be filled with food, school supplies, sewing, hygiene, health and childcare material, among others. All of this is to the mission managed by the Irmãs Franciscanas located in Neves that provide assistance to more than 1000 children, from pre-school to 6th grade, to 20 elderly residents of a nursing home and 200 more in home support.
The all process is organized by volunteers, since collection, sorting, packaging, identification, weighing, loading and unloading of the container. Yes, the container will also be unloaded by us since there’s a group of 11 volunteers that will go to São Tomé, at the same time, and will be there for a month. They will train pre-school teachers, elementary school teachers, provide health screenings through the “roças”, organize after-school recreation activities, etc.
We need 5000€ to send the container, and thanks to the work of volunteers we will get 3500€. To fill the gap of budget we create this campaign.
We will, naturally, keep collecting and selling paper and card, so all the extra money achieved will be delivered to the Irmãs, at Neves, whom are totally committed with the cause.
Nothing returns with us. This mission, like all the others, started with nothing and with nothing will remain.
The container content is fully filled with donations. You may find informations about how to send donations in our website and Facebook page.
The container will be sent in the first half of July, and unloaded during the month of July, so our goal is to achieve the fundraising within a maximum period of 60 days after the publication of this campaign.