Supporting Charity....
27 Apr 2014 10:10 pmA young man whose family attend our church is a teacher in Nottingham, and his school is involved with a charity in Uganda.
We have asked what we can do to help; raise money perhaps? Actually, said Richard, a collection of clothes really would be useful. He is going out in July, and others also do, regularly, and they take a suitcase or two each.
Whilst football kit for young boys is greeted with glee, there are actually two things that are especially useful.
The first is basic school uniform, as parents have to pay school fees and send the children in uniform, or the child will be sent home. So plain black or grey trousers and skirts, plain white school shirts, and school shoes, are very useful.
That is more or less as you would expect. But there is something else which is really prized, and much needed. Before I tell you what, think back to how they get these clothes there...
They need bras. Many of the women in the poor areas cannot afford bras. And as those of you who are female will know, unsupported breasts can be downright uncomfortable, to say the least.
So I have just been checking my underwear drawer so that I can help to, literally, support Ugandan women!
And I still get the giggles at the idea of this rather serious young man carrying a large suitcase full of bras as his main luggage :)
We have asked what we can do to help; raise money perhaps? Actually, said Richard, a collection of clothes really would be useful. He is going out in July, and others also do, regularly, and they take a suitcase or two each.
Whilst football kit for young boys is greeted with glee, there are actually two things that are especially useful.
The first is basic school uniform, as parents have to pay school fees and send the children in uniform, or the child will be sent home. So plain black or grey trousers and skirts, plain white school shirts, and school shoes, are very useful.
That is more or less as you would expect. But there is something else which is really prized, and much needed. Before I tell you what, think back to how they get these clothes there...
They need bras. Many of the women in the poor areas cannot afford bras. And as those of you who are female will know, unsupported breasts can be downright uncomfortable, to say the least.
So I have just been checking my underwear drawer so that I can help to, literally, support Ugandan women!
And I still get the giggles at the idea of this rather serious young man carrying a large suitcase full of bras as his main luggage :)