Sunrise Lodge is really excited to be supporting the Samouni Family Project 2011, which has organised a convoy into Gaza to re-establish a school for 112 kids, as well as take much needed supplies to the area which has been until very recently entirely cut off from the outside world. The organisers have sent out a list of required items, and Sunrise Lodge amongst others in Dahab (and across the world) are trying to make sure these kids get what they desperately need.
Basic school equipment such as pens, pencils, paper and educational toys are on the list for the school, as are more general items like children’s clothes and blankets. Should anybody have any of these that they can donate, they can bring them into Sunrise Lodge – we will gladly pour you a cup of tea or coffee in return and tell you more about the project!
However, also high on list of necessities are antibiotics and milk powder for babies. Each unit will cost around 40le (£4.50, €5) and so whilst these are not items that most people would think to donate, if anybody can make a financial donation we can buy these on your behalf and send them to people who are in dire need.
Even if you don’t have any of these items to donate or any spare cash (we understand it’s a terrible time for a lot of people at the moment), we ask you this. Please just donate ONE pen (or pencil) for the school, and ONE pound for the medicine. If everybody in Dahab could contribute just this, it will make a massive difference to this project.
We will be at the Community Market at Sheikh Salem house this Friday and every Friday until the departure of the convoy, collecting your pens and your pounds as well as anything else that you feel you can donate. You can bring your donations at any time to Sunrise Lodge, and soon there will be collection boxes appearing in different places in the town.
If there is anyone who is outside of the area or the country, but can make a financial contribution (no matter how small) please contact us and we can tell you about the ways you can send your money to the convoy to purchase medicine and milk on your behalf. There is no great big organisation that is going to suck up your money with administration costs; every single penny or pound that you send will be directly translated into supplies for these children.
We could use this platform to harp on about the terrible situation these children and families are in but it should be enough to just remind you that these children have no access to medicine when they are ill, there are babies who have no access to milk, and there are kids trying to learn at schools with no paper.
PLEASE DONATE A PEN AND A POUND!!!!!