Well, it's been two weekends of heavy lifting and geometry as we tried to stack everything into the container in a properly scientific way. Very grateful thanks to all the volunteers for their brilliant efforts last weekend and today, Easter Monday. Below is a photo from last weekend (there's a lot more in there now!)
We have now stowed away just about everything we had collected and have found ourselves with a slightly unexpected problem: without the trailer we had intended to put in, but which turned out to be too tall for the container, we still have quite a lot of space. This is rather a problem, because during shipping you really don't want things to have room to move about inside the container.
SO, between now and the end of April are looking for any of the following to fill up the gaps:
- Bookshelves and shelving
- Big planter pots (to close off the outdoor area of the cafe to be operated by the Bougainville Women's Federation in the Women's Centre at the Buka town market)
- Stackable chairs (for use at the Hako Women's Collective Resource Centre, during meetings and training sessions)
- Office desks, tables and chairs
- Filing cabinets
- Office stationery and paper
- Fabric for sewing classes
If you have any of these to give, or anything else you think might be useful for the women's groups in Bougainville, please contact us. And tell your friends!
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