Thank you Henbury View First School.

A really big thank you to all the children, Teachers, Mums & Dads for all the pens, pencils and equipment that you collected for the Children of Sri Lanka. Fantastic - well done! Hit the link above to see all your photo's.

What a result

£955.78 - fantastic. Thank you for all your donations. Just a few days left......... Can we get to £1000 !!!!

Hundreds & hundreds

when I originally came up with the idea to visit Sri Lanka , a friend said, "why don't you see if you can get some pens & pencils together" well................

Thanks to School children, teachers, parents, friends & family - fantastic, what a result.

these pictures really do not do it justice...you cannot imagine how many we have...absolutely loads....

D Day - 8

Well this is it - no turning back. Flights etc are now booked. I fly from Gatwick Airport at 2.15pm on Tuesday 5th July. I've been asked many times if I'm nervous...not at all was the reply... well maybe I'm now nervous about being nervous!

Thank you to St Walburga's School

Some of the children from St Walburga's school with the equipment that they have collected. A really big thank you to Mrs Teresa Leigh, all the school children and Teachers. Special thanks to Mr Robert Dare ( HeadTeacher) for your support. Hit the link above to see the rest of the pics

Sri Lanka Garden Party.

A few far Eastern Curries and some other dishes all washed down with several bottles of beer and wine, followed by some really sensible party games! Kath & I had a fantastic time, thank you to everyone who joined in the festivities & donated cash & equipment. And guess what, thanks to your genorosity we rasied another £165 - superb. Special thanks to my KP Tim Rocky for your invaluable support. Thanks Tim, wouldn't have coped without you!. Hit the link above to see all the pictures. ( of course, any pictures can be removed if you so wish, for a rather large donation to the Children of Sri Lanka.......

Hand Over your Money or the Monkey gets it!

Beach Party @ MoJive on Weds 22nd June.

Oh what a night. Some of us looked completely ridiculous, well I did ! But hey, what a laugh! And guess what we raised some more money for the kids in Sri Lanka. Thank you.Hit the link to see the rest of the pics

Build a house in 9 days - you must be joking!

My thanks to Gary Corrie for your time, support & valuable contact details. See what these Guys achieved in just 9 days. Project Details: Rebuild a three bedroom bungalow. Only one wall and parts of the footings remained sound. The job required removing unsafe walls, taking up the damaged floor, clearing the site, removing rubble, securing and replacing the damaged footings, building external and internal walls, building the roof, rendering the walls, plumbing the kitchen and bathroom and wiring the house. Dubbed 'Mission Impossible' by the team! Timescale - 9 days!

Henbury View First School collect pens etc

A Big Thank you to Mrs Louise Jeffs who has worked really hard to make this happen, and of course to all the Teachers, school children & parents for collecting equipment etc.

My Visit to Henbury View First School.

What a day! I met Louise Jeffs some weeks ago at a Mojive venue in Bournemouth. We chatted some time later that evening about my trip to Sri Lanka and the possibility of the School helping out with equipment,but would need to get clearance from the Head Teacher ( thanks Mrs Rita Powner). So I was invited along to the school today for a couple of hours - yes 2 hours, to talk to the children and show some pictures. Well, I arrived at 10am ( having got lost) and left the school at 3.45pm. Maths was never my strong subject but that's a little bit more than 2 hours.

I was shown to Mrs Jeffs classroom and I thought it was empty as it was really quiet, not a sound. I poked my head around the door and got spotted.... it was too late..no turning back..I had to go in. With my suitcase in tow to demonstrate how much equipment we needed to collect I nervously walked towards the children. Oh dear I thought, they are all so quiet. This is going to be hard work.........................................well, how wrong you can be!

We hit it off really quickly (I think they liked my jokes!). I was really surprised at how much they knew about the Tsunami & how interested they were.We talked about the cause of the Tsunami and the devastation that followed. The children asked lots of questions about Sri Lanka. We also looked at some photo's of other children from other areas around the world.
I then met all the children in each of the other classes and again we talked about the Tsunami.

After Lunch break I helped the children put up their Tsunami posters in the school, had a look at the book marks that they had made and also a letter to go out to the parents. And then it was break time...Out with the footballs, what team do you support? can you play with us? Well, I have to admit, I did kick a couple of balls but they were much better at it than me.

Back into school and I was invited to the "well done" assembly for the whole school and parents were invited along as well. It was great to see so many children being rewarded for all sorts of things from being kind & helpful, spelling, Tsunami posters, bookmarks, designing seed packets, writing stories, singing a solo, acting in a play, and good behaviour...sorry if I missed anyone! The whole school sang songs and Head Teacher Mrs Rita Powner did the presenations.

Its been a few years since I was at school. I was asked several times today how old I was & I have to confess I said 21. Its not far out ( if you count really quickly). I don't remember my days at school being such fun and so interesting.

I have been bowled over today by how much the children knew about the Tsunami distaster, their enthusiasm to learn and their ability to ask questions to which I do not have the answers. The day just seemed to run so smoothly and appeared to seemlessly move from one lesson into another. I realise now how much work goes into the planning & preparation of these lessons.The patience, professionalism and dedication of the teachers is an inspiration.

Thank you for helping to collect equipment for the children of Sri Lanka. I will update the website while I am over there ( subject to computers and communications ) and will make the photo's available to you all on my return. But most of all, thank you for inviting me to your school today, it was a real pleasure and you made me feel so welcome.
Kind regards to you all. Malcolm.

Thank you to Mrs Teresa Leigh & the Children of class 4L for collecting pens / pencils etc.

Thanks to Teresa Leigh & the children of class 4L who are collecting pens / pencils etc for the appeal.

Thank you - J2 Network Solutions

£625 New total - fantastic

The total money raised so far is now up to £625.00. A big thank you to everyone who has donated. Don't forget - next week is the last opportunity to make a pledge. A special thank you to Stacey Miles for your support & a great result.

E Mail Database

If you would like an email sent every time there is an update to the website, all you have to do is to send me an email headed "database", or complete a form at the Mojive venues. thank you.

We've hit the £400 - & still more pledges to come in.

oh yes, we have collected £400 and still more to come from pledges that we have received. Don't forget, time is running out - if you would like to donate either pens/ pencils or cash these can be donated at any Mojive venue or by contacting me via email or phone.  Thank you. Malcolm

 

Thank you to Hamworthy Social Club

Thank you to Hamworthy Social Club for your donation. Malcolm

 

Donations collected so far!

£289.31 - once again, a really big thank you to all of you who have donated. If you still want to donate, time is running out! The final dates for collections are: Jive- Hamworthy, Mon 20th June, Jive- Hamworthy, Weds 22nd June, Jive- Pavillion, Thurs 23rd June. Still some more pledges to come in, so watch this space! Pens & Pencils are rolling in also, Thank you.

Thank you to Trevor Birchall Agriculture

Thanks to Trev & Nessa for your donations.

Thought for the Day

We could learn a lot from crayons. Some are sharp, some are pretty and some are dull. Some have weird names, and all are different colours, but they all have to live in the same box. Malcolm

Thank you to Created for you.co.uk

Donations collected so far!

£110.73 - A really big thank you to everyone who has been able to donate to the Children of Sri Lanka. I have also received a couple of pledges that will bump up the total when they come in......Need more pens, pencils etc...could your children donate a pencil or 2? or do you know a school that would be prepared to collect? please let me know! Thanks Malcolm

A BIG Thank you to Phil & the Team at MoJive for their Support.

A BIG Thanks to PHIL & The team for your support & for advertising the project.Watch out for the flyer. You can now make a donation at any of the Bournemouth, Southampton and Portsmouth MoJive nights - fantastic! - If you want to donate but can't make it to any of the venues please email me or ring and I will get it sorted! Thanks.

Thanks to Captive Distribution

A big thank you to Stacey & the Team at Captive Distribution for your support. to read the update go to "news & Promotions / Tsunami appeal.