Great news! This year we won the 'Best stall' certificate at the annual Penicuik Street Fair (27th August 2016), awarded by the Penicuik Community Council! Great publicity for our fast growing little African charity.
The day dawned bright and clear as the usual 4 stalwarts (Margaret, Gillian, Agnes and Jo) gathered in the Penicuik precinct to 'man' the stall. This is one of our main fundraising events and it is a lot of work: assembling the goods; transporting them to the site early enough to secure the best table slots; serving all day on the stall day; clearing up afterwards; and distributing the many raffle prizes far and wide. We advertised for volunteers to help with future events and obtained a couple of notes of interest. Meantime, heartfelt thanks to the current trusty team.
Raffle prizes included donations from successful local businesses: Giovannis Bistro; The Best Seller; and castle Warehouse. A HUGE thanks to them too. We really value your support and it is making a big difference in remote and rural Chitambo District, Zambia.
Proceeds are going towards a high frequency digital radio for Mpelembe Rural Health Clinic. Please see our contribution to the Penicuik newsletter for details:
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This article has, amazingly, attracted a large scale donation from someone with Zambian connections. They wish to remain anonymous but a HUGE thanks to them too. This will really help the emergency radio cause, and will save lives.
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