A little more kindness...

" A little more kindness grows in the world each time we give from our hearts"

(Holly Gerth)

Another door is just waiting to be opened...bring it on!

auction items...

It was supposed to be a SILENT auction - the noise was from the floor of bidders, little done silently! so much fun to see the competition and the items of greatest interest!! a huge thank you to our auction sponsors who donated items that made it such great fun and such a success !

Rolf Binder : Veritas Winery
http://www.veritaswinery.com/

Laptop Plus
http://www.laptopplus.com.au/

Bruce Hobby ( Photographer)
http://www.brucehobby.com.au/

Jasmine Potts
"Mum's Cooking"
http://www.mumscooking.net.au/

OzAsia Festival

Goldilocks Hair
George Sekoulidis
184 Tynte Street, North Adelaide

Fox Real Estate
http://www.foxrealestate.com.au/

Westernpacific Financial Group
http://www.westernpacific.com.au/

Pack and Send
www.packsend.com.au/marion
www.packsend.com.au/lonsdale

Outcome Accounting
08 8239 1143

JoGan Haulage
Brett and Ali Skipworth

Chiroactive
Dr Geoff McCann
geoff@chiroactive.com.au

City of Onkaparinga
Wakefield House Community Centre

John Cassidy
Lochness Fencing
0409322414

...and beautiful donations of produce and items by Audrey,Poni,Neisha,Chris,Karen and John and Margot Sexton - the GOAT!!

How about beginning with the food preparation...

Oh my goodness - it was stunning! With all hands on deck for the food preparation, Francois tackled the onions...dozens of them! Oceane tackled the kale...poni directed,instructed, created and held the floor throughout the day and night! stunning food that shocked people with its quality - from the hard boiled eggs to the spit roast goat to the curries, the samosas, the surprise donation of a baked salmon, desserts to choose from..just a wonderful spread, created with love!

What a wonderful night!

What can I write? the evening defied all expectations and it was a demonstration of just how very much loved are Virginia and the children of the village of Makuluni. Makuluni, Malawi is well and truly on the map, not only of atlases but of the hearts of so many who have been touched by the project. It is difficult to know where to begin...

Feast for Friends

And so we enter the final phase of the 'footprint project'. We are hoping with all our hearts that this is not the end but the beginning of a new phase and new adventures!

Friday the 30th July will see the Feast for Friends held at Wakefield House at Morphett Vale, SA. We have taken the approach of having nothing to lose and everything to gain in our celebration of the achievements of so many people over the past (almost) two years.

It is vital that as privileged individuals living in a beautiful and free country we do not become complacent about the situation of others. Very importantly, we need to remember that while there are certainly people suffering in our own country, our responsibility as part of the global community is not diminished by this fact. Our activity - or lack of activity- in supporting universal health, goodwill and peace will eventually, sooner or later, impact on us in Australia. The concept of 'global neighbours' is becoming more and more apparent and literal - the countries that surround Australia are becoming more and more a significant part of our economy and health status. Wars, faltering and failing economies,disease,climate change and pollution are impacting upon us all and it is critical that our 'world view' extends beyond the boundaries of our own four walls.

For this fundraising dinner we are inviting local businesses to contribute through donations of meal ingredients and items for the Silent Auction. In return, we will promote the local businesses, encouraging those who attend the dinner to remember local businesses when shopping. In this way the dinner will be not only supporting an international cause but also local causes and businesses.

Ingredients for the dinner will be purchased through independent grocers such as local IGA's as opposed to the large supermarkets and fair trade products will be sourced wherever possible.

The countdown is on...30th July @ 7pm is rapidly approaching...goat cooked on a spit, traditional foods of a variety of countries of the African continent and a wonderful celebration!

Not an easy road to travel...

A few days before leaving the village we received a man and his wife from Malunda village who came to find out if it was indeed true that his two children got such durable shoes free of charge. Since he was awayhe thought his wife was having an extrmarital affair. he almost beat her up but his wife asked him to look for me and get the truth , thank God I was still there! The man was speechless, he thanked me and openly confessed that his children had never had such type of shoes, not even himself. his wife was all smiles and I saved her from the beatings. When they were going back, i saw themsmiling and laughing, going in peace...

...My dear, we've done something ...our friendship is not selfish, its rich friendship which cannot easily be found...something has happended in Makuluni...'

Sunday, Sunday...

19th may 2010...Virginia...


"...As I said, the Sunday following the distribution was amazing, everyone headed for their respective churches. I told you that we only have Christian churches, most of them being Catholic, Baptist, Seventh Day Adventists, Pentecostals and some smaller congregations. Pastors thought people had been hearing rumours about Jesus returningon that Sunday, everyone was in their best clothes and in church. They discovered it was the shoes, the children could not be silenced, everyone was talking about their new shoes in church, walking around, falling down in these new things called shoes!...

The pastors saw another surprising thing - people walking in and out of church as if everyone had a thousand litres in their bladders! The striking thing was that almost everyone who was going in and during the service had shoes, something which was very uncommon..."