The webshop Pp-junkie has added another postcard from Kenya to their shop! This card shows a young girl from the Galileeschool in the Kayole-Soweto slum of Nairobi. This school is the only chance for these children at a better future for themselves and their family.


The profits from these postcards will go fully to the education of the children at Galilee!


Click here to shop these cards!

My own little shop

As you might have noticed I added a new page to this website; the online shop! From now on you can order postcard here that were made by me. The cards can be used for Postcrossing or just to send to your friends and family. At the moment there are 16 different postcards you can order and several other items such as magnets and mouse mats for your computer.

In the future more cards will be added to the shop, when this happens I will ofcourse inform you about it through my blog. Suggestions on subject you would like to see (more) cards of are very welcome. For example touristic cards, city cards, nature, animals, vintage etc.

Any comments on the cards that are in the shop now can be placed below by clicking on 'reacties' or can be placed in the shop itself.



I hope you like it and don't forget my little shop when you need some new postcard! :D

More cards received in Kenya!

Today this message arrived from Kenya:

Dear Ones,


Cards project is doing so well and kids are learning many new things from them. They are happy to make new friends through cards exchange.

We are very grateful to all the participants.

Big thank you to everyone.

Dun
 
 
And... the e-mail came with new photos! Here they are:
 

Anyone that would like to write to the children can send a card to :

Galilee Primary School

Direct Agent Bag

P.O. Box 70014-00400

Tom Mboya Street

Nairobi, KENYA

Write about yourself, your family and your hobbies or teach the children something about your country or city. Maybe you can tell them something about the picture on the card!

Please leave a comment by clicking on 'reacties' Thank you!

Child of the week (Faith)

Meet Faith. She is a very sweet 9 year old girl that is now in grade 4 of primary school. She loves playing football and her favorite schoolsubjects are christian religious studies en social studies. She hopes to become a teacher one day, will you help her reach that goal by becoming her sponsor?

You can become Faith's sponsor for only $12,50 a month. (payments via Paypal possible using any currency)

She would love it if you would write to her and three times a year you will receive a letter back from her. When you become her sponsor you will receive more info on her and her family and you will be updated on her progress at school.

Please e-mail to: margarita@galileeschool.org Thank you!

Child of the week (Margaret)

This week I would like to tell you a little about Margaret. She goes to the Galilee school in the slums of Nairobi and is in need of a sponsor. Margaret is 10 years old and in class 3. Her favorite color is yellow and she dreams of traveling the world someday.

Margaret

In order for her to achieve her dreams she will need to complete her education. You can help her for less then 42 cents per day($12,50 a month) and show her that people do care about her. Please e-mail me at margarita@galileeschool.org to learn more about Margaret and about becoming her sponsor!

Child of the week (George)

I have written several blogs about the great work of the Galilee school in Kenia and the fun ways we can help them. Galilee, a school in the slums of Nairobi, pays for the schoolsupplies and teacher's salaries through child sponsorship programms.

Through this programm you can sponsor a child at the Galilee school and make sure this child can go to school, get a schoollunch every day and receives a diploma at the end of class 8. When you sponsor a child you are this child's only sponsor, through letterwriting you can get to know eachother and form a lasting friendship.


When you decide to sponsor a child you will be matched with a child at the school, you can let them know if you have a preference in sponsoring a boy or a girl, a young child or a high school student. You will receive info about the child's homesituation, his or her latest schoolresults and a nice photo. You can write to your sponsorchild as often as you like and three times a year the children write a letter in return. At this time you will also receive their new schoolmarks.


Extra items for your child can be bought at the online shop. (this is only an extra option, you do not need to buy anything here) Uniforms, schoolbooks and sivilian clothes etc are for sale here. When you purchase a new uniform for your child you will get a digital photo of the child wearing the new uniform. (allow some time in between since it takes some time to transfer the money, buy the items, distribute them to the children and make and send the photos) This way you are sure your money was used as you intended it and you know exactly what was bought.


Since I sponsor a child at Galilee myself (read my blog about Linda) and know how important this is for the children and how much fun it is for me to write to her I wanted to put one of the children without a sponsor in the spotlight here each week. You can read a little about them and I will post a photo and hopefully this way we will find more sponsors for these great children. Don't hesitate to place any questions or comments here or e-mail them to me at : margarita@galileeschool.org


Twitter, e-mail or write to your friends about this blog and the kids at Galilee. If you want to write about the school on your own blog please contact me for any information you might need. Link to:
http://www.galileeschool.org/ and
margarita@galileeschool.org

George

One of the kids looking for a sponsor is 6 year old George. He is in class 1B of the primary school at Galilee. Both his parents passed away and he is living with a guardian at the moment. He still managed to get a score of 465/500 on his last exam, an amazing score! He enjoys playing soccer and loves the colour blue.

Will you be the one making sure George can go to school? Will you be that person to write to him and encourage him to stay in school? If so, please e-mail me at margarita@galileeschool.org for more info on George. His sponsorship costs $12,50 a month and can be payed using Paypal.

Postcards received in Kenya(2)

Today I received some more photos of the kids at Galilee with the postcards they received from you. Thank you all for sending your cards to these children, they love and cherish their cards and letters so much!

There are so many more children at Galilee that would love to receive a card too. Anyone is still very welcome to join the Postcard Shower.

Click in the menu on 'Postcards to Kenya' and read all about it!

Happy Minibags

Some of the items I bought for my Minibags

After getting so many enthousiastic responses about the Postcard Shower for the kids of Galilee I wanted to share some other fun ideas with you on how you can help the kids at Galilee!
What I personally love are those fun minibags, you can get them at most department stores and some supermarkets aswell. They come in all kinds of colours and prints and are perfect for my new little project: Happy Minibags!

A Happy minibag with a jojo, pencil, little doll and some animal fact cards

The idea is you take one of those cute minibags and fill them with fun (and useful) gifts for one child. Things he/she could use for school but also for fun! The items I used for my Minibags were small jojo's, pretty pencils, a small doll in traditional clothing from my country, fact cards about animals, pens, stickers, postcards, crossword puzzles from a puzzlebook and some nice erasers. Ofcourse there are many more fun option and nice gifts you could choose from. Look around at the stores in your area for fun gifts. When shopping try to remember to buy lightweight items to save postage and make sure the items fit in an envelope, unfortunately boxes do not always arrive.

Above you see my first finished Happy minibag!
Unfortunately the postcards didnt fit in the bags I bought, I'll just put those in the big envelope seperately. The minibags I bought have little tags attached to them, on those I wrote 'Any child' meaning that the bag could be given by the schoolstaff to any child who might need it. If you want you can specify by writing on the tag that the bag is best suitable for a young child or a high school student and wether the bag should be given to a boy or girl. (or if it suits both)


Your Happy Minibags are all yours so it's up to you what you put in them but to help you get started here are some suggestions:

• Pens (coloured)
• Pencils (coloured)
• Stickers
• Fact cards
• Postcards
• Small toys (jojo, elastics, little doll, toy car)
• Puzzles
• Magazine/newspaper articles suitable for children
• Small hygiene items (handkerchief, washcloth, toothbrush)
• Little notebook
• Erasers
• Pencilcase
• Pictures (of you, your family, your city/country)
• Watercolour (paint)
• Coloured markers

Where do I send my Happy Minibags?
Galilee Primary School
Direct Agent Bag
P.O. Box 70014-00400
Tom Mboya Street
Nairobi, KENYA

HAVE FUN!

Have you made some Minibags for the children at the Galileeschool, in the Kayole-Soweto slum of Nairobi? Tell us about it by clicking on 'reacties' below!

E-mail a picture of your Happy Minibags to margarita@galileeschool.org and I will share them on the site.

Postcards received in Kenya

A few weeks ago I posted a blog about a postcard project for the children at the Galilee school in the slums of Nairobi. My request was if you could send these kids a nice postcard (or several) to put a smile on their faces!

I asked you to pick a nice card suitable for young children teaching them something about animals or your country and culture and many of you have. At least 150 postcards have been sent to the kids so far! Amazing!!

A bunch of animal cards for the kids at Galilee

The cards will be used during assembly before school, in class or will be given to an individual child. Afterwards they can be used to decorate those empty classroomwalls.

Today I received the first photos of some of the children with the first received cards! I want to share them will you right away...

There are so many more children at Galilee that would LOVE to receive some mail too! You can send one postcard 'naked' or several in one envelope, making even more children happy!!

The address is:
Galilee Primary School
P.O. Box 70014-00400
Tom Mboya Street
Nairobi, Kenya


Several people have asked me about the need of other items at Galilee. The school is always in need of books and schoolsupplies for the children. Sending these items is very much appreciated. If you plan to send such items please contact me or the school first as there is another address for parcels.
Via the online shop you can also purchase some much needed items for the children. You can pay for the items using Paypal and the money will then be transfered to Kenya. In Kenya the items will be bought, stimulating the local economy!
Click here to read more about the online shop!


Have you joined the Postcard Shower too? Or bought anything for the kids through the online shop? Tell us about it by clicking on 'reacties' below!