A huge thank you to women at both the Homemakers’ Ladies Guild, Keynsham and the “Ladies’ Leisure” group, Coalpit Heath. I have been invited to talk to both groups over the last couple of weeks, and been able to show lots of photos and answer many questions about life on the streets and Alalay’s work. Both groups made me feel so welcome and kindly made significant donations to my work.
Thank you to the organisers for co-ordinating the talks.
When Rachel Davies ran a campaign a few months ago to sponsor 100 mattress covers for the Alalay welcome centres, we had no idea how successful it would be.
She not only managed to raise enough for the 100 covers, but also pay for cake baking tins (for cookery with kids) and a whiteboard which helps with homework, teaching and much more besides. Rachel has just sent us some photos of the new whiteboard being used for some English teaching.
Unfortunately, Redland Green May Fair tomorrow (7th May) has been cancelled due to waterlogged ground. We are all very disappointed!
We have just received photos from Alalay of their recent cello concert. World-class cellist Michael Jones kindly played for the street kids, Alalay staff and the local community as part of his world tour and the children were spell-bound. Many Alalay kids even had a go on his cello after the concert!
Please see below for more photos of the event (please just click on the thumbnail for a bigger image).
A huge thank you to Olly Jamieson who recently painted himself purple for a day to raise money for the ex-street children at Alalay, helped by friends Jack and Hannah. Please do watch his story here.
There’s always plenty of fun events going on. Check out forthcoming fundraisers organised by our fantastic supporters here. There are many more soon to be announced – including parachute jumps, sponsored leg-waxing and Iron man competitions!
You can now donate to the work of Friends of Alalay via text message… Just send a text saying ALAL01 £ followed by the amount you wish to donate to 70070 and you’re done (e.g. ALAL01 £5). It’s as easy as that!
World-class cellist Michael Jones is visiting Santa Cruz as part of his Americas tour and has kindly offered to play a concert at Alalay this Saturday 7th April. The Alalay children and staff will watch and members of the local community will also be invited to this great event.
A big thank you to Michael for offering to play – everyone at Alalay is very excited about the upcoming visit!
Volunteer Rachel Davies recently organised a campaign to sponsor 100 mattress protectors for the children at the Alalay welcome centres in both La Paz and Santa Cruz, and they have now arrived safely in Bolivia.
The Responsible Business Exhibition in Islington last week was a great opportunity to talk with a number of interesting people and organisations. Thank you to the LATA Foundation for inviting me to the event.
The tea, cakes and craft sale was a brilliant event – a packed house, lots of purchases, tea and cakes… People came from miles around, and some walkers even chanced upon the event! Thanks to everyone who helped out either beforehand or on the day – we raised a fantastic amount for Friends of Alalay. Please see below for some photos of the event.
In the evening I spoke at the Saltford Walkers social event – again members continue to support my work and were very generous in their donations.
Tomorrow Elli is running in the Bristol half marathon to support our with Bolivian street-connected children! She’s so close to her target, so please do
Elli's fundraiser for Friends of Alalay (Santa Cruz)
Help Elli Morley raise money to support Friends of Alalay (Santa Cruz)
**This Friday 24th January in Bristol** Support Bolivian street children as you sup, all while listening to beautiful music. Bar monies go to help the
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