Thursday, September 4, 2008

Orphanage

Many of you already know that Sally and a few dedicated knitter's in the UK, make clothes and blankets for a local orphange in Debelets just south of Veliko Tarnovo. Yesterday we visited the orphanage with Sally's mum to see what kind of things they are in need of most.
The first thing that we noticed was how basic, but clean the whole place was, the children look happy and contented. They are in different areas depending on age, so there are cot rooms, then for the older ones bedrooms, connected to bathrooms and playrooms. There are several staff around to take care of the children.
We asked about their needs, they really need baby suits with feet in, I call them "grow bags", various sizes from new born up. Sheets for the cots and beds, 1 metre x 1.2 metres in size, they should be sewn up along the sides and one end, so they slip over the small matress. Pampers nappies, not sure how we can help there, to have them sent from the UK would cost too much, any ideas would be grateful.
So we are now asking anyone who has old small childrens clothes (up to four years old) to post them to us, we will then take them to the orphanage. Anyone who wants to come over to visit, we can take there to show you around too.
It's so sad to see the children there, playing, asking for hugs from visitors, then crying as you leave. We can make a small difference to their lives, so please help if you can.
I wanted to take some pictures, but it is not allowed, sorry.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Are you still visiting the orphanage in Debletts?