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AMY GILLESPIE’S WORK IN MOZAMBIQUE

With the orphans and AIDS education

Below please find Amy’s list of materials and support requested.

Amy will be the Guest Speaker at our services on June 11,

so please bring in your donations by that time.

TIOS wish-list for material donations for June, 2006

Any items about herbals including Aveda books, etc. on how to make herbal products, etc.

Embroidery floss – particularly black, brown, burgundy and white (for embroidering the faces

of African Anatomical Dolls)

Any kits (paint by number, cross-stitch, needlepoint, etc.)

Any books/videos on “how to” for carpentry or sewing, needlepoint,

Any books/videos on “how to” for musical instrument making, especially bamboo flutes and

marimba’s – xylophones

Any books/videos on First Aid and first aid materials like ace bandages, safety pins, etc.

laptop, (I can carry it through customs, whereas I’d have to box and ship a desktop)

Rubber gloves for first Aid

Cash donations to help cover the expenses of shipping and for my flight back to Mozambique

Any Portuguese books – especially children’s books

Embroidery Hoops

Crochet hooks & Knitting needles

Sewing needles for hand sewing & Scissors – Fiscars

Small trimming and/or pinking shears for sewing

Black macramé rope & Black yarn to make doll hair

Children’s animated videos – non-violent please (they will not be able to understand the words

– only what they see)

Computer Software – adobe

Ink cartridges 27 – 28 – 56 – 57 ($they are $50.00 each here in Mozambique)

Any pattern books from the sewing stores (they give them away for free at the end of the

season and that is how people sew here – just look at the photo and sew it)

Any materials for crocheting or knitting or tapestry making, etc.

Any books/videos on woodworking and sculpting, carving – lightweight tools (if there is such

Any how to videos of any kind – dancing, etc.

Any Portuguese-English dictionaries or other Portuguese teaching materials.