UK Charity Commission Registration Number 1120536

Project E

Relief of Poverty: Collecting items of clothing for children and young adults and providing food parcels for needy families.

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September 2008

Last spring, Little Stars opened a Distribution Centre in Abdul Hamid Ali el Omda Street in Luxor where items donated by supporters and locally bought stock of food items can be stored and distributed. The Centre has been highly successful and soon it will act as the Little Stars' east bank office and be open on a regular basis four days each week. From December, our Luxor Administrator will be there to accept donated items and to dispense food items and clothing to those who have proven need and whose situation deserves support. Half of these items will be moved to our new West Bank clinic which will also act as a Distribution Centre for the west bank villages.

Children are notorious for growing like weeds. No sooner do you kit them out with clothes than they shoot up an inch or two and the clothes no longer fit. You then either pass them down to a younger child or you dispose of them. Instead, can you please put them in your suitcase and bring them to Luxor with you for the children here? They can be left at our centre or we will collect them from your hotel.

While you are in Luxor, you use shampoos, conditioners, soaps, shower gels, creams and all manner of toiletries. You will probably be left with various half bottles of things that are not really worth taking home again. Can we have them? These are things that there is no money to buy after the basics of food and shelter have been found. They are of little use to you but of great use in the care of children.

Another thing that would be of great use to the children would be outgrown orthopaedic boots. These boots are very costly but again children outgrow them with speed and they are often left moulding in lofts. If you have such boots, or know of anyone who does, then please let us know and we can make arrangements to get them out to Luxor somehow.

Clothes for older children and young adults would also be appreciated. If you cannot bring any with you then consider buying some from the local shops and donating them to Little Stars. If you desire, Little Stars can tell you exactly which family, orphanage or care home the clothes were donated to.

Little Stars is in contact with a wide range of the care homes that you have never heard of. Those are the ones who have no fund raisers and no publicity and are in the most desperate need of your help.