Scott and I are so excited for our upcoming adventure in July…We are going with Mothers Without Borders to Zambia Africa!  Mothers Without Borders is a service organization that works with the orphaned children of Africa.  They have bought over 80 acres of land in Lusaka, Zambia where they are working to build a children’s resource center for the children that have been orphaned due to AIDS.  The progress that they have made over in Zambia is absolutely amazing! They have already built a housing facility for children where they are taken in and are taught about family structure and have access to education, counseling, vocational training, spiritual development, and health care.  It is so exciting, my family will be joining us on the excursion so we will be able to experience this all together! We will be staying right at the children’s resource center where we will take part in helping to build the school and health care facility on the grounds and work directly with the children who live there.  Not only is Mothers Without Borders working to create their own refuge for the children, but they support many other service groups in the area.  We will have the opportunity to serve in these organizations as well by working in orphanages, serving and feeding the street children of Zambia, helping with medical screenings, and much more.   I should have thought of posting this on my blog long ago…we are leaving on June 29th and will be there for the month of July, so the time is approaching quickly. They have given us a list of things that are desperately needed over in Zambia and we are working on gathering as much supplies as possible. If any of you are interested in donating and taking a part in this we along with the children of Zambia would greatly appreciate it! This is the list…

For Children’s Resource Center

Backpacks for kids- clean, strong, in good condition (Jansport, etc)

Flip flops- size 6-12, adult and 8-12 children

Sports bras, small, med large

Sweatshirts – children sizes 6 up to adult Medium

Dish Cloths and dish towels

For team activities:

Mini- Hygiene kits- washcloth, hand towel, full sized bar soap in Ziploc bag

Baby bed sheets and receiving blankets

Baby blankets, baby sleepers & pjs

Yarn, crochet hooks sizes g-k

6 inch paint brushes for oil based paint

latex gloves

Kids Camps

Soccer balls-please deflate

Pumps

Long rope suitable for group jump rope activities

Medicines for screenings:

Painkillers – adult, children, infant

Iboprofin and Tylenol 

Plastic Syringes- no needles

Anti fungal cream (lots & lots)

Eye drops, both saline and antibiotic

Cough syrup/drops

Antibacterial creams

BP Cuffs & Stethoscopes

Hydrocortisone cream

Antacids (tums, rolaids, etc)

Guaze pads

Small cups for dispensing liquids at the clinic

Latex gloves

Snack size Ziplocs for take home pills

Silver colored sharpie markers

Worm medication

Black medium point sharpies

Ace wraps

Band aids

Lice treatment

Medical tape

Deep Heat

We realize that many of the items on the list (medical supplies) will need to be new and unused so this can be difficult to just find around the house. But if any of you work at a doctors office or clinic it may be possible to get some donations!  This is a big project and we would appreciate any help we can get…please let me know if you have any questions. We cannot wait to meet these children and know that even just the smallest effort can make a big difference. You can checkout the website to find out more about the organization www.motherswithoutborders.org

This is a picture of some of the children living at the resource center