February,
2008-Kabul,
Afghanistan--We
have just begun work on setting up a library in one of the
Kabul orphanages. This new library is, of course, the first one
we’ve had so far in our orphanages and we expect it to be rich enough to
fulfill the requirements of our children. 130 children will share this library, but we plan to make its books and
DVDs available for our other orphanages as well. We have found a large and beautiful house for
the orphanage and have reserved a big room for the library and for English
lessons. We have also acquired some tables, books, chairs, and shelves.
Now, all
we need are books and DVDs, as we are starting from scratch in stocking those
shelves. We are looking especially for books and movies suitable for children
(from very young children to teenagers), as well as reference books. Many of our sponsors have “leftover” books
and movies that belonged to their children or grandchildren, stuff that is
sitting around the house, unused and no longer needed. Our friends and
neighbors may have such sources as well.
One of our
child sponsors,
Doffie Rotter, has
agreed to collect donated materials, package them up, and send them to the new
orphanage. If the cost of sending your
donations is more than you wish to absorb, you are welcome to send them to her
C.O.D (cash on delivery), and she will pay your shipping costs herself. We would like to have donated materials by
Mother’s Day of this year, which is May 11, the second Sunday in May, but the
sooner the better in terms of organizing the shipments abroad.
Please
send whatever you can collect to:
Doffie Rotter
P.O. Box 671
Storrs Mansfield,CT 06268
If you
would like to contact Doffie directly, with questions or with additional ideas,
please send her an email:
Doffie Rotterdoffierotter @
mac.com
Since we’d
also like to buy new or used books in Afghanistan/Pakistan, we already have an
ongoing RAWA Library Fund. If you wish
to help out in this way, you can visit the website https://www.charityhelp.org/rawa/donation/library or click on the banner above.
