Following Christmas, children at Fanatenane and Catja wrote thank you letters to Alexandra House for all their efforts into making Christmas 2009 a really special time. Some letters were French and some English but all with the same theme, which was to unite with the children in Mauritius who donated their toys, clothes and other gifts.
Following reception in Mauritius, Cathy Lewis and Alexandra House joined together to commence the "Friends stay connected" project. Each child listed from both Orphanges were paired up with an individual child from Alexandra House. Letters were written in response to the thank you letters and personalised for each orphan child.
The efforts that went into making the cards, letters and posters is something of note; all were beautifully hand crafted withy amazing creativity! There were wall posters for the babies, a lovely tree, which was later decorated with leaves (each leaf had a short letter written on the back), and a cool hanging chain of buses each inscribed with the names of some of the children! The cards all had lovely hand drawn pictures inside them all in different colours and designs.
The parcel arrived in Mananjary, Madagascar hand delivered by Mr Lewis himself (CEO Ripple Group). The orphans received their personalised letters on 28th April 2010. Children gathered round in a state of excitement all eager to hear from their new pen pal friend!
The "Friends stay Connected" project aims to encourage communications between the children and to demonstrate to the children that others are thinking of them and that they are not individuals that should be isolated from society for reasons surrounding local fady. The letters/pictures will focus on general subjects such as: the environment, animals in the sea, etc such that we do not highlight the vast difference in wealth or family status between the orphans and those at Alexandre House, Mauritius.
A big thank you to all at Alexandra House!
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