Thank You Everyone
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Knowledge of Little Stars' achievements is spreading world wide and we wish to offer thanks to an International Organisation for their magnificent donation of $500 which came yesterday. It has been put towards the cost of buying wheelchairs for children in Luxor.
We would also like to thank Egypt Air for their generous baggage allowance which allowed us to get the hydrotherapy unit to Luxor without any excess baggage charges. Sending the unit by post would have cost £160 sterling and this sum can now be used to buy blankets. Cairo’s Customs and Excise people were understanding and no duty was charged on the unit.
The unit is being delivered to the clinic on Sunday when, in consultation with the clinic’s doctors, an assessment is being made on what further equipment is needed. We already have details of an exercise bike that has to be made especially to fit the dimensions of disabled children rather than fit adults for whom they are usually made, and this is being sent down from Cairo. Fortunately there is now a medical supplies shop in Luxor and some of the requirements can be bought locally.
Thank are also due to the English couple that left the pens for the children in a local restaurant. Stationery items are always needed. We have been paying school fees for those who really cannot find the money to pay the fees themselves and being able to give the children pens and stationery also lightens their burden.
Little Stars is a British registered charity, bound by the Charity Commission regulations and Trust Fund laws. We work in Egypt with the approval and knowledge of all the Egyptian authorities and we wish to again thank Dr. Samir Farag for meeting us and offering his support. When we began working in Egypt we considered seeking dual registration as an Egyptian charity but then abandoned the idea as we wish to remain a British charity that helps children in Egypt. Think of the problems Oxfam would have if they had to reregister in every country they worked in. What would they call themselves in each case? Where would their headquarters be? Their wonderful work would grind to a halt simply under the weight of the paperwork. Little Stars has a job to do and it doing it with success.
The success of Little Stars is not due to us, it is due to you because without your support we could do nothing. A UK branch, which will aim to provide medical equipment for disabled children will be operational in January and we hope that you will support that too. Please keep making your donations, every penny counts.
