last minute details…
We’re about a week away from the Tijuana 2010 trip…. Just working on the final details. This is when it can get a little hairy – farming out backpacks, soccer balls, random tools and craft supplies to our team members. Here’s some of what we’re bringing:
50 School Bags for kids – from MEC
50 mini school supply kits – my wife got some screamin’ deals on school supplies, so each bag will have some pencils, pens, erasers, a notebook, and one other small item like colored pencils
20 fairly traded soccer balls
our tools for the house build
craft supplies for kids we meet in the street – there’s nothing like an impromptu craft sess in the street.
We’ll try to keep you posted as to what’s coming down the pipes for the trip – and future trips – there’s some cool stuff in the mix!!
-james
pencils, originally uploaded by James Matthew.
TJ 09 – Two days away…
Just wanted to update and let you all know that on Saturday afternoon we’ll be pulling into Tijuana in style – 16 fantastic teens, 4 crazy leaders, 52 fair trade soccer balls (a big thanks to James @ social conscience for setting us up with such a great deal!) and 75 school bags to give away to children down there….oh yeah, and one house to build.We’re stoked to see our sponsor child, Gustavo, again, and build a house for him and his family…this is a once in a lifetime thing!!
Thank you so much for your support. Please keep us in your prayers if you are the prayin’ kind of person. It is always an intense trip.
Also, please pray for Ana – we are going to see if she is willing to leave her life of factory work to return to school and get an education. If she is willing, we are going to help her out – some kids from my school (who were on the 08 trip) decided to raise money to help support putting her into a private school after hearing her story last year. I met Ana two years ago, when the team I was helping lead stuccoed her family’s house. Ana wrote the test at the end of gr.7, and didn’t get a high enough grade. Now she works in a sewing factory for 10 hours a day, and rides a bus for about 3 hours to and from work. She probably makes about 10 dollars a day, if she’s lucky. Ana is about 14 or 15.
This is huge, perhaps the most important part of our trip, but Ana and her folks need to agree with the idea before we can act. If they say yes to this rescue, then perhaps we can help break the cycle of poverty in her family by helping provide Ana with an education that could get her a decent job.
I’ll update the blog when we hit the ground again in Canada. Here’s hoping for an amazing trip of spreading hope in practical ways…
cheers,
james
Photo updates…
I’m slowly starting to get some photos online from our 08 trip in Tijuana.
check them out by clicking on the photos link on the right of this page, or you can click here .
Merry Christmas, everyone!
James
house {re}build
hillside, terrazas, originally uploaded by James Matthew.
House concert
We’re stoked about our upcoming house concert - if you haven’t heard, Conor Searl & Colin McTaggart are playing our living room – it’s this Friday, 7oo, at our house. Admission is by donation, and all money goes to our Spring Break house build x 2 .
Trying to track down extra chairs, and some bevies – so far, we’ve got drumroaster‘s coffee on tap by donation – the best on the island!
If you’re looking for some last minute tax receipts for the end of the year, you’ve come to the right place!
cheers,
james
Floored…
Well, it looks like it has happened!! Another goal met – our house build has been pledged!
Through pledges, a donation from someone who wishes to remain anonymous (thank you so much for flooring me!) & a partnership with Bridges Community , we’ve potentially met that goal.
All I can say, is YES!!! Thank you so much for your support. I’m stoked to pass on the news -
The Cameras With a Conscience 08 TJ House is a go!!
For those of you who were just holding back, waiting till the last minute, there’s still those backpacks!
I can’t say how much this rocks!
