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Fig Tree Easter Party Appeal 2017
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Thank you to all businesses who supported our Easter Party for orphaned children, helping to build community spirit in Sierra Leone.
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The Easter surprisers!
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The Fig Tree Children is a Brisbane based charity set up to raise awareness and funding to support programs in Sierra Leone aimed to help orphaned and vulnerable Children and youths.
Easter in Sierra Leone
Easter is an important and valued tradition in the Sierra Leone community. It provides an opportunity for individuals to come together and participate in celebrations less as friends and more like family.
Easter traditions focus on singing, dancing, and eating good, nourishing food. It’s also an opportunity for children to wear a new outfit and show it off to the community.
Many of The Fig tree Children live in different regions and don’t get together unless a celebration like this is organised. The last party that was organised for these children was Christmas 2015, it was a huge success! We provided approximately 100 children with a new outfit, food, drinks and music and also transport to and from the venue. They had such a good time, we want to do it again. Hence, an Easter party 2017 .
We invited 52 children already sponsored and approximately another 50 who
are on a waiting list to be sponsored. Many of these children have siblings so they were invited too, as were their carers and the in-country volunteers for The Fig Tree Children.
Bringing these people together in one place was very special. The comradeship and pride in being a member of The Fig Tree Family. It was an opportunity for them all to see one another again, share stories, make new friends and feel part of something.
Your donations helped us buy the children clothes, pay for a venue, provide food (usually rice with cassava and chicken), soft drinks and provide music.
A wonderful time was had by all![/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Thank you so much,
Jane Shakespeare
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