Baby shower – thank you!

We would like to thank the following people for purchasing gifts from our online baby shower. Every gift you’ve purchased goes directly towards helping families stay together in Uganda.

  • Thanks to Katharine Phillips and Susan Pandit for paying for the salary for a staff member for one week.
  • Thanks to Pauline Williams, Sofia Latif, Kate Kong, Leanne Smith, James Brogan, Carol Shepheard-Walwyn and Wendy Wheatley
    for paying for vocational training for one month.
  • Thanks to Rosaleen Sweeney, Bernadette Jiwa, Jodie Thompson, Matthew Lee, Claire Belloni, Kimberley MacKenzie, Casey Purkiss, Emma Morgan, Laura Bugden, Anne Brogan, Valerie Harris, Pauline Stoddart, Alison York, Julia Barlow, Rita Golden, Kate Ashton, Ros Coward, Biljana Dzukleska and Polly Buck for purchasingcows milk for one week.
  • Thanks to Ashley Mawer, Christopher Pritchard, Jo Sweeney, Jessica Yasuda, Val Allen, Sandra Reis, Bronwyn Neeson, Sarah James, Clare McAndrew, Jo’anne McAlindon, Poghos Danielyan, June Ash, Rita Golden, Diane Abela, Jerilynn Russell, Laura Montgomery, Charlotte Westley, Sarah James and Jane Shaw for paying for a first medical for a baby..
  • Thanks to Jenny Paine, Philippa Wright, Merrow Golden and Nicky Shaw for paying to trace the relatives of one child.
  • Thanks to Perle Laouenan-Catchpole, Kerri James, Kath Atkinson, Sarah Cheverton, Georgina Adams, Hazel Buck, Kathleen Levey, Rosaleen Sweeney, Annette Olalobo, Jo’anne McAlindon, Clare McAndrew, Frances Woodward, Kirsty Stephenson, Lynne Mitchell, Kate Parsons, Tanya Schneider, Philippa Wright, Frances Priest, Polly Bowman, Elizabeth Kilbey, Tom Major, James Yeoman, Kristen Hobden, Emma Davey, Jenny Whitham, Teri Doubtfire, Elizabeth Thomas, Karin Taylor, EJ Haigh, Bex Colwell, Lizzie Sykes, Kerri James, Sophie Cunningham, Caroline Ashwell, Lucy McAlindon, Lesley Wilson, Susy Price, Lianne Pegrum, Kate Bowers, Samantha Boast, Hazel Palmer, Ekua Boateng, Kate Kong, Carol Milligan, Julia Barlow, Josie Gallo, Marion Nagelsztajn, Brent Simmonds, Alexis Taylor, Jeanette Davies and Mary Blackwell for donating money to our baby shower by purchasing cards for Christmas and Mother’s Day.
  • Thank you to Liam Stewart and David Dixon forprotecting our babies home from from malaria.
  • Thank you to Annalisa Jones and John Sinclair for paying for our staff food costs for one week.
  • Thank you to Laura Paul, Julie Orr, Hazel Bullen, Maxine Stephenson, Iain Coyle, John Sinclair for paying ourelectricity bill for one month.
  • Thank you to Anne Brogan, Rocca Gutteridge and Rita Golden for buying us CD players.
  • An extra special thank you to Adrian Ash for purchasing our much needed inverter.
  • Thank you to Alexandra Goldstein, Kristen Dinsdale, Becky Haywood, Poghos Danielyan, Delphine Sauvage, Barbara Wheal, Paulo Afonso, Leanne Smith, Rae Langford, Melanie Connell, John Steel, Olivia Denham, Stacey Longman, Ann Sammon, Lucy Old, Jane Stanley, Tom Phillips, Valerie Harris, Joanne Grubb, Lianne Pegrum, Joanna Pilgrim and Rebecca Bennett for each paying for fruit and vegetables for one month.
  • Thank you to John Collins, Merrow Golden and Leanne Smith for paying for an overnight stay for one social worker.
  • Thank you to Rita Golden and Leanne Smith for buying our food processors.
  • Thank you to Marie Box, Steven Box, EJ Haigh and Karen Dixon for each buying a school uniform for a child attending nursery.
  • Thank you to Karen Courtney, Fiona Gray, Paulo Afonso, Merrow Golden, Anne Brogan, Melanie Connell ,Zoe Timmers, Sarah Boobyer and Catherine Ball for paying for our garbage disposal for one month.
  • Thank you to John Collins, Lindy Staadecker, Rita Golden, Sue Whitehead, Janina Tonks and Barry Egan for purchasing cleaning supplies for one month.
  • Thank you to Ole & Kirsten Nielsen, Hattie Crisell, Philippa Wright, Imogen Richards, Perle Laouenan-Catchpole and Narelle Csontos for covering the cost oftransport for family visits for one month.
  • Thank you to Andrew McIlroy, Chloe Gardner, Lianne Pegrum, Kyrie Barker and Rae Langford for each paying for a carer’s salary for one week.
  • Thank you to Steven Box, Kirsty Stephenson, Melinda McCheyne, Hugh Garry, Penelope Brashaw, John Collins, Catherine Henchie, Anne Shortley, Wendy Wheatley, Ani Sonam, Sarah Levey, Katy Payne, Kimberley MacKenzie, Caroline Jones, Anne Brogan, Caroline Ashwell, Hannah Demidowicz, Louise Whitehorn, Rita Golden, Julia Bellis, Julia Routledge, Katherine Brashaw ,Rhian Jenkins, Jodie Taylor, Damian Brogan, Lindsay Williams, Liz Hugen-Tobler, David Creed, Liz Williams, Chloe Samwell Smith, Stacey Longman, Joanna Pilgrim, Gaynor Middleton, Elaine Stirling, Jacqueline Matthews and Donna Brown who all bought care bundles for our children going home to their families.
  • Thank you to Anne Brogan who paid for generator fuel for one month.
  • Thank you to Ani Sonam for paying the salary for one week for a family support worker.
  • Thank you to Laura Paul, Jessica Yasuda, Louise Flanagan, Diane Abela, Clare McAndrew, Poghos Danielyan, Delphine Sauvage, Hazel Bullen, Jodie Thompson, Mary Tilzey, Sarah James, Kirsty Stephenson, Anne Brogan, Elaine McKinney, Sara Stephens, Sheila Su, Julia Barlow, Rita Golden, Lindsey-Anne Barnes, Emma Blades, Alexis Taylor, Carol Ainley, Rhian Jenkins, Nicholas Johns, Joanna Pilgrim, Ann Sammon and Katie Morrison for paying for clean drinking water for one week.
  • Thank you to Delphine Sauvage, Annabelle Poustie, Jane Croucher and Laura Paul for paying for nappies for one month.
  • Thank you to Annabelle Poustie, Suzette Haas, Sarah Boobyer and Ann Sammon for each paying for milk formula for one month.
  • Thank you to Laura Paul, Matthew Piercy, Stella Beckley, Hilda Todd, Jeannie Robinson, Rita Golden, Ben Duncan, Ian Humphreys, Jenny Paine, Julia Barlow and Katherine Pile for paying our water bill for one month.
  • Thank you to Trevor Connell and Rita Golden for paying for one nurses salary for one week.
  • Thank you to Trevor Connell, Kirsty Stephenson, Alex Murray and Lynne Mitchell for paying for nursery school tuition for one child for a term.
  • Thank you to Emily Taylor, Laura Paul, Sue Smith, Stella Beckley, Nerys Nicholls, Ani Sonam, Lynne Mitchell, Kyrie Barker, Eleanor Baldwin, Rosaleen Sweeney, Stuart Whitten, Catherine Ball, Sarah James, Katie Borchert, Matthew Lee, Rachel Levey, Kimberley MacKenzie, Nicky Shaw, Lizzie Sykes, Lucy Pond, Frances Woodward, Luke Price, Orla McCool and John EP Williams for paying themedical bills of one baby for one month.
  • Thank you to Catherine Harker for paying for two staff uniforms.
  • Thank you to Anne-Marie Whitten and Becky Hancock for buying gas cylinders.

Also a special thanks to everyone who initially helped to furnish and equip our home when we launched our very first Christmas baby shower.