Thursday, July 23, 2009

Sweet Dreams for the Kids!





Tonight 250 Burmese refugees including 160 students from the Kachin refugee schools will be sleeping on their brand new Dreamland mattresses and bed sheets.

Thanks to generous donors we managed to raise enough funds to order 250 2-inch mattresses for the Kachin community. A big thank you to Dreamland for giving us a great deal at RM35.50 per piece! (Thanks Lisa for the contact).

I was there to witness the excitement and joy on the kids' faces when the giant Dreamland truck drove up in front of their makeshift school. The kids formed a human chain and in less than 10 minutes all 100 mattresses were unloaded from the truck and stacked away nicely in their tiny flat. Meanwhile in a different location students from the other Kachin refugee school also received 150 mattresses.
The photos speak for themselves. Isn't it amazing how something as simple as a mattress can bring so much joy to a child. For many of the children it has been a long while since they've slept on a mattress, for some it will be a completely brand new experience. Imagine that...

So what were we complaining about again?

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