We did it, we raised enough money and I thank you all. To date we have yet to send our parcel but will do soon. When we started to fundo raise for hope and his friends we had no idea that less than a month later our world would be blown apart. Herbies daddy was diagnosed with an aggressive for of cancer mid November 2016 and sadly he died on 5th of February 2017. As you can imagine this has been devastating for me (Herbies mum and wife to my husband 'Chris') and his brothers. Chris was only 45. We now have a a fundraiser for a memorial bench.

Thanks for all the great donations so far. We have smashed our original target 'yay' but due to the horrendous cost of postage are looking to raise nearer to £300. We had hoped to send in time for Christmas but the parcel will make a lovely new year suprise instead xx Herbie has purchased all of the goodies. We will aim to post a photo soon 🎄

Well, we think we have found a way to send 'the' pacel for around £75. Still expensive but a lot better than first quoted. Donations have all but stopped now. Herbie continues to put some of his pocket money into the pot and I am selling old toys and clothes to add to funds further. We have started to buy some bits and it is amazing to see Herbies vision (the one that stared in early 2016) start to take shape. Thank you to all the wonderful people supporting him. Here are some things from our first shopping trip.

Slight 'Arghhhhh' moment this morning. Herbie & I have chosen lovely items in larger tubs to accomodate 38 children. Next step was to check out postage costs. Oh dear. Anja and her team were not kidding when they said postage to Nigeria was expensive!! Extremely shocked to see that it will potentially cost hundreds to send a parcel and that is with a max weight of 25 - 30kg. I'm so hoping I have read it wrong and when I look again I will find a cheaper alternative because this could set our whole plan back quite a bit