so what does it take to clothe a child I’m not a mother and I’m not a health
I’m not a mother and I’m not a health
I’m not a mother and I’m not a health professional so it’s kind of strange
professional so it’s kind of strange
professional so it’s kind of strange that for the last few years I have held
that for the last few years I have held
that for the last few years I have held literally hundreds of children and I’m
literally hundreds of children and I’m
literally hundreds of children and I’m not even very good at it because they
not even very good at it because they
not even very good at it because they always cry but I have come to believe
always cry but I have come to believe
always cry but I have come to believe that this act of holding might be the
that this act of holding might be the
that this act of holding might be the most important thing that I can offer
most important thing that I can offer
most important thing that I can offer the world it’s not even holding the
the world it’s not even holding the
the world it’s not even holding the child but actually holding their clothes
child but actually holding their clothes
child but actually holding their clothes and so I’m going to tell you today about
and so I’m going to tell you today about
and so I’m going to tell you today about what I have learnt about what it takes
what I have learnt about what it takes
what I have learnt about what it takes to close a child I’m my work where I’ve
to close a child I’m my work where I’ve
to close a child I’m my work where I’ve been holding these babies has been in
been holding these babies has been in
been holding these babies has been in Kosovo but of course I wasn’t born in
Kosovo but of course I wasn’t born in
Kosovo but of course I wasn’t born in Kosovo I was born a fat healthy baby in
Kosovo I was born a fat healthy baby in
Kosovo I was born a fat healthy baby in England but in 2006 I came to Kosovo
England but in 2006 I came to Kosovo
England but in 2006 I came to Kosovo with my partner Rob and still 11 years
with my partner Rob and still 11 years
with my partner Rob and still 11 years later we spend part of every week in
later we spend part of every week in
later we spend part of every week in Kosovo and the rest of the time we spend
Kosovo and the rest of the time we spend
Kosovo and the rest of the time we spend mainly in Albania where Rob now works
mainly in Albania where Rob now works
mainly in Albania where Rob now works now Kosovo is not a country of fat
now Kosovo is not a country of fat
now Kosovo is not a country of fat healthy babies in fact it has one of the
healthy babies in fact it has one of the
healthy babies in fact it has one of the highest child mortality rates in Europe
highest child mortality rates in Europe
highest child mortality rates in Europe but as I said I don’t know very much
but as I said I don’t know very much
but as I said I don’t know very much about babies I’m a teacher by profession
about babies I’m a teacher by profession
about babies I’m a teacher by profession and it was as a teacher that I started
and it was as a teacher that I started
and it was as a teacher that I started volunteering with our charity in Kosovo
volunteering with our charity in Kosovo
volunteering with our charity in Kosovo and there that I really got engaged in
and there that I really got engaged in
and there that I really got engaged in the work that I felt I could offer at
the work that I felt I could offer at
the work that I felt I could offer at first so I had many years of enjoying
first so I had many years of enjoying
first so I had many years of enjoying Kosovo’s lush landscapes and it’s
Kosovo’s lush landscapes and it’s
Kosovo’s lush landscapes and it’s beautiful long meals with good friends
beautiful long meals with good friends
beautiful long meals with good friends drinking tea and macchiato in Kristina’s
drinking tea and macchiato in Kristina’s
drinking tea and macchiato in Kristina’s funky cafes and it was only after a
funky cafes and it was only after a
funky cafes and it was only after a while that I got sucked in to a
while that I got sucked in to a
while that I got sucked in to a different side of Kosovo a world of mud
different side of Kosovo a world of mud
different side of Kosovo a world of mud and of poverty and actually a part of
and of poverty and actually a part of
and of poverty and actually a part of Kosovo that some Kosovars
Kosovo that some Kosovars
Kosovo that some Kosovars don’t know exists when I posted some
don’t know exists when I posted some
don’t know exists when I posted some photographs on Facebook one Kosovar
photographs on Facebook one Kosovar
photographs on Facebook one Kosovar commented but this is India
commented but this is India
commented but this is India and when I went to give a talk to a
and when I went to give a talk to a
and when I went to give a talk to a private school in Pristina there was a
private school in Pristina there was a
private school in Pristina there was a girl with long blonde hair who flicked
girl with long blonde hair who flicked
girl with long blonde hair who flicked it and said teacher that’s not my
it and said teacher that’s not my
it and said teacher that’s not my country but it is her country it’s a
country but it is her country it’s a
country but it is her country it’s a part of her country with huge
part of her country with huge
part of her country with huge educational challenges this community of
educational challenges this community of
educational challenges this community of rubbish pickers of the roma ashkali
rubbish pickers of the roma ashkali
rubbish pickers of the roma ashkali egyptian communities actually has 96
egyptian communities actually has 96
egyptian communities actually has 96 percent of its people who have not
percent of its people who have not
percent of its people who have not completed compulsory education and
completed compulsory education and
completed compulsory education and that’s an enormous challenge for all
that’s an enormous challenge for all
that’s an enormous challenge for all kinds of aspects of life and it’s
kinds of aspects of life and it’s
kinds of aspects of life and it’s something that I as a teacher felt that
something that I as a teacher felt that
something that I as a teacher felt that I could help with so having first met
I could help with so having first met
I could help with so having first met this particular 9 year old girl and work
this particular 9 year old girl and work
this particular 9 year old girl and work to get Jelena into school and to help
to get Jelena into school and to help
to get Jelena into school and to help her and actually now hundreds others
her and actually now hundreds others
her and actually now hundreds others like her to get into school to stay in
like her to get into school to stay in
like her to get into school to stay in school and to succeed in school that was
school and to succeed in school that was
school and to succeed in school that was the part of Kosovo that I felt that I
the part of Kosovo that I felt that I
the part of Kosovo that I felt that I had something to offer but then I learnt
had something to offer but then I learnt
had something to offer but then I learnt that there were a loss of children who
that there were a loss of children who
that there were a loss of children who we weren’t managing to get to school
we weren’t managing to get to school
we weren’t managing to get to school because they were dying before their
because they were dying before their
because they were dying before their first birthday in the UK out of a
first birthday in the UK out of a
first birthday in the UK out of a thousand children born there are four
thousand children born there are four
thousand children born there are four who will die before their first birthday
who will die before their first birthday
who will die before their first birthday just to have an idea what that would be
just to have an idea what that would be
just to have an idea what that would be like let’s go back to little baby a
like let’s go back to little baby a
like let’s go back to little baby a little bit and let’s make hundreds of
little bit and let’s make hundreds of
little bit and let’s make hundreds of her thousands of her a little bit of a
her thousands of her a little bit of a
her thousands of her a little bit of a dizzying prospect especially for me and
dizzying prospect especially for me and
dizzying prospect especially for me and of those four won’t make it to the age
of those four won’t make it to the age
of those four won’t make it to the age of one year old in Kosovo that figure is
of one year old in Kosovo that figure is
of one year old in Kosovo that figure is 12 and in Albania it’s 13 but in the
12 and in Albania it’s 13 but in the
12 and in Albania it’s 13 but in the roma ashkali and egyptian communities in
roma ashkali and egyptian communities in
roma ashkali and egyptian communities in kosovo that figure is 41 and that is
kosovo that figure is 41 and that is
kosovo that figure is 41 and that is scandalous really those are children
scandalous really those are children
scandalous really those are children being born into the same healthcare
being born into the same healthcare
being born into the same healthcare system as those 12 out of a thousand if
system as those 12 out of a thousand if
system as those 12 out of a thousand if you look at the graph here you can see
you look at the graph here you can see
you look at the graph here you can see that that the figure showing child
that that the figure showing child
that that the figure showing child mortality amongst the roma ashkali and
mortality amongst the roma ashkali and
mortality amongst the roma ashkali and egyptian is worse than the number of
egyptian is worse than the number of
egyptian is worse than the number of children dying in Iraq or in Bangladesh
children dying in Iraq or in Bangladesh
children dying in Iraq or in Bangladesh or in the country
or in the country
or in the country that you can see here like Congo and
that you can see here like Congo and
that you can see here like Congo and Eritrea down at the bottom here are
Eritrea down at the bottom here are
Eritrea down at the bottom here are countries like Singapore and Slovenia
countries like Singapore and Slovenia
countries like Singapore and Slovenia which have got very good shelf child
which have got very good shelf child
which have got very good shelf child health in my country then countries like
health in my country then countries like
health in my country then countries like Croatia and the US and then right up at
Croatia and the US and then right up at
Croatia and the US and then right up at the end countries like Angola with the
the end countries like Angola with the
the end countries like Angola with the worst child mortality in the world but
worst child mortality in the world but
worst child mortality in the world but there is some good news in these
there is some good news in these
there is some good news in these statistics and that’s in those two bars
statistics and that’s in those two bars
statistics and that’s in those two bars of the graph there the higher one shows
of the graph there the higher one shows
of the graph there the higher one shows what the average child mortality rate
what the average child mortality rate
what the average child mortality rate was across the world in 1990 and the
was across the world in 1990 and the
was across the world in 1990 and the lower one the lower green one shows that
lower one the lower green one shows that
lower one the lower green one shows that by 2015 that rate of children dying
by 2015 that rate of children dying
by 2015 that rate of children dying across the world had almost halved so it
across the world had almost halved so it
across the world had almost halved so it is possible to do something about that
is possible to do something about that
is possible to do something about that scandalous situation and our charity the
scandalous situation and our charity the
scandalous situation and our charity the ideas partnership decided that we would
ideas partnership decided that we would
ideas partnership decided that we would try to to do that and to work with those
try to to do that and to work with those
try to to do that and to work with those families to see what we could do to
families to see what we could do to
families to see what we could do to support their babies in the first year
support their babies in the first year
support their babies in the first year of life we knew that we would need money
of life we knew that we would need money
of life we knew that we would need money and thanks to the British Embassy the
and thanks to the British Embassy the
and thanks to the British Embassy the American Embassy the Austrian
American Embassy the Austrian
American Embassy the Austrian Development Corporation from Terre des
Development Corporation from Terre des
Development Corporation from Terre des hommes lots and lots of private donors
hommes lots and lots of private donors
hommes lots and lots of private donors we were able to get the money to bring
we were able to get the money to bring
we were able to get the money to bring together a team who could support early
together a team who could support early
together a team who could support early child and mother health and this Midwife
child and mother health and this Midwife
child and mother health and this Midwife who comes to the communities where we
who comes to the communities where we
who comes to the communities where we work she at the moment she’s working
work she at the moment she’s working
work she at the moment she’s working with about 50 mothers a week she gives
with about 50 mothers a week she gives
with about 50 mothers a week she gives them advice on breastfeeding on smoking
them advice on breastfeeding on smoking
them advice on breastfeeding on smoking she makes sure they have vitamins during
she makes sure they have vitamins during
she makes sure they have vitamins during their pregnancy she supports them with
their pregnancy she supports them with
their pregnancy she supports them with blood tests and blood pressure but she
blood tests and blood pressure but she
blood tests and blood pressure but she also makes sure that there is transport
also makes sure that there is transport
also makes sure that there is transport to take them to hospital when the time
to take them to hospital when the time
to take them to hospital when the time comes for them to give birth when we
comes for them to give birth when we
comes for them to give birth when we started our project one in three babies
started our project one in three babies
started our project one in three babies in this community were being born at
in this community were being born at
in this community were being born at home and that means being born often
home and that means being born often
home and that means being born often without running water certainly without
without running water certainly without
without running water certainly without access to medical personnel it means
access to medical personnel it means
access to medical personnel it means that there’s much less chance of those
that there’s much less chance of those
that there’s much less chance of those babies being vaccinated or registered
babies being vaccinated or registered
babies being vaccinated or registered and now the babies born through our
and now the babies born through our
and now the babies born through our project only three percent have been
project only three percent have been
project only three percent have been born at home so we can really see that
born at home so we can really see that
born at home so we can really see that we have made a difference we have
we have made a difference we have
we have made a difference we have contribute
contribute
contribute it’s something to tackling those scary
it’s something to tackling those scary
it’s something to tackling those scary statistics but we also knew that it
statistics but we also knew that it
statistics but we also knew that it wasn’t enough to bring that external
wasn’t enough to bring that external
wasn’t enough to bring that external expertise into the community we needed
expertise into the community we needed
expertise into the community we needed to be building the local skills and
to be building the local skills and
to be building the local skills and knowledge and building on what was
knowledge and building on what was
knowledge and building on what was already there and this is Byram Shah who
already there and this is Byram Shah who
already there and this is Byram Shah who is our community health assistant from
is our community health assistant from
is our community health assistant from the Romish Carly and Egyptian community
the Romish Carly and Egyptian community
the Romish Carly and Egyptian community in Pushkov
in Pushkov
in Pushkov and she works alongside the Midwife but
and she works alongside the Midwife but
and she works alongside the Midwife but she also goes and visits mothers at home
she also goes and visits mothers at home
she also goes and visits mothers at home she visits all of the newborn babies and
she visits all of the newborn babies and
she visits all of the newborn babies and it was Byram Shah that told us what the
it was Byram Shah that told us what the
it was Byram Shah that told us what the first thing that we needed to clothe a
first thing that we needed to clothe a
first thing that we needed to clothe a child she said that she needed to take
child she said that she needed to take
child she said that she needed to take with her on those visits a baby pack
with her on those visits a baby pack
with her on those visits a baby pack that would have with it a blanket and
that would have with it a blanket and
that would have with it a blanket and some baby clothes and some nappies and
some baby clothes and some nappies and
some baby clothes and some nappies and things to make sure that the first weeks
things to make sure that the first weeks
things to make sure that the first weeks of those children’s lives were clean and
of those children’s lives were clean and
of those children’s lives were clean and warm and so we put out a call for those
warm and so we put out a call for those
warm and so we put out a call for those things amongst our friends and we
things amongst our friends and we
things amongst our friends and we discovered the huge generosity that
discovered the huge generosity that
discovered the huge generosity that there is that it also takes to clothe a
there is that it also takes to clothe a
there is that it also takes to clothe a child all over England people were
child all over England people were
child all over England people were contributing their own children’s
contributing their own children’s
contributing their own children’s clothes they were going out and buying
clothes they were going out and buying
clothes they were going out and buying new clothes to give to us and I go back
new clothes to give to us and I go back
new clothes to give to us and I go back to the UK about once a month and I had
to the UK about once a month and I had
to the UK about once a month and I had friends in Cornwall and in London
friends in Cornwall and in London
friends in Cornwall and in London stockpiling these things for me to take
stockpiling these things for me to take
stockpiling these things for me to take back with me whenever Rob and I traveled
back with me whenever Rob and I traveled
back with me whenever Rob and I traveled from Kosovo from England to Kosovo we
from Kosovo from England to Kosovo we
from Kosovo from England to Kosovo we had our rucksacks in our bag stuffed
had our rucksacks in our bag stuffed
had our rucksacks in our bag stuffed full in fact we’ve calculated that on
full in fact we’ve calculated that on
full in fact we’ve calculated that on our backs we have brought more than a
our backs we have brought more than a
our backs we have brought more than a ton of baby depends to possible and of
ton of baby depends to possible and of
ton of baby depends to possible and of course those clothes went immediately to
course those clothes went immediately to
course those clothes went immediately to the wriggling new newest citizens of
the wriggling new newest citizens of
the wriggling new newest citizens of Kosovo and we made sure that there was a
Kosovo and we made sure that there was a
Kosovo and we made sure that there was a photograph and some information about
photograph and some information about
photograph and some information about the recipients that went to the people
the recipients that went to the people
the recipients that went to the people who’d been so kind of to give in the UK
who’d been so kind of to give in the UK
who’d been so kind of to give in the UK and that was the next ingredient that I
and that was the next ingredient that I
and that was the next ingredient that I learnt was so important in clothing a
learnt was so important in clothing a
learnt was so important in clothing a child it wasn’t enough just to have that
child it wasn’t enough just to have that
child it wasn’t enough just to have that generosity that outpouring of offers but
generosity that outpouring of offers but
generosity that outpouring of offers but it was important that those people knew
it was important that those people knew
it was important that those people knew where the clothes ended up they knew
where the clothes ended up they knew
where the clothes ended up they knew where their investment and of love was
where their investment and of love was
where their investment and of love was going
going
going we made sure that we always sent a
we made sure that we always sent a
we made sure that we always sent a photograph with a name and a story of
photograph with a name and a story of
photograph with a name and a story of this baby drawing on what we’ve done
this baby drawing on what we’ve done
this baby drawing on what we’ve done with that little girl J Lana when we
with that little girl J Lana when we
with that little girl J Lana when we were trying to get children to school
were trying to get children to school
were trying to get children to school 96% of a community not in school is a
96% of a community not in school is a
96% of a community not in school is a really overwhelming statistic and it was
really overwhelming statistic and it was
really overwhelming statistic and it was too much for us to think about how we
too much for us to think about how we
too much for us to think about how we could tackle that but getting one girl
could tackle that but getting one girl
could tackle that but getting one girl to school a named child we could all do
to school a named child we could all do
to school a named child we could all do that and that was motivating for me and
that and that was motivating for me and
that and that was motivating for me and it was motivating for our other
it was motivating for our other
it was motivating for our other volunteers and for our donors and we
volunteers and for our donors and we
volunteers and for our donors and we knew that the same thing was true about
knew that the same thing was true about
knew that the same thing was true about our babies that we were supporting so
our babies that we were supporting so
our babies that we were supporting so this business of naming the child was
this business of naming the child was
this business of naming the child was our next magic ingredient in ensuring
our next magic ingredient in ensuring
our next magic ingredient in ensuring that those babies were closed why I’m
that those babies were closed why I’m
that those babies were closed why I’m sure I would then take those those
sure I would then take those those
sure I would then take those those packages and they became not just a way
packages and they became not just a way
packages and they became not just a way of clothing the children but in fact a
of clothing the children but in fact a
of clothing the children but in fact a ticket for her into having conversations
ticket for her into having conversations
ticket for her into having conversations with the mothers about how the first few
with the mothers about how the first few
with the mothers about how the first few weeks were going making sure that they
weeks were going making sure that they
weeks were going making sure that they could read the information that had been
could read the information that had been
could read the information that had been given to them by the hospital about
given to them by the hospital about
given to them by the hospital about their checkups things that if you’re
their checkups things that if you’re
their checkups things that if you’re illiterate through the real problem for
illiterate through the real problem for
illiterate through the real problem for your child’s health and we could see
your child’s health and we could see
your child’s health and we could see that we were starting to really make an
that we were starting to really make an
that we were starting to really make an impact but then somebody came up with a
impact but then somebody came up with a
impact but then somebody came up with a way that we could even better clothes
way that we could even better clothes
way that we could even better clothes these children and in fact even better
these children and in fact even better
these children and in fact even better join the world up and that was when
join the world up and that was when
join the world up and that was when somebody suggested that they didn’t just
somebody suggested that they didn’t just
somebody suggested that they didn’t just want to donate some clothes they wanted
want to donate some clothes they wanted
want to donate some clothes they wanted to create some clothes with some
to create some clothes with some
to create some clothes with some knitting and so we now have an army of
knitting and so we now have an army of
knitting and so we now have an army of knitters we have people in the UK we
knitters we have people in the UK we
knitters we have people in the UK we have people donating in Kosovo itself we
have people donating in Kosovo itself we
have people donating in Kosovo itself we even have people in the community who’ve
even have people in the community who’ve
even have people in the community who’ve now seen that they can pass on their
now seen that they can pass on their
now seen that they can pass on their skills and their love in this way and so
skills and their love in this way and so
skills and their love in this way and so the children are looking increasingly
the children are looking increasingly
the children are looking increasingly handsome and we have also begun to
handsome and we have also begun to
handsome and we have also begun to realize that this has brought about
realize that this has brought about
realize that this has brought about another ingredient in that relationship
another ingredient in that relationship
another ingredient in that relationship and that effort to clothe the poorest
and that effort to clothe the poorest
and that effort to clothe the poorest children of Kosovo and that’s the
children of Kosovo and that’s the
children of Kosovo and that’s the element of reciprocity of it being a
element of reciprocity of it being a
element of reciprocity of it being a two-way process so when I was back in
two-way process so when I was back in
two-way process so when I was back in England last month there was a box of
England last month there was a box of
England last month there was a box of blankets waiting for me
blankets waiting for me
blankets waiting for me and it had come in the post with a
and it had come in the post with a
and it had come in the post with a letter and it said my friend’s husband
letter and it said my friend’s husband
letter and it said my friend’s husband has just died and we as a group of
has just died and we as a group of
has just died and we as a group of friends got together with her to start
friends got together with her to start
friends got together with her to start knitting for the children in Kosovo we
knitting for the children in Kosovo we
knitting for the children in Kosovo we hope that these blankets helped the
hope that these blankets helped the
hope that these blankets helped the children as much as knitting them helped
children as much as knitting them helped
children as much as knitting them helped my friend and then I was at a
my friend and then I was at a
my friend and then I was at a fundraising event in the UK and a woman
fundraising event in the UK and a woman
fundraising event in the UK and a woman came up with this blanket and she said
came up with this blanket and she said
came up with this blanket and she said my husband has a degenerative disease
my husband has a degenerative disease
my husband has a degenerative disease he needs watching 24/7 and the carer who
he needs watching 24/7 and the carer who
he needs watching 24/7 and the carer who comes in at night to look after him
comes in at night to look after him
comes in at night to look after him knitted these things for you while she
knitted these things for you while she
knitted these things for you while she was watching over him and it was clear
was watching over him and it was clear
was watching over him and it was clear that for that woman there was an
that for that woman there was an
that for that woman there was an enormous emotional investment not just
enormous emotional investment not just
enormous emotional investment not just for the children of Kosovo but also of
for the children of Kosovo but also of
for the children of Kosovo but also of course in her love for her husband and I
course in her love for her husband and I
course in her love for her husband and I realized that these children have been
realized that these children have been
realized that these children have been offering a kind of comfort that I could
offering a kind of comfort that I could
offering a kind of comfort that I could never have imagined two lonely and sad
never have imagined two lonely and sad
never have imagined two lonely and sad people on the other side of Europe and
people on the other side of Europe and
people on the other side of Europe and that this was not just a one-way process
that this was not just a one-way process
that this was not just a one-way process that this reciprocity was a really
that this reciprocity was a really
that this reciprocity was a really important part of what we were now about
important part of what we were now about
important part of what we were now about that became even more evident when the
that became even more evident when the
that became even more evident when the inspirational Ramseyer Sharif II got
inspirational Ramseyer Sharif II got
inspirational Ramseyer Sharif II got involved in our project REM Zia is a
involved in our project REM Zia is a
involved in our project REM Zia is a casaba who came to the UK in 1999 as a
casaba who came to the UK in 1999 as a
casaba who came to the UK in 1999 as a refugee and she is now set up a refugee
refugee and she is now set up a refugee
refugee and she is now set up a refugee group in Glasgow and these people from
group in Glasgow and these people from
group in Glasgow and these people from Syria from Somalia from Congo all over
Syria from Somalia from Congo all over
Syria from Somalia from Congo all over the world come together to share their
the world come together to share their
the world come together to share their love and their skills in knitting things
love and their skills in knitting things
love and their skills in knitting things for the children of the world that need
for the children of the world that need
for the children of the world that need them in our case for Kosovo the idea of
them in our case for Kosovo the idea of
them in our case for Kosovo the idea of these people who have escaped such
these people who have escaped such
these people who have escaped such trauma and have lived through such need
trauma and have lived through such need
trauma and have lived through such need themselves now offering their love and
themselves now offering their love and
themselves now offering their love and their time to other people in need made
their time to other people in need made
their time to other people in need made a real impression on me and has made me
a real impression on me and has made me
a real impression on me and has made me realize that the receivers of yesterday
realize that the receivers of yesterday
realize that the receivers of yesterday can become the givers of today and that
can become the givers of today and that
can become the givers of today and that that transformation is essential for for
that transformation is essential for for
that transformation is essential for for human dignity for the sustainability
human dignity for the sustainability
human dignity for the sustainability of us all helping and it’s something
of us all helping and it’s something
of us all helping and it’s something that we’ve now contributed to our own
that we’ve now contributed to our own
that we’ve now contributed to our own project of giving clothes to the babies
project of giving clothes to the babies
project of giving clothes to the babies those clothes have come on a cycle they
those clothes have come on a cycle they
those clothes have come on a cycle they may have been knitted by somebody they
may have been knitted by somebody they
may have been knitted by somebody they may have been knitted in fact with yarns
may have been knitted in fact with yarns
may have been knitted in fact with yarns but in their own turn have been donated
but in their own turn have been donated
but in their own turn have been donated we had some lovely people that love
we had some lovely people that love
we had some lovely people that love knitting kaam who gave us boxes and
knitting kaam who gave us boxes and
knitting kaam who gave us boxes and boxes of wool so that things were
boxes of wool so that things were
boxes of wool so that things were produced out of donations to start with
produced out of donations to start with
produced out of donations to start with and then when we pass them on to the the
and then when we pass them on to the the
and then when we pass them on to the the beneficiaries although they are now
beneficiaries although they are now
beneficiaries although they are now blurred with our donors we put with them
blurred with our donors we put with them
blurred with our donors we put with them this little note and it says and it was
this little note and it says and it was
this little note and it says and it was so has a little diagram with it but
so has a little diagram with it but
so has a little diagram with it but please don’t thank us but when you have
please don’t thank us but when you have
please don’t thank us but when you have the opportunity please help someone like
the opportunity please help someone like
the opportunity please help someone like this in your turn and that means that
this in your turn and that means that
this in your turn and that means that the that means that the receivers of
the that means that the receivers of
the that means that the receivers of today become the givers of tomorrow and
today become the givers of tomorrow and
today become the givers of tomorrow and we can see how this process is becoming
we can see how this process is becoming
we can see how this process is becoming a circular one and it’s something we’re
a circular one and it’s something we’re
a circular one and it’s something we’re very proud of I’m gonna give you one
very proud of I’m gonna give you one
very proud of I’m gonna give you one last example of how that works by
last example of how that works by
last example of how that works by introducing you to Jack Jack is a
introducing you to Jack Jack is a
introducing you to Jack Jack is a volunteer with the ideas partnership
volunteer with the ideas partnership
volunteer with the ideas partnership he’s from London and a couple of years
he’s from London and a couple of years
he’s from London and a couple of years ago he was working in a bar and he was
ago he was working in a bar and he was
ago he was working in a bar and he was trying to work out what to do with his
trying to work out what to do with his
trying to work out what to do with his life and he decided to come a volunteer
life and he decided to come a volunteer
life and he decided to come a volunteer in Kosovo for a week at the end of the
in Kosovo for a week at the end of the
in Kosovo for a week at the end of the week he came to me and he said I’m going
week he came to me and he said I’m going
week he came to me and he said I’m going to come back but I want to come back
to come back but I want to come back
to come back but I want to come back with skills that are useful to the
with skills that are useful to the
with skills that are useful to the families you support so that meant he
families you support so that meant he
families you support so that meant he had to do some very hard things he had
had to do some very hard things he had
had to do some very hard things he had to go back to college to get the
to go back to college to get the
to go back to college to get the qualification so that he could ply to
qualification so that he could ply to
qualification so that he could ply to university and now this very week he
university and now this very week he
university and now this very week he starts his training as a paramedic he’s
starts his training as a paramedic he’s
starts his training as a paramedic he’s been out twice since then and you can
been out twice since then and you can
been out twice since then and you can see him in this photograph thinking that
see him in this photograph thinking that
see him in this photograph thinking that he is giving a baby a blanket in fact of
he is giving a baby a blanket in fact of
he is giving a baby a blanket in fact of course what he is getting in return is a
course what he is getting in return is a
course what he is getting in return is a new career
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