Spider Sisters Studio

 Hello to all the crafters and doll makers out there! :)

I'm wondering if you might be able to help me?
A need for something totally different recently came to my attention, the need for children of horrible circumstance to get on with being children.....A Missionary came to our Church this past week, his daughter has gone to Zimbabwe for 2 years to work with the Sandra Jones Children's Village as nutritionist, the work is with a girls orphanage in Zimbabwe, most of the girls there have been assaulted,  bringing "shame" to the family so they have been thrown out on the streets! These girls are, for the most part, under the age of nine years old!! CHILDREN , and certainly not accountable for something an adult has done to them! Ian, the man speaking to us mentioned, that the girls were so thrilled and overwhelmed when someone donated 2 dolls of color to the center!  They had NEVER seen a doll of color, most of the girls are still very young and would like dolls to play with.....As a doll maker myself, as someone who believes every child should have the opportunity to be a CHILD... I'd LOVE to send dolls of color to them, but there are over 75 girls there at present (they have a lottery at night to determine who gets to sleep with the dolls for the night) that number is growing every day. I can no way make 75 dolls on my own, nor can I buy them in the UK, I have never seen a doll of color here.........
I'm asking if you have any suggestion of how to contact other doll makers and crafters making them aware, this is but one shelter, one place where these children are housed, there is surely a need of more than 75 dolls for just this shelter.

I'm sure they would  be happy with any type of toy....we all hear about how much these children need, food, water, medicine, & clothing, maybe what they need just as much is the comfort of something to cuddle when sad or frightened....the opportunity to be a child.


Thanks in advance !!!!  If you can't help, I TOTALLY understand, but if you can help in any way, if even only by word of mouth or posting a link on your own blog, that would be a fantastic help!
~Proverbs 28:27~ Whoever gives to the poor will not want
God bless you all