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doodlebears Celebration AmbassadorJul 15, 2006

I read the following article in England's August edition of Teddy Bear Scene and other Furry Friends and I thought this is one article that needs to be read.

     

The following pages really pulled at my heart strings.

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Hugs Jane.

Stellajella Jul 15, 2006

Jane, this is such a good and at the same time such a moving report.
Children and their needs are so often neglected, especially when times are rough or even war- troubled.

I sure hope, this world will be a better (= more peaceful) place- for us- for the teddies and for the children of this world.

Thanx for posting it!!!

Gaby
xoxo

Eileen Jul 15, 2006

Absolutely wonderful, Jane--thank you! :hug:

Jennskains Jul 15, 2006

I agree with that articule Whole heatedly because of personal experience.

JeannieB Jul 15, 2006

:clap: Thank you for sharing this article.   More proof of how important teddy bears are!
JeannieB

SueAnn Help Advisor, Banner SponsorJul 15, 2006

Fantastic article, Jane!  Thanks a lot!

Celena Jul 16, 2006

Jane, thank you...this is really a MUST read article...

BootButtonBears Jul 16, 2006

Teddies bring such comfort to all, especially the young, and this story truly shows this.  The one thing we can all take heart in is that the teddy bears we make will never go out of fashion, and will always be loved, no matter how technologically advanced this crazy world gets.

vkallum Jul 16, 2006

Hi Jayne

Thank your for sharing that article ....... 

Oddly enough when I was visiting my Mum today she gave me a newsletter to read.  It was from a friend of a friend who co-ordinates our local chapter of Teddies for Tragedies.  I often pass bags of toys and outgrown childrens clothes on to Mum for her friend and they are shipped off to the orphanages in Eastern Europe, where the poor little loves have next to nothing - some of the stories I've heard are absolutely heartbreaking. 

I wasn't really aware of the enormity of what the organisation does until today.  They are linked with a number of other charitable and humanitarian organisations.  Volunteers knit teddies - lots of teddies.  In fact in the last year I think she said they had shipped over 8,000 teddies to places like Africa, India, Kosova and Romania.   The newsletter featured photograhs of groups of children from all over the world with their new teddies.  All of these children have suffered enormous tragedy in their short lives, whether it be from war or civil conflict, disease, poverty or famine.  The following text is taken from the Canadian site:

The project was started by Women’s Royal Voluntary Services
workers (W.R.V.S.). They started to knit teddy bears and
their first batch went to Sudan in 1985, where the
Emergency Care for Children (ECC) nurses were setting up
a temporary orphanage in a refugee camp for 2,000
children with tuberculosis. 

The teddies were such as success that more were requested.
Soon teddies were sent to Peru, Uganda, Zambia, Jamaica, Armenia,
Calcutta, Thailand, Romania, Croatia, Albania and to Nepal. 

Doctors who treat children in the third world found that the
teddies were sometimes as important to healing, as the
medicines, and of course each child gets to keep the teddy,
so a continual supply is needed.

Here is the link the the UK site.

http://www.teddiesfortragedies.org.uk/

and another which gives a little more informtion:

http://www.charityguide.org/volunteer/f … gedies.htm

:hug:  :hug: