Dolls for Indonesia Campaign: 306 Dolls for the children.

Thanks Casey (NY, USA) for letting me know about The Dolls for Indonesia Campaign.
Friends Peace Teams to Indonesia began after the 2004 tsunami devastated Aceh. Nadine Hoover, travels to Indonesia to help tsunami and war survivors in Aceh and North Sumatra and she set up this wonderful Doll Drive for the children.

“Play structured to support the development of young children greatly supports the development of parents and teachers as well when they engage in the play themselves. Play also reminds us of the fundamental authority of life itself—being alive.” Nadine Hoover.

The Dolls for Indonesia Campaign, using my free Dolly Donations Doll pattern and if you look closely there are few of my Easy Girl Dolls in there too ..... which I’m excited to see :) ...... set out with a goal to collect 200 dolls. Everyone in the community (and neighboring areas) got to sewing, from Girl Scouts, to Grandma’s. And talk about a success, well they not only got their much needed 200 dollies for the children, but their grand total was 306!

How fantastic!

The dolls traveled over to Indonesia in 4 suitcases and are happily living out their days playing with children in schools across the country.

Congratulations to all who took part in this doll drive! I only wish I had heard about it sooner so I could have helped spread the word!

Take care everyone and Happy Sewing!

Sarah x

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Raggedy Ann Andy Dolls Sewing Pattern Finished!

My Cute Raggedy Ann & her Cheeky brother Andy are here!

She’s a girly girl, with her cute bows and the best red hair you’ve ever seen!

She loves having dress up fun with her cheeky brother Andy too (his pattern is included - hooray)!

And cuddles with her bestfriend!

You can find my Raggedy Ann and Andy Dolls Sewing Pattern in my Etsy Shop ♥

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Dolls for Operation Christmas Child

Genece has been hard at work making Dolly Donation dolls to give for Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse, a Christian relief and evangelism organization.

She sent me this lovely photo of some of her dollies and explained a bit about the organization!

“Since 1970, Samaritan’s Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disaster, disease and famine with the purpose of sharing God’s love through His Son, Jesus Christ. Operation Christmas Child was founded in Wales in 1990 by Dave Cooke. Samaritan’s Purse adopted the project in 1993. Since then, the project has delivered millions of gift-filled shoe boxes to needy children in more than 130 countries.”

Thank you so much for sharing your creations Genece, they are lovely! The bows in the dollies hair are just too cute!

Good luck with the drive!

Keep us updated, take care and Happy Sewing,

Sarah x

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