Our First Container!

It all started as a desire to bring some clothing to needy
children in West Africa. It has turned out to be a flood
of clothing, books, toys, household items, and furniture
completely filling a forty foot (extra high) shipping container.
Personally, I have been gratefully overwhelmed by the
outpour of support we have received from people
towards our collection. The list of people to thank
is very long, some gave a little, some gave much,
but all wanted to share their hearts with the desperate
children of West Africa. This proves to me that despite the
great shortfalls in humanity around the world, there are still
people out there who care enough to accumulate and pass on
clothing in hopes that it will find someone who will make needy use of it.
Over several months we collected things from people as far
as New York City to Washington D.C.. We had stuff accumulated
and stored in about four locations which needed to be compiled
and trucked to a warehouse that will package and ship out
everything together. That is just the beginning of the story.
We are planning to intercept the containers arrival in order
to personally process and distribute the goods to various
orphanages and schools in Benin. That will be the climax
of our clothing drive mission.
Abake's Foundation would like to thank everybody who
donated clothing, furniture and household items to be sent to
West Africa.
Abake's Foundation would also like to thank everyone
involved in the collection and transportation of the donated materials.
Abake's Foundation would further like to thank each person
who contributed financially which makes the shipping and
handling to Cotonou, Benin possible.