Loving Hands is a craft group that makes wonderful items for different charities throughout the world, for a while now Algerian Action has been the lucky recipient of many beautiful and much needed items from them. In addition to their general crafting they have different ‘challenges’ which run throughout the year where they have targets to make particular things. Recently I was asked by Lou,the groups founder if there was anything specific that we required. Well, everything is needed but after a bit of thought I suggested that the group could make toys. On my very first visit to Algeria one of the things that stood out for me the most were the lack of toys. Hardly any children seemed to have toys, not just those from poor families but those from average families who had enough clothes, food etc. It is quite normal for children to play outside and the children amuse themselves with make believe games and team sports like football. But what about children who can’t or don’t play outside with their neighbours, those in hospital for example or those who are just too young to go out? With that in mind I thought it would be a nice idea to create some ‘toy boxes’ which could be donated to a few different places including an orphanage and a children’s ward.
A few weeks after making the suggestion a box full of toys arrived from loving hands, of course everything is beautiful and so carefully made.
Once again, huge thanks are owed to the generous members at loving hands.
The ‘toy box’ collection continues so if you feel inspired by the pictures above and fancy making a toy or donating a pre-loved one it would be much appreciated. All types of things including craft materials, pencils etc are welcome.
To read more about the work of loving hands take a look at their website –http://www.lovinghands.org.uk
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