Shipping Container Project
Destiny Children have been offered space in a shipping conta
iner and are providing DGS with second hand items urgently needed by the school.
One of our sponsors has a contact who is converting a container into mechanics workshops, shipping it to Mombasa at the end of May 2011, and then running vocational training courses for disadvantaged boys. He has agreed that any spare space can be filled with educational resources for charity schools in Mombasa.
We have now collected enough items to fill 27 packing cases and our grateful thanks go to all our supporters and friends, and also to -
- Johnsons Removals who have kindly donated the boxes - Johnsons Removals
- Big Storage, Macclesfield, who have kindly provided storage - Big Storage
- Kings School, Junior Division, Macclesfield, for their generous donations
- St Anne's School, Stretford, for their generous donations
- Julia for taking the lead on the project
- Amy and Mark for providing the transport, see their - Shoe Box Challenge
The 27 cases contain the following number of items -
- Books for the children - 966
- Stationery - 2,243
- Shoes for the children - 327
- Musical Instruments - 35
- Toys - 271
- Clothes for the children - 417
Donations for the container overtook Julia's garage! 
Johnson's removals donated packing cases
The first working party type the inventories before packing .jpg)
The first four boxes are packed and taken to Big Storage
Packing cases are picked up from the Big Storage warehouse, Fence Avenue, Macclesfield, on Friday 13th May. Mark collects them with his van! 
Packing boxes being loaded on by Mark, Patrick and Julia
The photo below shows the container's conversion into mechanics workshops, which will run vocational training courses for disadvantaged boys in Mombasa
Unfortunately the conversion of the shipping container was delayed but it was finally loaded up with boxes for DGS and other schools in Mombasa on 28th July. It is expected to set sail during the weekend of 30th July 2011.
To follow its progress -
Bill of lading Voyage number FL781E.
Bill of Lading number GB1417338
Why have we collected shoes for Destiny Garden School ?
many of the children at Destiny Garden School do not have shoes
some of the shoes the children do have are in poor condition and need replacing.
The Pencil Case project
Destiny Children did a similar project for pencil cases in the summer 2010 and here are photos of the packing cases being loaded on the shipping container, and then on the vessel"CMA CGM Musca" which sailed to Mombasa on the Saturday 19th June 2010. For the full report please see this link - pencil case project
