Advocating the Rights of Children (ARC) invites and encourages the public to take part in its annual Ramazan Collection for Children’s Shelters, to donate gifts to children in need. The donations will go a long way to enriching the lives of close to 140 boys and girls of ages ranging from 0-18 living in Kudakudhinge Hiya, Amaan Hiya (Villimale) and Fiyavathi (Hulhumale’).
This year’s collection is held with the generous support of the management, staff and students of Centre for Higher Secondary Education (CHSE). The collection period will be from 20th to 28th May 2016 and CHSE will be open for collections from 15:00 to 17:00 every day. Please ensure that your donations are in excellent condition (new or gently used items). For further details, please contact 7840360 or 3338783 during these hours.
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted, and your gifts given in the spirit of Ramazan will bring much joy to the children.Please find below the combined list of items requested by the children’s shelters:
Clothes & Shoes (for boys and girls of all age groups):
- Sports shoes
- Shoes/Slippers
- Socks
- Shirts & T-shirts
- Shorts/Pants
- Boxers
- Football Jerseys
- Tights/ Jeans/Leggings
- Tops/Dresses
- Head scarves (burqa)/shawls
- Praying mats
- Dholhi/Thaakihaa
Other requirements
- Blankets
- Bed sheets
- Towels
- Toiletries
- Accessories (hair clips, bands, ties, burqa pins)
Stationary & Books
- Quran
- Letter writing practice books (Dhivehi, Arabic, Numbers and Alphabets)
- Pencils, erasers, sharpeners
Games & Sports Equipment
- Board games
- Football, volleyball, basketball, etc
- Table tennis/badminton rackets