Items Needed at Sunrise Children's Home

Many people have been asking me what we need here at Sunrise, so I have compiled a list of items that we need, many of which are not available in town.

 I will add more as I think of them and of course as the needs arise!

• Dental floss (floss picks are great for kids!)
• Gold bond powder (the kids have lots of itches!)
• Pepto Bismal, Immodium AD, Tylenol, etc (the kids have tummy issues sometimes)
• Antibiotic ointment
• Deodorant 
• Wash cloths
• Nail clippers
• Umbrellas
• Ponchos (for children and adults)
  
• Work gloves (with grip) 
• Coat hooks (these can be easily screwed into the walls)
• Nalgene-type water bottles (Needed to store boiled and filtered water in)
• Clothespins
• Notepads (post-its, small legal pads, etc)
• Ziploc bags (gallon and quart sized)
• Coloring books
• Markers
• Glue sticks
• Play clothes for boys and girls (sizes 6-12)
• Girls' tights (sizes 6-12)
• Boys' belts
• Granola bars
• Jerky
• Foil salmon/tuna packets
• Soup mixes
• Sauce packets (gravy, teriyaki, tomato sauce, anything!)
• Puzzles
• Toys (little balls, jumps ropes, matchbox cars, anything that lights up, etc) 
• Disney or Veggie Tale DVDs (Every weekend we all huddle around my laptop for movie night, the kids love it!)

It’s best to send packages through USPS, using the padded envelopes. Bibi Kay just picked up 7 boxes of supplies from the Post Office yesterday and was charged almost $100 in duty taxes. If items are sent in the padded envelopes instead, there is no duty and they can arrive in as little as 2-3 weeks (boxes can take anywhere up to 3 months). However, some of these items are larger, and may require boxes to send them, which is just fine too!

Sunrise Children’s Home
Attn: Bibi Kay
PO Box 746
Njombe, Tanzania

Thanks so much for all of the support!!