Children for children – Takulana welaki

Fundraising campaign by Marina Mrden
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Pozdrav svima :)

Odlučila sam sa prijateljicom Anom prohodati 800 kilometara dugu rutu Camino de Santiago (Put svetog Jakova) sa ciljem prikupljanja sredstava za djecu. Dakle čeka nas nekih 30ak dana hodanja :).

Kako je sve ovo započelo?

Pa, prije 4 godine bila sam 7 mjeseci na Solomonskim otocima, gdje sam djecu podučavala engleski jezik i to je bilo zaista nevjerojatno životno iskustvo iz kojeg sam uistinu mnogo naučila. Zahvaljujući donacijama knjiga sestara milosrdnica, organizirali smo prvu knjižnicu u osnovnoj školi i održali edukaciju o čitanju knjiga kao lektire i analizi književnih djela. Pokušala sam naučiti njihova dva jezika Pijin i Kwaio, što je za njih bilo uistinu nevjerojatno, vidjeti bijelu osobu kako govori njihov jezik.

Uz vašu pomoć, želja mi je prikupiti 5000 eura za oko 1400 solomonske djece iz osnovne, srednje i područnih škola kako bi dobili dnevni topli obrok riže tijekom cijele godine (riža je rijetkost na Salomonskim otocima, ne mogu si je priuštiti ). Djeca obično rade u vrtu, zatim idu u školu, pa opet u vrt i prvi obrok (i obično jedini) imaju tek oko 17 sati. Dio novca bit će za također i za dioptrijske naočale, lijekove i zavoje koji su im najpotrebniji.

Na instagram stranici takulana_welaki_goes_on_camino možete pratiti naše postove i iskustva sa putovanja te vidjeti dan za danom kako izgleda naše putovanje.

Učinimo dobru stvar zajedno <3

Unaprijed hvala :)

Zanimljivosti:

-Glavni grad je Honiara

-Stanovništvo otoka podijeljeno je na brojne plemenske skupine (službeni engleski govori 2% stanovništva)

-Cestovna mreža duga je 1500 kilometara, ali samo 3% je asfaltirano

-Do liječnika je 30 kilometara, za što im treba oko sat i pol vožnje

-Lijekova i vitamina nema, a stanovnici često obolijevaju od denga groznice, česte su malarija i kožne bolesti, a ljekarne su vrlo slabo opskrbljene

-Stanovnici su vrhunski majstori u izradi ogrlica od školjki koje su neizostavan dio kulture

-Kuće izrađuju sami

-Ako dijete ostane bez roditelja, druga obitelj ga udomi i odgaja kao svoje (socijalna skrb ne postoji, nema staračkih domova ni sirotišta, ali su obitelji jako bliske)

-Prilično je neobično da žene nose hlače (osim kada voze kanu)

-Svi hodaju bosi


"Takulana welaki" ( "Children for Children")

Currently, I am going to the Camino de Santiago and I want to raise the necessary funds this way for children. This route is 800 km long and it takes approximately 35 days to complete. I am going with my friend Ana and we will post our photos and expirience of our journey on Instagram page so you can all see what are we doing and what the route looks like.

In 2018, I was on a seven-month adventure to the Solomon Islands, teaching English.

That was a truly amazing life experience and when i returned home to Split I decided to help as much as I can.

Thanks to the donations of books by the Sisters of Charity, we organized the first library in the elementary school and held an education on how to read books as reading materials and analyze literary works.

I tried to learn their two languages Pijin and Kwaio, which was amazing for them, to see a white person speaking their language.

The children usually work in the garden, then go to school, and then to the garden again and their first meal (and usually the only one) is around 5 PM.

With your help, I would like to raise 5000 euros for around 1400 Solomon children from primary, secondary and regional schools to help them receive a daily hot meal of rice throughout the year (rice is a rarity on the Solomon Islands, they cannot afford it).Part of that money will be for prescription glasses, medicines and bandages that they need most.

Interesting facts:

  • Main city is Honiara
  • The population of island is divided into numerous tribal groups (spoken language is Sandalwood-English, official English is spoken by 2 % of the population)
  • The road network is 1,500 kilometers long, but 97 % are dirt roads
  • The doctor is 30 kilometers away, which takes them about hour and a half to drive
  • There are no medicines or vitamins, and residents often fall ill with dengue fever, malaria and skin diseases are common, and pharmacies are very poorly stocked
  • The inhabitants are top masters in making shell necklaces, which are an indispensable part of the culture.
  • They make the houses themselves
  • If a child loses his parents, another family will take him in and raise him as their own (social care does not exist, there are no nursing homes or orphanages, but families are very close)
  • It is quite unusual for women to wear trousers(except when canoeing)
  • Everyone walks barefoot

Thank you in advance :) Let's do a good thing together <3

Instagram page : takulana_welaki_goes_on_camino


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I will send you via email some photos from Solomon Island and from Camino de Santiago.

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Donors

  • Ivanka Belas
  • Donated on Oct 25, 2022
€100.00
  • Anita Gotovac
  • Donated on Oct 24, 2022
  • Sretno cure!

€20.00
  • Anonymous
  • Donated on Sep 16, 2022
  • Zrno po zrno...

€50.00

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14 donors
  • Ivanka Belas
  • Donated on Oct 25, 2022
€100.00
  • Anita Gotovac
  • Donated on Oct 24, 2022
  • Sretno cure!

€20.00
  • Anonymous
  • Donated on Sep 16, 2022
  • Zrno po zrno...

€50.00
  • Anonymous
  • Donated on Sep 06, 2022
€20.00
  • Sime Bumbak
  • Donated on Sep 04, 2022
€50.00
  • Anamaria Kalinić Radović
  • Donated on Sep 02, 2022
€20.00
  • Anonymous
  • Donated on Aug 21, 2022
€15.00
  • Marko Cvrlje
  • Donated on Aug 20, 2022
€5.00
  • Dina Vrkic Vucic
  • Donated on Aug 18, 2022
  • Good luck girls, bravo!

€30.00
  • Anonymous
  • Donated on Aug 16, 2022
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