{"id":45908,"date":"2020-12-01T16:47:18","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T16:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=45908"},"modified":"2020-12-01T16:47:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T16:47:21","slug":"volunteers-appeal-for-toys-to-help-island-children-celebrate-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2020\/12\/01\/volunteers-appeal-for-toys-to-help-island-children-celebrate-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteers appeal for toys to help island children celebrate Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8216;They have hardly anything&#8217;, says Cardiff organiser<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>CARDIFF volunteers are appealing for donations to help Santa reach children on islands off Africa this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every year, the team based in Guinea-Bissau work to send a container from Riverside to children on the Bijag\u00f3s islands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People are being asked to donate any children\u2019s clothes, toys and books to help ensure every child gets to experience joy this Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey have a very basic way of life there and they kind of greatly appreciate these little drops,\u201d said Nick Lewis, who is organising the donations at South Riverside Community Development Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"Children on the Bijag\u00f3s islands receiving Christmas presents\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3sLJ5VuUY74?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Children on the Bijag\u00f3s islands receiving Christmas presents\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3sLJ5VuUY74?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The donations are loaded into a container, which volunteers then drive to Portugal before being transported to Guinea-Bissau.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nadir, who leads the project over in Guinea-Bissau, takes over from there as her team help distribute the donations to the 32,000 people on the four main islands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These islands are situated off the coast of Guinea-Bissau, about 4,638km away from Cardiff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bijag\u00f3s islands are predominately rural, with their economy relying on farming and fishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They also suffer from a lack of infrastructure and communication links, making contacting the mainland difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou wouldn\u2019t believe, they just have hardly anything. Guinea-Bissau itself is a poor country,\u201d said Mr Lewis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To add to these difficulties, Covid-19 has meant transporting the goods across borders has become even more difficult, but the volunteers in Cardiff and Guinea-Bissau are determined to persevere and bring Christmas cheer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>If you have any children&#8217;s clothes, toys and books, you can drop them off at: South Riverside Community Development Centre, Brunel Street, Riverside, CF11 6ES by December 14.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>If you would like to know more, you can contact the team on 07497 591 530.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CARDIFF volunteers are appealing for donations to help Santa reach children on islands off Africa this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":554,"featured_media":45932,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,72],"tags":[6333,54,1516,6811,73,1535],"coauthors":[6719],"class_list":["post-45908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-riverside-where-you-live","tag-africa","tag-children","tag-christmas","tag-guinea-bissau","tag-riverside","tag-south-riverside-community-development-centre"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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