Help Mechuwana collect items for Camp Sizanani in South Africa.  We have partnered with this camp to provide items for their campers – youth who are affected by HIV/AIDS.  Many of them are orphaned because of HIV/AIDS and others have lost family members – give them the chance to be children and experience the joy of being at a camp with others.  Please share this wish list with others in your schools, communities and churches.  And bring your donated items to Mechuwana in February and March. 
Help spread Mechuwana’s light to these campers!

CAMP SIZANANI Did you know that... $1,000 will send a child to camp, enable the camper to attend the year-round Kids Clubs, and buy supplies for a cabin of 15 campers. $500 will send a child to camp AND enable the camper to attend Kids Clubs for a year. $250 will buy arts & crafts supplies for one camp. $100 will purchase shoes for a cabin. $50 will pay for tee-shirts for a cabin.

Wish List

Camp Sizanani operates largely on donated supplies. As a team, we can make more forward progress. Some of the items that the camp needs are:

*Office supplies
These include printer ink (HP-LaserJet 4+ toner cartridge), Dell 7Y743 (black) and 7Y745 (color) for Dell A960 printer, stamps, paper

* Travel-sized toiletries
These include little shampoos and soaps (like the ones you get from hotels), toothbrushes and toothpastes, wash cloths, and bath towels. Some of the campers do not have these supplies at home. As hygiene is an important life skill for them to learn and take home with them, we try to provide them with a small care package for their time at camp.

* Board games
Board games are wonderful for cabin-bonding, especially on the first few nights of camp. Many of the children have never been away from home for such long periods, and playing a cabin game is a great way to get all the children involved and giggling.

* Arts & crafts supplies
These include paints, paintbrushes, embroidery thread (for friendship bracelets), beads, construction paper, etc. Please send all supplies in their original packaging if possible.

*Sneakers and baseball-style hats
Gently-worn please! For the children who arrive without shoes, sneakers will be indispensable during their Sports class, and the hats of course, are needed for protection against the African sun. Please wash if either shoes or hats have been previously worn.  

For more information about Camp Sizanani, visit www.worldcamps.org. 

We hope to collect a lot of supplies at the February and March rallies at Mechuwana to send to the camp.  For more information, contact Beth at mechuwana@aol.com.  Thank you!