Thursday, January 31, 2008

Wish List

For work:

*A volleyball
*A small pump
A volleyball net
*Paint brushes (smaller art ones)
Pens
*Crochet needles and yarn
Kids’ work booklets with really simple puzzles (ie: wordsearches, letter-by-number puzzles)
Magazines with lots of pictures (educational, with muslim-appropriate content)
Books/magazines in French/Arabic
Card games good for learning English (uno, skipbo, travel games)
Heremakono (an award-winning Mauritanian-made film. I think it comes in French and/or Hassaniya - that would be preferable)


If you want to make any donations to any of the programs I am involved with or have mentioned in my blog, please just e-mail me at hayley.wallace@gmail.com and we will find a way to get you connected.


For Hayley:

*Dried Fruit
*Dried Veggies
*Milk Powder (I LOVE milk powder. If anyone could find egg nog milk powder, they have achieved something truely great in life).
*Coffee! (ground - not used)
Tea
*Cereal - granola/muesli
Dried mushrooms
Marshmallows
Little fast-food condiment packets: ketchup, mayo, salad dressings, soy sauce (works great for a life with no fridge)
Cliff bars or Luna bars
MnMs!! (Chocolate in whatever form)
One-step mixes (especially brownie/cookie mixes, instant falafel mix, Jiffy corn-bread mix)
*Measuring cups
*Apple Cider vitamin pills (great for digestion)
*A small 2009 day planner
*Guitar strings (80/20, Light, Martin/D'Addario)
*Yarn
*A capo

*Learn English books (for French/Arabic speakers)
Longish t-shirt
CDs/DVDs
Books
*Stamps (American/Canadian – mail goes much faster if sent with travellers)
*Perfume or Body spray
*Shampoo and Conditioner
Little tree (car) air freshners
Anything random or weird that will make me laugh

Anything that would remind me of you!!!