Tickets are £75 or £650 for a table of 10 booked before March 19th

The price includes a drinks reception with canapes, a sumptuous 4 course meal followed by coffee and chocolate, and dancing to a live band

Venue: Thoresby Riding Court

Date: Saturday 24th April

Time: 7.30pm

Saturday 11th September, 2010

8, 12 and 24 mile walks in 10 hours! Click here to enter and for more information

The customs procedure was extended into the second day as we had major problems in reconciling the weights of the loads – manifest against the customs weigh scales. So each vehicle had to pass through the X-ray machine in the morning.   Unloading in Zhlobyn customs later in the day we were warned that every box would be weighed as they had been informed of the ‘problem’ by the border customs. Similarly the big trailer was fully checked at the school No 5 – a procedure that took a full day.   In both cases  no problem was found and we expect the weights to be accepted as correct.  There is no doubt that customs procedures for humanitarian aid deliveries have been tightened and are being enforced.

We completed the unloading process in Zhlobyn and in Gomel at School No 5 and the co-ordination centre and are now using the days before out return journey to visit our projects in the Gomel region. Visits to Klimovka and Duanovka are complete and today we visit the Psychiatric hospital and Retchista a boarding school for disabled children.

More later if we can make the connection with the net.

10.30am to 2.30 p.m. – All Welcome, please bring Friends!

Cake sale, excellent hand made jewellery, a selection of cards

All proceeds to CCP(UK) Solihull Group

They raised a fabulous £225.

It just comes to show how those pennies add up!

Well done and THANK YOU!

A big vote of thanks go to the many people who have made this convoy possible through donations and the physical effort in collection and loading of the aid. Specific mention is made to Alan, Chris and Sam Judd, Bob Beech, John Withers and Paul Campey for their contribution without which this journey would not be possible.

Our new vehicle is pictured here. John Withers spent a full day preparing the vehicle for sign writing, Paul Campey fixed all the maintenance checks and Tony Parkin ferried the unit from place to place until the job was complete.

After unloading the vehicles in Belarus the team have a full itinerary of visits to places and families that have received aid from previous convoys before leaving for home to complete the 12 day round trip.

We hope to be able to update this page on route

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As reported in an earlier entry the Rotarians are sponsoring the convoy and have planned a send off next Friday when the local press will cover the convoy departure.  We plan to have the technology with us to allow updates here during our time on route and in Belarus.

During Friday we made a collection from Linpac at Featherstone and it was good to see Rose Edwards again. Rose has been to Belarus twice, once on convoy and has organised many aid collections and fund raisers with her colleagues at Linpac.

On  Friday night several of the aid team enjoyed a splendid evening at a fund raiser for the local Monk Fryston group  when over seventy supporters ate a chinese banquet at the local restaurant. The funds raised are to support the summer  holidays for the Belarusian children.

Quiz at the ‘Round of Gras’ pub in Badsey,near Evesham.

Tickets: £3.00 per person; tables of 4. Refreshments included, bar available. 7.30pm start.

Tickets available from: 01789 765274 / 765877