Special Edition Beanie Package in aid of the DEC Tsunami Appeal



SOLD OUT - MANY THANKS FOR YOUR GENEROUS DONATIONS

Companies donated/discounted their goods & services
to maximise your donations

Tee shirts donated by Windy Ridge Bears & printed free by t-shirts4U;
badges donated by Badge Planet; ribbon produced at discount price by Trafford Print & Design;
bears sold at discount price by Dream Collectables
Each bear will come packaged with a special card in cellophane bags (discounted by eBay seller ireneh2)
The first 20 bears sold will have a special flower soap included, donated by Windy Ridge Bears.
All packaged in mailing boxes donated by
Mail Supplies
The bears come in a variety of colours and each has a serially numbered ear tag in a design that co-ordinates with the accompanying card
Special CHERISH DEC-AID rainbow printed leather tag produced at discount price by
Trafford Print and Design

ALL profit from the sale of these packages will be donated to the DEC Tsunami Appeal

Please click here to read about the CHERISH DEC-AID auctions
which added greatly to the total of £4000

The money raised by the DEC Tsunami Earthquake Appeal is being used in countries across the affected region
to provide clean water, food, medical supplies and shelter materials.
Monies will also be used for longer-term reconstruction and livelihoods programmes to help communities recover from the disaster.
Read more here
Banda Aceh City Indonesia before the tsunami earthquake
Banda Aceh City Indonesia after the tsunami earthquake

Images from http://homepage.mac.com/demark/tsunami/

The Disasters Emergency Committee ('DEC') includes the following charities as its member agencies:

Tear Fund
Oxfam
British Red Cross
Save the Children
Christian Aid
Help the Aged
Merlin, Concern
Care
Cafod
Action Aid
World Vision

Question to DEC:
'Could you tell me how much of my money actually goes to help the victims in the disaster?'

Answer from DEC
There are no administration costs incurred for our Appeals.

'The costs charged to our Appeal are for fundraising, which is a maximum of 2% of the total funds raised
and a further 1% for our evaluation report process, which is eventually posted on our website.
This report enables the British public to read how the DEC member agencies spent the funds
and also demonstrates accountability and transparency.

As you will note this is a maximum possible spend and therefore it is important to emphasise
that the more we raised the less we spend.
On average 98p in every £1 is spent on providing emergency relief aid.'

Items already donated to CHERISH for fundraising for Cancer Research UK will be reserved for that purpose.
Therefore anything that is used to raise funds for the DEC Tsunami Appeal comes from my personal collection
or has been donated for that purpose.