Shopping

Day 2 of the shopping spree in Dondo went well and I have very little to report... No fines, only a bit of harassment by the police and I think know Beira inside out now! I decided that the original list was too little - that would only cater for about 200 families )±1000 people), so I upped it all to 1000 of everything, so now we can help 1000 families (±5000 people). I plan to go up to Chupanga next week - there is still one camp open, and the WFP have asked that we continue helping there. We want to work with hem and the INGC, so we dont butt heads and cover people who have already received food that week. Once we give out all we have we'll just have to come to Beira and start shopping again!

So all is well, I spent today just resting - 2 of our volunteer visitors packed 1000 plastic carrier bags with all the stuff I bought: 1 candle, 4 boxes of matches, 1 bar of soap, 1 litre of oil, 1 cup and 1 plate! It took them quite a wahile!

We are also looking at buying another 4 ton truck, in the meantime I'm organizing a 15ton truck to go with us to Chupanga and buy 1000 latas (15tonnes) of corn to distribute there! The owner has given us a fantastic offer: Dondo - Chupanga for 17 000mets (±$650), on the condition we dont want a receipt - SO, this one will be a hand-written receipt! Usually trucks from Beira to Caia cost between $800 - $1000, so this is a great price!

Logistics, logistics... what fun!