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SPRING FAIR , OKTOBERFEST! I'm not sure which of these two grab me first.

I get an excited feeling that warm weather and flowers are in the air, then the knowledge that festivities and fun in MY local community are approaching.

TWO BIG banners welcome you as you enter Grays Point informing you that Gray's Point Public School is having their Spring Fair on October 22nd at 9am and its those first two words SPRING FAIR and OKTOBERFEST that grab me each time.

Maybe it's because THIS year GoodieDo is supporting Grade 6 students Ruby and Brooke from my local community of Grays Point. And that the whole concept of communities supporting communities is really close to home for this particular fundraiser.

Ruby came over tonight and helped me pump up some Jinta Sports Balls for the event. I sent her home with some flyers to cut and paste. 

What excites me most is doing FUN things with communities and supporting each other. To see the enthusiasm of Ruby and Brooke wanting to help out, to learn new things and to teach me new things is super rewarding.

If you want to support local kids doing GOOD things then

1. Come along to the Spring Fair, Okoberfest on Saturday 22nd(30% of GoodieDo's sales on the day will be DONATED to grade 6 for their end of year gift to the school THANK  YOU gift.)

2. Purchase something you NEED,  or a gift for someone else, and help the girls fundraising efforts through your DO GOOD purchase, and FEEL GOOD about it as all products help to make the world a better place. If not on the day anytime before the end of the year purchase through Ruby and Brooke's fundraising page here.

3. Ruby and Brooke also have an offline Ball Sale going on until December. If you cant think of a birthday or Christmas pressie and you see them riding around the neighborhood hit 'em up to place your order for fair-trade balls. They just LOOOVEEE ball sports!

P.S. See you there:) 

P.P.S If you guess the closest number of Green Grove Organics Choccies in the jar at the GoodieDo stall you WIN the whole jar!!! Winners will be notified by email week beginning 24th of October.

P.P.S How long do you think it would take you to EAT 2kg of Chocolate?

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The Nakate Project still needs a further $216 donated in the next 20hours to meet their goal of $2000. You know the old adage you can feed a man a fish for a day or, teach him to fish and he will live for a lifetime. This is just what Shanely Knox and Antonio Esteban at the Nakate Project are doing for women in Uganda, who otherwise are forced between choosing to earn 25cents for manual back breaking work or prostitution to care for their families. Risking their health and their lives through diseases such as AIDS.
 This video out lines why we need to take action against poverty.

The Nakate Project will work with select local Ugandan women who meet three criteria:
1. She is strong enough to start her own business without the Nakate project
2. She has limited work options; prostitution or manual back breaking labor.
3. She is willing to take the business training provided and save the money earned and invest in her own business such as a vegetable stand, or shoe business, or any other.

This Amazing Project focuses on 3 concepts: Sustainability - of locals to continue with their own businesses without help, Localization=  Success in existing communities with locally owned businesses and Empowerment - pride, independence and value of work. 

The Nakate Project will initially employ women to use their skills in making high end fashion jewelry designed by Antonio Esteban
The women will be taught skills in capitol, business training and how to handle money. They will be paid a comparable wage that they would be paid through a successful business in their own village. They will then be encouraged to begin their own local business with the skills they have learnt with support and monitoring of if the women are ready to be entirely supported by their income in that business.
Empowering women to live successfully in their own area, growing local economies and creating sustainable businesses is the only way to truly alleviate poverty for future generations.
Children model their parents for their first seven years of life, lets help to make a more promising future for at least some Ugandan children. The Nakate Project is a brilliant initiative which is providing alternatives for Ugandan Women. 
 Please support through donation or through buying Nakate Project jewelry hand made by Ugandan women to help bring about permanent change.
 Read more great articles about the Nakate Project here.

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We are so excited to see the recent article from Nicholas Kristof on last Sunday's issue of the New York Times Magazine - The D.I.Y. Foreign-Aid Revolution.  Elizabeth Scharpf, the Chief Investigating Officer of Sustainable Health Enterprises, is one of my friends and peers during the time I spent in Rwanda, learning how to navigate life in a developing country and trying to how to build a team in Rwanda to make lasting social impact.  Elizabeth and I spent time over Mutzigs (the local beer) sharing ideas and frustrations.  Now Elizabeth is really making waves as she and her organization, Sustainable Health Enterprises (SHE), are pioneering a way to combat the effect that menstruation has on the lives and development of women and girls in developing countries.  SHE will be manufacturing their own sanitary pad made from banana fibers that will be low cost and sustainable.  In addition the manufacturing business will be run by Rwandan woman and eventually be available for franchising in other poor communities around the world.  Amazing work, Elizabeth!  Take a few minutes to read this article and be inspired by the young people around the world that are taking it on themselves to make positive change in the world.  Keep it up!!

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