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Stationary to be shipped to Africa

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  • 29-03-2005 4:38pm
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    DerryRed
    Registered Users Posts: 472 ✭✭


    Hi,

    I have 3 large boxes of stationary (notebooks, pencils, sharpeners, erasers) that were earmarked to be sent to Malawi in Africa.

    However when I contacted DHL I was told that this was going to cost something like 380 euro per 10kg. Given that I have over 100kg to send and only have 850 euro to cover costs, this was a non-starter.

    I contacted various charties (Trocaire, Goal, Concern etc) and they were not much help to me in terms of advice. In fact it was Trocaire who recommended contacting DHL.

    I was wondering if anyone on here had any advice or connections that would help to get the boxes out to Malawi at a more reasonable price.

    If this is not possible then is anyone aware of any other worthy causes that would be in need of this stationary.


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    #2
    DerryRed
    Registered Users Posts: 472 ✭✭DerryRed


    any help with this? It would be great to get this stuff to a worthwhile cause.


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    smileygal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 365 ✭✭smileygal


    How about the Chernobyl Children's Project? They are always sending cargo envoys.


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    Muggins
    Registered Users Posts: 42 ✭Muggins


    This is probably a long shot but worth the price of a phone call. I noticed that the gang at www.bothar.ie are running a Field Study Trip to Malawi. You could try contacting them (details here).
    http://www.bothar.ie/trips.html


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