I am not a world traveler, but my quilts for children sure are! I am learning a lot of geography by following the Rotoplast Blog that documents the medical missions teams that are dispersed worldwide to perform surgery on children born with cleft palates and/or cleft lips. They often partner with other organizations that you might be familiar with - like Smile Train.
Since the map of the world has changed so much since I was in school, I had to look up the location of the mission in Nov-Dec 2011. That was when Rotoplast sponsored a Smile Train mission to the Republic of Togo in West Africa .
US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, visited there just last week (Jan 2012) advising Togo President Faure Gnassingbe during her visit that the US would be a good partner to Togo as they strengthen their democracy.
It is very heartwarming to think that a group that I am in played a small part in creating good relations by sending our quilts to comfort their children during surgery. This is a photo from the Rotoplast Blog of a stone outside of the hospital in the capital city of Lome
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| It is no small thing that which is done out of love. |
The current mission to Lima , Peru is just about to wrap up and the next mission will be to Chittagong , Bangladesh Bangladesh is, but again I’ll have to look up Chittagong
I send my quilts through the Sunshine On-line Quilt Guild. This is my most recent work in progress (I’m back to working on something I started in Oct 2011):
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