SWORDE-Teppa wishlist

Necessary/Most Useful Equipment & Materials Requested for SWORDE-Teppa Charitable Projects in Tajikistan 2010.

The following list contains materials and equipment needed for the various charitable projects and their activities. These projects include English teaching, IT teaching, vocational training, health education and awareness in the community, vector control, environment and conservation in the community, such as climate change, eco and adventure tourism, outward bound and young leadership. Bold script new for 2010.

EDUCATIONAL: For use in the SWORDE-Teppa English & Education Centre in ENGLISH LANGUAGE programme.

1. Oxford Essential or Word Power learner dictionaries and or Longman Active Study Dictionaries x as many as possible.
2. English Learner story books various, eg. Oxford Progressive Readers - Starter levels 1,2,3 or Longman Penguin Readers - Early starter levels 1,2,3.
3. Oxford English Russian Dictionaries, large x 2, medium/small x as many as possible.
4. Large, medium and small maps of the UK.
5. Educational posters – various.
6. English language learning DVDs or video cassettes.
7. Beginners to intermediate jigsaw puzzles (interesting UK scenes, etc).
8. Computer teaching course books & DVDs.
9. Laptop / Book computers x 2 (with Russian language capability).
10. English language tests course books author M. Kay, publishers Macmillan (& DVDs if they have them).
11. Any latest magazine selection, bestseller books, etc.
12. Recent magazines – car (Top gear and others), BBC wildlife, new scientist, any more (economist, women one, computer one, sports ones, National Geographic)?
13. DVDs (movies and documentaries, etc – as many as possible)
14. Educational board games (children’s scrabble, etc)
15. Pens, pencils, notepads (reporter-style) x many
16. English dictionaries
17. Children’s / beginners books
18. General reference non-fiction books (economics, business, management, agriculture, IT, medical and health, trade and industry, nature, ecology and climate change, media and journalism, travel and tourism, arts and craft, hobbies and leisure, history, geology and geography, science and technology, the UK, transport and communications, latest Guinness book of records, etc.). NO RELIGION PLEASE

EDUCATIONAL: For use in the SWORDE-Teppa English & Education Centre Capacity Building, Specialist Training and Vocational training programme.

1. Other educational videos or DVDs. For example learning English as a foreign language, ABC for toddlers and children, health and hygiene, environmental, business and management, economics, school curriculum’s in various subjects, dictionaries, and anything else of interest.
2. English Russian Dictionary (specialist for biological, ecological and zoological terms – if it exists) x 1.

ENVIRONMENT Programme (Including conservation and Eco-tourism project Sari Khorsor) - based at SWORDE-Teppa English & Education Centre and field locations in Tajikistan.

1. Wind-up computers.
2. Wind-up / cheap strong children’s cameras.
3. Quality digital camera with good zoom.
4. Digital video camera with software to load to computer.
5. Strong rope and pulley system 100m for getting things up and down a steep hill (Sari Khorsor eco-lodge site).
6. Binoculars.
7. Magnifying glasses
8. Fishing rods & Fishing nets
9. Small mammal traps (the humane kind which you can release the creature after examination)
10. Artefacts and materials for eco-lab (may need to hide from customs)
11. Garden plants (at dormant stage – maybe bulbs – may have to smuggle in too – if found could say that they are onions for rally team consumption)!
12. Old plastic aquariums and air pumps
13. Other creature containers, etc (for eco-lab)
14. Quadrats and other ecology surveying equipment.

SPORTS & LEISURE Programme (including outward bound and student field trips).

1. High power torches.
2. Camping lanterns.
3. Head torches.
4. Tents.
5. Ground sheets
6. Sleeping bags
7. Sleeping mats
8. Rucksacks (small, medium, large sizes)
9. Hammocks
10. Large air pump maybe electric plug in vehicle type (double pump) for pumping white water rafts, etc
11. Plastic roof rack storage container (roof box)
12. Mosquito nets
13. Abseiling equipment (50/100m ropes, grips and clips, helmets, other stuff) and safety instructions.
14. Badminton shuttlecocks x 10 or more.
15. Badminton net.
16. Tennis rackets.
17. Tennis net.
18. Small to medium size inflatable boats x 2.
19. Life vests / buoyancy jackets x 10.
20. Children and adult swimming armbands, hoops and floats for learning to swim
21. Safety helmets  x 10.
22. Canoe/kayak double ended oar x 1(one of ours is left handed and we tend to go around in circles)!
23. Hockey sticks and balls
24. Baseballs and baseball gloves
25. Children’s soft cricket balls
26. Gym and aerobics exercise equipment skipping ropes, exercise ball thingies, etc
27. Footballs
28. Volleyballs
29. Kites
30. Compasses
31. Clipboards
32. Collapsible picnic chairs

67. Collapsible picnic tables

1. Camping ice / cooler boxes x 2
2. Gazebos

VECTOR CONTROL & HEALTH Programme:

1. Microscopes x 2 (high power x 100 / 500 +).
2. Microscopes x 2 (lower power x 20 /50 +).

ARTS & CULTURE Programme:

1. Small piano / keyboard
2. Any other musical instruments
3. Poster paints
4. Poster paper or art drawing pads

FOR EVENTS & PRIZES:

1. Many (hundreds) various small children’s toys and games (to give away at children’s day fair and New Year events
2. Children’s lollipops (for children’s day fair and other events).
3. Lots small children and adult toys (soft and or plastic etc - for prizes at various events).
4. Balloons (for various events – Chinese ones over here not such good quality).
5. Party poppers and Christmas crackers (for New Year children's parties).
6. Fireworks (may be illegal and may have to smuggle in – for Rally and New Year parties – if found could say that they are for rally emergency distress signals)!
7. Disco lights
8. Fancy dress masks
9. Christmas tree lights and decorations

GENERAL NEEDS:

1. Plug adaptors (from three pin to continental two pin and vice versa)
2. Small diesel heaters
3. Small air conditioners
4. Battery powered or small portable CD players
5. Blank CDs & blank DVDs
6. White boards various sizes.
7. Small book shelves (flat packed)
8. Large wall maps or even floor maps (waterproof hard wearing kind)
9. Bicycles (for volunteers)
10. Strong bicycle chains and padlocks
11. Good quality rechargeable AA, AAA, C & D batteries
12. Battery re-charger
13. Tupperware of various sizes
14. Solar garden lamps
15. Storage containers (available at Poundstretchers-like shops, etc. - very useful in Taj. but also useful on the journey to put other things in)
16. Garden fork (long handled kind)

IMPORTANT:

1. Projector bulb / lamp (for Infocus projector, lamp 450, replacement lamp LP SP-LAMP-009, x1, x1a) I am sure that our one will blow at any time – problem = very expensive and almost cheaper to buy a whole new projector!
2. New small portable projector.

EXTREMELY WEIRD and UNLIKELY or EXPENSIVE!

1. Petrol go-carts – for children fun (and staff and volunteers).
2. Marquee – for events in gardens and mountains.
3. Lawn mower.
4. White water raft with oars.
5. Solar power kit for eco-lodge and or K-T centre.
6. Hand held GPS thingies to accurately map locations.
7. Mini bar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please note: We are aware that some of these things are expensive as new, we just felt we would include, just in case teams know of someone or local club or group or someone who is in the trade or giving away, or second-hand etc.

110. ROTW RALLY BIG CHALLENGE – can we find someone who has and or is prepared to drive a Red old-fashioned, Harry Potter-like London Bus in this years ROTW rally? It will be great eye-opener, great fun and we will park in centre gardens as a spare office or classrooms after the event, or even better children's summer camp dormitory??????????????? Can you imagine the kids and adults faces? I KNOW CRAZY THOUGHTS, but would be BRILLIANT! Think it should not attempt Pamir route however and should come in via Tursunzode. Doesn't matter if not LHD, maybe we can change it in Tajikistan.