Befriend a Child in Detention is a wonderful new community project organised by Dr June Factor and a group of volunteers.
You can find out more about Befriend a Child in Detention at their website and what you can do to help http://www.befriendachild.com/
Gabi x
Hello Gabi,
I would very much like to be involved in the Befriend a Child in Detention project. I’d be happy to donate books (I’ve had a few children’s books published) or write to child, or both but I can’t get your link , above, to work. I’d appreciate your help with this.
Thanks,
June
Hi Jane,
You can send your books and letters to Befriend a Child in Detention c/o Brotherhood of St Lawrence 123 Brunswick Street Fitzroy 3065.
If you google Befriend a Child in Detention you will be able to find out more about the organisation.
Thank you for your interest.
Gabi
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Hi there – my daughter told me about sending new books to children in detention and I would like to do this. Can you tell me where to send them? I would be interested in writing to someone in detention. I am a 65 year old retired nurse, a mother and a grandmother and have a such outrage about how these families are being treated. Any information or advice would be great. Many thanks. Jenny Taylor
Hi Jenny,
You can send new childrens books or junior fiction novels and letters to Befriend a Child in Detention c/o Brotherhood of st Lawrence 123 Brunswick Street, fitzroy 3065
Thank you
Gabrielle
Gabrielle Wang is an award winning children’s author born in Melbourne of Chinese heritage.
Hi Gabi,
Is there a drop off point in Sydney as I have a number of books and postage costs may be an issue.
Thank you
hi my name is anastasia and i wold like to know the address of were to send the letters
Hi Anastasia,
Thank you for writing and your interest in Befriend a Child in Detention. We have been overwhelmed with books and letters so at this stage we have put a pause on the letter writing program.
You can take a look at the Befriend a Child in Detention website for updates or our Facebook page.
Best wishes
Gabrielle
Hi Gabrielle Congratulations on setting this up. I will take the books and puzzles to the the Brotherhood. And thank goodness for June Factor energetic for good.