Along with our crate of sculptures, another was brought in for a couple of churches in the East Midlands and we have kept in touch with their preparations. First to open the doors for its exhibition was Toller URC in Kettering. They've had a great week, the amount raised there is now £6500 and there are still two selling days to go. Hope loads of people rush in for their last chance on Saturday!
The really good bit is that the first of the money from Toller is already on its way back to Zimbabwe. One great message we can give visitors to our show is that every penny that we receive for the sculptures will go straight to the artists and their families. The church is paying the costs of putting the show on, none of that will be deducted from the proceeds, and John Simpson's friends get it to Harare without anyone taking a percentage on the way.
On the subject of money, I showed a few hundred million Zim dollars in yesterday's post and I believe we may even have a few such banknotes for sale at our exhibition, simply as souvenirs... We can laugh about this but living in a failed economy isn't much fun. Apparently most things can be bought in Zimbabwe, but only for hard currency, not devalued paper. I'm trying to keep off politics in these postings but the constant refrain in all I read about the country is how terrible it is to see a land that was formerly so prosperous brought so low. Like Toller, we will do what we can to help.
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