Raising money for Operation Hope

Brown Booteek will donate to Operation Hope:

Lend a hand. Follow us on Twitter @BrownBooteek. Like us on Facebook on our page (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Brown-Booteek/187901237952061). We will donate to 'Operation Hope' KD 1 for each all our followers and supporters of our page to buy warm clothing & blankets for the needy . Lets try to get as much support as we can between now and December 20th. Please contact us at http://www.operation-hope-kuwait.com/ if you would like to know more on how to help 'Operation Hope'.
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Thank you Brown Booteek!

Sadu House Winter Fayre Photos

Last weekend was the first Winter Fayre held by Sadu House. It was a gathering of people who make crafts, paintings, photos, soaps and traditional Sadu rugs and weavings. It was a little chilly with the wind but it was a success. With door prizes being given out and so many items to choose from it was amazing.

Operation Hope sold food and refreshments in the dwaniya. We had donuts donated from Dunkin' Donuts, a big thank you guys! We alo had items donated from Magic Chef, an Al-Bustan owned company. Thank you Al-Bustan for the items! I hope more companies can donate goods to charities.

Operation Hope selling food items.
African paintings for Project Mali...


Hand made goods for sell...


My favorite was the Sadu weaver, she was so sweet.....

It was a great event and for those who missed it maybe they will hold it next year.

Recycle construction Waste!

This is my "green" answer to the tire waste problem in Kuwait: Huaraches! When I lived in California we used to head to Tijuana, Mexico and go shopping. I loved the huarache sandals. They weren't too expensive and were hand made using leather and used tires for the sole which hasbeen used since the 1930's. I say bring some huarache makers from TJ and teach some artisans the craft and everyone can enjoy them and save the environment!

Maybe the makers of the traditional n3al can use tires for soles. It would environmentally friendly. Plans to build a big hole in Jahra for the tires seems like a eco nightmare. Does anyone think of recycling construction waste?

According to Arab Times the municipality is planning to dig a 103,000 square meter crater south of Jahra for disposing used tires. It's predicted 60,000-80,000 tires would be buried there per month according to Ahmad Al-Sebeeh, the director general of Kuwait municipality. They may also build a factory, on BOT basis for treating used tires. Come on Kuwait, we can do better than that for the environment!

Grand Mosque tour- AWARE Center

The AWARE Center will have a tour of the Grand Mosque on Dec 17, 2011 @ 9:30 a.m.

For more information contact the AWARE Center:
e-mail: info@aware.com.kw
Telephone: 25335280