Tools For Self Reliance

Also at Hellens was Graham Cole selling and collecting tools for the charity Tools For Self Reliance. The charity collects old tools, which it repairs and cleans and ultimately recycles. The tools are then either sent to countries that need them, such as Uganda, Tanzania and Ghana or sold here to raise money for the shipping costs.

Graham told me more than tools what the charity requires are volunteers to help repair and clean the tools they receive. These are sent by the container full to the countries that most needed them. The one problem Graham said was that to ensure the tools reached the most deserving and needy people, they had to ensure that there was a reliable organization at the other end to receive them. Unfortunately, this meant that some countries missed out.

Graham said he was having a fantasic weekend. On the Saturday he raised £500 in the afternoon alone.

For more information click on this link for Tools For Self Reliance.