Update Dec 2007

I interviewed one of our families last week when i visited the project. You can see Thea, our office manager, laughing with them as they tell us how their house fell down in the middle of a storm 3 weeks ago.

They might be laughing now but only because the new house is almost built. The mother is happy to be making carpets as her husband has been sick for the last few months and unable to work. This is the sort of set of circumstances that can break a poor family but they are happy in the knowledge that they have consistent work making carpets and when the bill for rebuilding their house comes they can get a no interest loan from us to cover it.

I interviewed 7 of the 12 families in the last 4 weeks and nearly all of them have a new story so stay tuned for the next edition of our newsletter for their stories.

Click here for a few pictures from my recent trip.

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Things are starting to hot up now with CfC!


120 new carpets arrive in Adelaide!
Click here to see the latest carpets.

And it's all thanks to the Carpets for Communities Committee. A few friends were inspired by the project and we have formed a committee to help promote the project and sell more carpets so we can reach more families.

Big thanks to: Serena, Kev, Lucy, Mel, Richie, Danny, Kylea, Tyson and Ben who have all been helping lots! Also thanks to Alicia, Jess, Siobahn and everyone else for your input and support. The next few months are going to be big for CfC!


Together, we're working on a new website, promoting the project and getting corporate sponsorship, selling to small shops and generally developing the project and products.

Contact: davidbacon at carpetsforcommunities.org if you'd like to help in any way.