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Irene Williamson’s ‘cup runneth over’ when it comes to bras.
The Tindalls Bay resident has been collecting bras and swimwear from the community for the Uplift Project, a charity that has provided new and second hand donated bras to the Pacific Islands, as well as the Philippines, Bali, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Botswana, Uganda and Pakistan and remote parts of Australia since 2005.
Irene, pictured, says she was saddened to hear about women who cannot afford to buy bras.
The response from the community has been generous – her first collection, last year, brought in more than 100 bras and togs from local women which she took down to an Uplift collection point in Auckland.
She began collecting again recently, and this time 195 bras and 51 togs, many brand new, were donated.
Irene has taken these to Uplift but if you would still like to contribute, visit upliftbras.org
Irene plans to do another collection towards the end of the year.
