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THE  MAGICAL YELLOW  FILE

This Story is for all the Doctors in Male in 2003
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Dear Doctors,  As a write this story now in 2015 I am going to put the record straight.
I had already been in the Maldives for quite some time.  During my travels from Hanimaadhoo  to Gan I was horrified at the lack of children's books. Libraries and kids books were sadly missing.  I started when back in the UK giving my Talks to schools. I asked every school to please give me BOOKS. I never asked for any payment.

It was brilliant, books and more books flowed in, I shipped them to Singapore, then they were transferred to Male via Colombo and on arrival straight to the Palace.  S.H.E  would see they went to different Atolls and schools where the Headmasters could activate them. In my travels i would then visit the islands  who had my Books.  It worked brilliantly. I gave books to the Young Offenders on Himmafushi. I found this incredibly sad.

 They were so so grateful, let me tell you what they gave me, writing on a piece of wood.


Dear Toni the Maldive Lady
One day Madam Gayoom at S.H.E with Naila Firdous very dear friends asked me if I could possibly get some New MEDICAL BOOKS for the doctors.  I was horrified!  Kids books easy!  Medical ones??? I said I would do my very best!
A brain wave!  I will phone the BMA (British Medical Association). 
I was so so lucky!  Martin Carroll and I discussed at length my brief, I mention again how easy it was for me to ship out kids Books, given over 100 thousand scattered over the Atolls. Martin told me that the BMA once a year gave a grant to up date Medical books for those countries much in need, similar to the Maldives. 

British Medical Association
British Medical Association
In two months time all the Information regarding their background and outlining the need had to have arrived as the Doctors etc would be sitting. I faxed the papers out. I could then do no more. The papers arrived back, I sent them to Martin. He told me I would never win, they were incorrect. I faxed them back

Now the STRESS starts for me. I was alerted to the date and day all relevant papers MUST be in. Just a few weeks before I still had no papers. Male knew the date. Without being horribly rude I went back to Male leaving a message
"Do you or do you not want me to try and get this award for you? " 
​There were 30 countries bidding. The papers arrived the day before judgment day.

I spoke to poor Martin again. "take them quickly to the Post Office pay the extra for the next day delivery and I will call you when they arrive"

On arrival they looked so boring! I WAS running Maldive Travel and had a lot of pretty files.
Decided to put the papers into THE MAGICAL YELLOW FILE. "Good luck and blessings!"

Martin called next day to say it had arrived!  "Martin have any of the other Countries  put their papers in pretty files?"   "NO"
"I know Toni you have set your heart on winning BUT I must tell you all the other countries want it as much as you. Was to call later with result. NO call! I had two secretaries at the time not having heard anything I was miserable. 
Next day 9.30 am "Toni, you must sit down" "you have WON". I burst into floods of tears! My girls hugging me!
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Toni the Maldive Lady & Martin Carroll meeting for the first time in person (2015)
Went through to Male to Madam Gayoom "We have won!" Next day "Toni all the Doctors are walking round with smiles on their faces, how did you win?"
IT WAS THE YELLOW FILE


VERY sadly for me NO one bothered to send me a word of thanks NO ONE, 18th April 2004 BOOKS arrived, I have the list of what was sent. The heading is this. BOOKS RECEIVED FROM TONI THE MALDIVE LADY ON 18TH APRIL 2004
A thank you e mail arrived for Martin on behalf of (SHE) Society for Health  Education 23rd/2003 09.45

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