Want to give me a piece of America to savor? Buy something off my Amazon Wishlist, it will be shipped to my best friend and it will be added to the every-6-months-care-package. Other things that I would delight on getting are…
Food
- Indomie Ramen (Indonesian Ramen) in every flavor!
- Other types of Ramen as well as long as it isn’t Maruchan (in all the American stores) and Shin Ramyun
- M&M’s, they still keep in hot weather
- Gummy candy, especially peach rings, but I also likes fishes, worms, sour patches….
- Pre-cooked bacon
- Canned Tuna
- Canned salmon
- Canned Soups/Powder, think Broccolli Cheddar
- Drinks
- Tea, loose leaf included
- Crystal light type packets
- Cider Packs
- Hot Chocolate
- Seasonings–everything from cumin to taco or alfredo seasoning packets
- Hot sauce
- Jerky
- Girl Scout Cookies
- Thin Mint
- Samoas
Non FooD
- Thumb/External hard drives with
- Movies
- Pictures of everything I missed from weddings, baptisms, a fun vacation, holidays
- Music
- Books
- Ducktape
- If you are artistic, little decorations for my house**
Hygiene
- Lip balm*
- Bar Soap from Trader Joe’s, like oatmeal, mint, shea butter, lavender, Lemon etc. No fruity scents ever! I simply like this particular brand more because of its long life. OR Bar Soaps similar too it.
- Coconut Oil*
- Sensodyne toothpaste*
Shipping TIPs
Heavy stuff
flat rate boxes are the way to go (even with the recent hike in prices). The best shipping method would probably be a USPS flat rate mailing box.
Light Stuff
Use a padded envelope… it is much cheaper!!
*Take things outside of its packaging, it saves more space. ( Ex. Seasonings —> Little ziplock baggies)
Never send electronics!
If it is expensive, do not say so…. less of a reason for them to open the package. Use garage sale prices on the customs invoice or else I have to pay a lot of taxes/duties to receive package.
PLEASE INCLUDE A PACKING LIST IF YOU SEND ME ANYTHING, TAPE WELL, and also PUT STICKERS ON THE TAPE, then I will know if it has been tampered with.
Click here to check for an estimate on the USPS website.
**** Write Par Avion & Air Mail **** on everything so it doesn’t ship by ship and take more than a year to get here.
Mail takes anywhere from 3 weeks to 4 months to get from the US to Ethiopia.
Snail-Mail Address:
Vashti Armstrong
c/o Peace Corps Ethiopia
P.O. Box 7788, Addis Ababa
Ethiopia