Collection ran across two conferences in 2024: TechCon DC in August and SPTechCon Texas in November. The container left Philadelphia in March 2025. Trackers surfaced in Malaga and Valencia, Spain in May. Tracker 3 was the first to land in Senegal in June, then reached Bamako, Mali in mid-July. Distribution at the orphanage continued through October.
Conference booth collection through 2024, the Philly handoff, the Spain port pings, the Senegal landfall, the Bamako arrival, and the distribution at the orphanage. Tip: click any photo to view it full size.
Multi-day TechCon DC booth presence. The MACONA table collected clothing and supplies throughout the conference. The hero shot is the final pile of what attendees brought in, laid out on the hotel floor at the end of the week. Donor conversations, Mimi with the conference organizers and the owner, and Microsoft MVP Brian Alderman helping at the booth.
Multi-day SPTechCon Texas booth, a second drop-off point staffed across the conference. Sharon Tate visible at the booth. Fabian with the donation box. The final supporting photo shows donations packed in a suitcase for the traveler-carried return-trip to Maryland for staging before the Philly drop-off.
All 4 trackers active at handoff. Drop-off at the Philly container yard, the last US ground stop before the ocean leg.
All trackers pinging from Malaga port. First time the container surfaced after leaving the US.
Some trackers in Malaga, others now showing in Valencia. The container or its trackers split across two Spanish ports.
Tracker 3 the first to land in Senegal, likely the port of Dakar. Other trackers still at sea or arriving later.
Tracker 3 reached Bamako, Mali. Final destination for this leg.
Group photo of the children with food, outside the orphanage. The closing image on what every conference booth, every tracker ping, and every transit mile was for.
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