0:00:09 > 0:00:12# No matter if you're young or old
0:00:12 > 0:00:16# With good friends you'll never be alone
0:00:16 > 0:00:20# Shining light on our joyful world
0:00:20 > 0:00:23# Ain't nothing going to beat that place
0:00:23 > 0:00:25# We call home
0:00:28 > 0:00:30# First days, new days
0:00:30 > 0:00:31# All the very best days
0:00:31 > 0:00:33# New things to discover
0:00:33 > 0:00:35# New people to meet
0:00:35 > 0:00:37# Fun days always
0:00:37 > 0:00:39# Playing with your friend days
0:00:39 > 0:00:44# Life is for the living down at Apple Tree House. #
0:00:44 > 0:00:45Arrr! Arrr!
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Raarrr!
0:00:48 > 0:00:50I'm Pirate Mali.
0:00:50 > 0:00:55This is my pirate cave full of treasure.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58And mine's Apple Tree Castle.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00There'll be no pirates in MY tent!
0:01:05 > 0:01:10And I'm Princess Bella and I am glamping.
0:01:10 > 0:01:11You're what?
0:01:11 > 0:01:14- Glamping.- What is that?
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Glamping is posh camping.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21It's a mixture of the two words glamour and camping.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25- It's probably what the royal family do.- I like the sound of that.
0:01:25 > 0:01:26Ah!
0:01:27 > 0:01:32Princes and princesses, kings, queens don't just camp -
0:01:32 > 0:01:37they like to enjoy nature with a bit of luxury, don't you know?
0:01:37 > 0:01:40I think they even put red carpets down on the mud
0:01:40 > 0:01:42to make it feel like home.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46- MUM:- Bella, Bella, it's time to come home now!
0:01:46 > 0:01:51Right, everyone, Bella's needed at home, it's getting late,
0:01:51 > 0:01:53so time to get packed up.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Aw, but play tents are so much fun.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59- IN POSH VOICE:- Yes, it was frightfully delightful.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01Ooh, maybe we can do this tomorrow.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03Well, I'm sure we can.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06IN POSH VOICE: but do we have to talk like that?!
0:02:09 > 0:02:13- TV:- 'As the weather turns colder in the region, there is concern
0:02:13 > 0:02:16'for children facing the winter months
0:02:16 > 0:02:18'with nothing more than a tent for protection.
0:02:18 > 0:02:23'With numbers growing, aid agencies are making calls for donations.'
0:02:23 > 0:02:27- Oh, look.- '..blankets and clothes to distribute to families in camps.'
0:02:27 > 0:02:30Aw, were those children playing camping?
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Well, not camping exactly.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34But they are living in tents.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38How do you mean? Do they live in tents all the time?
0:02:38 > 0:02:41Not ALL the time, no.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44- They've lost their homes. - Lost, why?
0:02:45 > 0:02:50- Because...- Sometimes people and families have to move away
0:02:50 > 0:02:55from their homes because of bad weather or flooding,
0:02:55 > 0:02:59because of earthquakes, and sometimes it's safer to move away
0:02:59 > 0:03:01if people are fighting.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05- That's not fair.- No, it's not.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Why are they on the television?
0:03:08 > 0:03:12Well, so that people know they've lost their homes and can help.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16A news reporter was talking about the need for help -
0:03:16 > 0:03:21people and charities lending a hand by sending clothes and blankets.
0:03:21 > 0:03:22That's really sad.
0:03:22 > 0:03:27We've got a nice home AND lots of clothes AND blankets.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31- We should help.- That's very kind and thoughtful but I'm not sure
0:03:31 > 0:03:34me and your mum can make a lot of difference.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37Hmm. Then we should think of something!
0:03:45 > 0:03:48Arrr! Princess Bella, where are you?
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Are you coming to the pirate cave?
0:03:50 > 0:03:54- No.- Come on, camping is fun.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56No, not always.
0:03:56 > 0:03:57Bella, are you OK?
0:03:57 > 0:03:59No, not really.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03Oh.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07Last night, I saw some children camping,
0:04:07 > 0:04:10but Mum and Dad said they weren't doing it for fun.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12They looked sad.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15They should go glamping and make tent castles
0:04:15 > 0:04:19and pretend to be kings and queens and THEN they'll be happy.
0:04:19 > 0:04:25Hmm... No, it's not safe for them to stay in their real homes
0:04:25 > 0:04:27and now it's getting cold.
0:04:27 > 0:04:32They need, um, clothes, blankets and tents to stay warm.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Bella, was this on the TV?
0:04:34 > 0:04:38- Yeah.- We should send our tents. - But it's MY tent.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42I don't think our play tents - not even my saggy old gazebo -
0:04:42 > 0:04:46- would be of much use. - But we need to help.
0:04:46 > 0:04:47How?
0:04:47 > 0:04:52Well, my dad said he didn't think we could make much of a difference.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55Well, he could be right but, you know,
0:04:55 > 0:05:01even the tiniest drops of water can shape the biggest stones.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04It just takes persistence.
0:05:04 > 0:05:09- Persistence? What does that mean? - Let me put it like this -
0:05:09 > 0:05:13even the smallest things can make a big difference.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26What's the serious face about?
0:05:26 > 0:05:29We were talking about the people living in tents
0:05:29 > 0:05:34- that Bella saw on the news. - Ah, I just read about that.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36It's very sad.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39How can we get them warm clothes and blankets for winter?
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Grandma, can you help us get solving?
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Well, I remember near our old flat,
0:05:46 > 0:05:49there was a clothes bank next to the garages.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56I go to the bank with my dad to pay in my pocket money,
0:05:56 > 0:05:58but we never take clothes.
0:05:58 > 0:05:59GRANDMA CHUCKLES
0:05:59 > 0:06:03No, a clothes bank is a bit different.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07It's like a big container with a big letterbox on the front.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11It's a place where all the neighbours can donate clothing.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13You open up the big letterbox on the front
0:06:13 > 0:06:17and place inside all the things you can't use any more.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Then, a charity empties the container
0:06:20 > 0:06:25and makes sure those clothes and things can be used by other people.
0:06:29 > 0:06:30Brilliant!
0:06:30 > 0:06:33But I've not seen anything like that
0:06:33 > 0:06:36since we arrived at Apple Tree House, have we?
0:06:36 > 0:06:38No.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40A clothes bank?
0:06:40 > 0:06:43Now, that can make a big difference.
0:06:43 > 0:06:48- Just like those tiny drops of water. - Can we go play now?
0:06:48 > 0:06:50We can, but how about thinking
0:06:50 > 0:06:53- about where we might find a clothes bank first?- OK.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Deal.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02Sorry to have kept you waiting but Bella came to see me in my office
0:07:02 > 0:07:05and we've just had a very exciting conversation.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09- About?- About a clothing collection for her class.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12- Oh, really?- I thought it was such a good idea,
0:07:12 > 0:07:17and Bella even convinced me to make it a whole-school project -
0:07:17 > 0:07:21our very own school clothes bank collection.
0:07:21 > 0:07:22Well done, Bella!
0:07:22 > 0:07:25I think your class, all the children,
0:07:25 > 0:07:27are going to be very excited.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37A whole-school project!
0:07:37 > 0:07:41Wow! Well done, Bella.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43I'm really proud of you.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46But how did you manage to convince the head?
0:07:47 > 0:07:50Well, I was like a drip of rainwater.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53Drip, drip, drop.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57KNOCK AT DOOR Oh, come in.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59- Hi, Kobi.- Hey!
0:07:59 > 0:08:02Hi. Bella has a surprise.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06I spoke to Mrs Barratt about the camping children,
0:08:06 > 0:08:10and how we need to help by collecting warm clothes.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13And guess what! It's going to be a school project.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16A proper clothing collection for the whole school, no less.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18Wow!
0:08:18 > 0:08:22Well, I'll tell YOU something.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24I've got a surprise.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27And it's just outside.
0:08:30 > 0:08:31Ta-da!
0:08:31 > 0:08:35Wow, it looks like you've BOTH been determined to find a way to help.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39- What's that?- It looks suspiciously like a clothes bank!
0:08:39 > 0:08:41Correct!
0:08:41 > 0:08:45And we should use it for the big clothing collection we're going
0:08:45 > 0:08:50- to do at school.- What a wonderful coming together of two plans.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54Come on. It looks like we need to think about our own donation.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06But, Gran, I like this one. Do I HAVE to give it away?
0:09:06 > 0:09:08You haven't worn it since you were little.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12- But I really like it. - You know you'll never wear it.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15- But look.- We can't hang on to everything,
0:09:15 > 0:09:19otherwise we'll have nothing to give away.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21- Hello!- Hello, Kobi.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27How are you?
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Right. HE CHUCKLES
0:09:33 > 0:09:36Wow, these are amazing.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40These are some old shirts made from...kente.
0:09:40 > 0:09:45- Kente?- Kente starts as silk and cotton
0:09:45 > 0:09:50and is woven into a special fabric. It's an African fabric, from Ghana.
0:09:50 > 0:09:54The cloth originally came from the Ashanti Kingdom
0:09:54 > 0:09:57and was worn by kings and queens.
0:09:57 > 0:10:02Over time, the fabric was adopted by people all over West Africa.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06I brought these shirts back from Ghana and now it's time for them
0:10:06 > 0:10:11to find a new home, because they're all, well, a little bit snug now.
0:10:11 > 0:10:12And there's no point them
0:10:12 > 0:10:16sitting at the bottom of the cupboard, doing nothing.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18Excellent. Thank you.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21What do you think - will you donate these?
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Sure, if it helps someone else.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26- And this one.- Well done, Mali.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Now all we need are clothes from the rest of the neighbours.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Yes!
0:10:33 > 0:10:36JAUNTY MUSIC DROWNS OUT SPEECH
0:11:37 > 0:11:38There you go.
0:11:40 > 0:11:41These are lovely and warm.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45Afghan patu blankets and pashmina shawls.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47I've never felt anything so soft.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51They're worn in the mountain regions where Mali's grandad lived,
0:11:51 > 0:11:54where it gets cold at night, even in the summer.
0:11:54 > 0:11:59- Wow!- Did you know, pashmina means soft gold?
0:12:03 > 0:12:05- Yeah!- Football shirts?
0:12:05 > 0:12:07This is my World Cup collection.
0:12:07 > 0:12:12You've got Brazil, Italy, Cameroon, Germany, France and, of course,
0:12:12 > 0:12:16- # England! # - Are you sure?
0:12:16 > 0:12:19Yeah. About time I helped make a difference.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21Someone else can benefit from these now.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25- Shall we take them down the clothes bank?- Yeah!- Put yours in here.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29- Including your football shirts. - I'll keep hold of these!
0:12:40 > 0:12:45Our project today will be to write some goodwill gestures and draw some
0:12:45 > 0:12:50- pictures...- Yessss!- ..to go along with the clothes, but first,
0:12:50 > 0:12:53I want to say how proud we are that our clothes collection
0:12:53 > 0:12:55was a huge success.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01Well done, everyone, for your support, and of course,
0:13:01 > 0:13:04a special mention and a big congratulations to Bella
0:13:04 > 0:13:08for her initiative and determined efforts.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17GIGGLING
0:13:21 > 0:13:26I hope those children keep warm this winter and return back home safely.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29I hope the clothes make them feel remembered.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31I thought Bella was brilliant.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35She's a tiny thing, but she can make a BIG difference.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Like a drip of water on a rock.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45- You're a good friend, Mali. - And you're a great friend, Sam.