OBFW welcomes 12 more friends from Around the World

FANTASTIC NEWS!!!

It has been a record breaking day for OneBigFriendlyWorld with the following people joining us on our quest to get a friend from every country in the world.

First came:- Kathy from Jamaica, she tells us that she would love to join us, well Kathy, we love having you with us!!

Next: April from Fiji got in contact - Fancy OBFW getting as far as Fiji, we really are achieving something now!

Next: Marie-Louise from Sweden, our first Swede...thanks Marie-Louise

Next: Bheejay from the Philippines contacted us, having had a look at our website and seen our photos, he says we look like jolly fellows. Well I guess you are right Bheejay - We are rather jolly. Thanks!!

Next: Karma from Bhutan. Karma loves making friends from all around the world - Well Karma, you have come to exactly the right place!!

Next: Karin from Switzerland. Thanks Karin for joining us and greetings to everyone in Switzerland

Next: Charlotte from New Zealand - At last a Kiwi friend, Charlotte likes the sound of representing her country. And what a lovely country to represent!!

Next: Helmi from Oman, Helmi sent us a very colourful greeting from Oman. Its great to have you on board Helmi.

Next: Theogene from Rwanda! Theogene was even kind enough to send us a picture - just the kind of person we like here at OBFW. Cheers Theogene!!

Next: Mohammed contacted us from Bahrain, now Mohammed was very brief, but he has definitely joined us. Welcome Bahrain!!

Nearly there.......

Next: We heard from Gintas from Lithuania, who sent us a great email. Gintas says we have an awesome project!! Thanks Gintas, flattery is always well received!!

And last, but by no means least, we heard from Florencia in Argentina!!! Our first Argentine. Its brilliant to have you with us Florencia.

So as you can see, all in all it has been an absolutely great day for us - by my reckoning that is now 63 countries that have joined OBFW.

Please keep visiting the website and leaving messages on the messageboard - its always great hear from you all!

Thanks

Paul & Ben

Big Friendly World Badge

Hello friends,

Have you seen the One Big Friendly World badge yet?

There is a new link on the website, 'OBFW Badge' where you can download the badge for free!!

It would be great if you could print out the badge and take a picture of yourself holding it in your country - we will have an online gallery of you all!

There will be a prize for the first picture back, and for the best picture!! So get printing and snapping, we are looking forward to the first picture very much!

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One Big Friendly World!

The more unusual the better, and we would love pictures taken next to landmarks of your country!

We look forward to hearing from you . . . .

Ben & Paul

We have reached 50!

Hello friends,

What a great day!

Peggy from Belguim has been in touch which means we have reached our first major milestone - 50 friends! What great news, and thanks to each and every one of you for your contribution to the project so far.

Nattira from Thailand also emailed us last evening - and after looking at the website she has decided that OBFW is certainly for her and she has also agreed to become a friend. So, that's 51 countries! We are already on our way to the next major mark - 100.



As you can see, Paul and I are over the moon!

We are still working hard looking for new friends . . . if anyone has any friends from countries not yet represented, please tell them how great One Big Friendly World is and get them to email us!

Hope to hear from you all soon . . .

Ben & Paul

A Valentines Day member . . . .

Hello there everybody,

Well, we have been busy over the weekend trying to find new friends and publicising the good work of One Big Friendly World.

To celebrate the day of love, St Valentines day today we have been blessed with a new friend - Roushank from Iran.
Roushank feels lucky to be a part of OBFW, no no Roushank, we are all the lucky ones having you as a friend! Thanks for agreeing to be a friend, I am sure you will enjoy our community.

Larissa from Ukraine has sent a picture through:



Thanks Larissa, great to hear from you.

We have received a picture from Leonard in Zimbabwe, it is on the website along with all the others, but here is a sneak preview:



Thanks for sending this through Leonard, we always love to see a new picture. If anyone else has any new pics they would like to send us, please feel free to do so.

Hope to hear from you all soon.

Random Pictures of the OBFW lads!

Yet another 3 countries join! We are now 48!

Hello everybody.

After the ferocious activity of Monday, new friends have continued to join us.

Gabriela from Romania contacted us saying she is very happy to represent her country. She is excited about meeting people from different countries so she has come to the right place!

Girmay from Ethiopia has been in touch, and finds the idea of the project very exciting. He likes the OBFW website and has spent some time exploring it!

Earlier today, Shyam from Nepal emailed saying that he would love to be part of One Big Friendly World. Shyam works in a University and sent us this picture:




Welcome Gabriela, Girmay and Shyam! It's great to have you along as a friend.

We are very pleased to see that some of you are forming great friendships across the world. We know that Ramona, Corrie, Lara, Betty, Simon, Hector and others have been talking to eachother over the internet several times, it really is great to see so many new friendships develop.

So, we are now at 48 countries - just a couple more to our first major milestone. As always, if anyone has any friends that they would like to introduce to One Big Friendly World, please feel free to forward details of the website, and our email details ; onebigfriendlyworld@yahoo.co.uk

Hope to hear from you all soon . . . .

Ben & Paul

What a Night!

Firstly, a HUGE thank-you to Simon, Betty, Lara and Hector for taking part in our first worldwide web chat. It was fantastic to chat with you all. We hope to do it again soon - look out for dates and times.

Secondly, you will all be glad to hear that we have had an influx of new friends. First to join us today was Larissa from Ukraine, then came Thu Thu from Myanmar (You can see her photo on the photo's page of our website) Next we heard from our close neighbours, Northern Ireland. Gillian - you are very welcome. ........and it didn't stop there!!!! It wasn't long before we heard from Amy in Singapore - she is very interested in our project. Stick with us Amy, it will get a lot more exciting!!! Next came 3 Africans!! First came Charlene from South Africa, then Samuel from Cameroon, and last but by no means least Jean Louis from the Ivory Coast!!!!

......And we haven't finished yet!!! Whilst chatting with our friends, 3 further friends joined! Francis became our very first friend from Papua New Guinea, then Momom joined from Algeria, and finally, just when we thought it was over for another day, Nataly agreed to represent Ukraine as well.

So its a MASSIVE THANK YOU to each and every one of you for taking the time out of your lives to email us and become our new friends!!!