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Amy, Andrew and Emily's aid work at Open Arms Malawi

Amy Swainston is raising money for Open Arms Malawi
“Amy Swainston's fundraising”

on 27 December 2010

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Open Arms Malawi is dedicated to saving and improving the lives of orphaned and vulnerable children in Malawi, so they can achieve their potential within the love and security of a home. We work closely with families and communities to raise healthy children and support them into self-sufficiency.

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<p>&nbsp;</p> <div id="story" class="frp-message-body" style="height: auto;"> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 140%; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 140%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #1c1c1c;">Dear All,</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 140%; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 140%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #1c1c1c;">On February 15<sup>th</sup> 2011 Amy Swainston, Andrew Barron and Emily Duffy are travelling over to <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">&ldquo;Open Arms Malawi&rdquo;</strong> to carry out aid work for this Harrogate-based charity which&nbsp;cares for orphans whose parents have died of AIDS. This is something that Amy's brother also did with two of his friends two years ago and you may well have contributed to his charity appeal then. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 140%; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 140%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #1c1c1c;">Just to give you some information, there are over 800,000 orphans in Malawi alone, and the charity is currently in the process of expanding&nbsp;its&nbsp;facilities so that&nbsp;it can care for more of&nbsp;them. We think it would be fantastic if we could raise some money to take over there to pay for building materials, or simply for school stationery and food for the orphans.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 140%; background: white;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 140%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #1c1c1c;">&ldquo;Open Arms Malawi&rdquo;</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 140%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #1c1c1c;"> is completely dependent on charitable donations, so to give you an idea of how your money could make a difference, just &pound;2.70 could house and feed&nbsp;an orphan&nbsp;for a week, so you can appreciate that every donation will make a world of difference to them!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 140%; background: white;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 140%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #1c1c1c;">&ldquo;Open Arms Malawi&rdquo;</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 140%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #1c1c1c;"> believes every child deserves love, care, and shelter, and ensures that every penny of your donation goes&nbsp;straight into&nbsp;developing the&nbsp;orphanage itself and caring for the orphans.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 140%; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 140%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #1c1c1c;">We hope you think this to be a worthy cause.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 140%; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 140%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #1c1c1c;">Many thanks,</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: 140%; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 140%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #1c1c1c;">Amy, Andrew and Emily</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div>

Donation summary

Total
£2,174.00
+ £543.51 Gift Aid
Online
£2,174.00
Offline
£0.00

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