<p><span style="color: #101010;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt;"><strong><span style="color: #101010; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Over 25 years ago I attended&nbsp;my first funeral of an AIDS victim in Africa. That victim was my friend and colleague. He was a father.</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt;"><strong><span style="color: #101010; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Even now&nbsp;orphans left as a result of the pandemic&nbsp;remain&nbsp;key victims of AIDS in Africa. Support from organisations like Teach A Child Africa&nbsp;is the only hope of a brighter future for many of these orphans.</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt;"><strong><span style="color: #101010; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Acknowledge World AIDS Day (1st Dec) this year by helping me reach my target of &pound;400 or more for TAC &ndash; Africa. &pound;400 ensures a full year of secondary education for at least one of the AIDS orphans supported by TAC.</span></strong></p> </span></span> <p>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page, especially those of you who have supported the TAC (<a href="http://www.tac-africa.org/">http://www.tac-africa.org/</a>)&nbsp;fundraising Cycle Rides in Oxfordshire that I have been involved in over the last two years. I will be organising a new series of rides for 2011 and hope to see existing TAC ride fans and many new supporters on the these wonderful social events. Thanks again and sincere best wishes to you all for the coming festive season and for 2011. </span></p> </p> <p>Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving &ndash; they&rsquo;ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they&rsquo;ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it&rsquo;s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</p>