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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: text2;">April 2012 will see Edward, Ollie and Christian trek 100miles across the Sahara Desert to raise vital funds for Barnardo’s; walking the equivalent of <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Le Marathon Des Sables.</em></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: text2;"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: text2;">Therefore this is your opportunity to cough up for such a worthy cause (our blisters) and to support us as we toil from mirage to mirage in 50 degree heat. We must each raise £2550 and a KPMG expedition total in excess of £155,000.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: text2;">We intend to trek for 8-10hrs each day through a forbidding Saharan landscape situated south of the Atlas and Dades Gorge, punctuated by 350 million year old fossil fields, packed Salt pans and towering Dunes.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: text2;">For more information about the gruelling itinerary click <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.barnardos.org.uk/int-saharadeserttrek-itinerary.pdf"><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: text2;">here</span></a></span>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: text2;">What Barnardo's does:</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: text2;">Barnardo's believes in children regardless of their circumstances, gender, race, disability or behaviour. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: text2;">Whatever the issue, from drug misuse to disability; youth crime to mental health; sexual abuse to domestic violence; poverty to homelessness; Barnardo's believes we can bring out the best in every child. We run almost 400 local projects around the UK, working directly with over 100,000 children, young people and their famillies every year. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: text2;">So please dig deep and donate now or we will send a rabid camel through your letter box...</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: text2;">If you would like further information please contact us directly.</span> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: text2;">Thank you in advance,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: text2;">Edward, Ollie, Christian</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #1f497d; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-themecolor: text2;">Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’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’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</span></p>
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