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Ellie Culliford is raising money for BMS World Mission
“Christian Gap Year”

on 13 April 2012

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BMS World Mission is passionate about working with global organisations, mission workers and supporters to share Christ and nurture disciples with a Heart for the Gospel, alleviate suffering and injustice with Hope for the World and support displaced communities with Help for the Journey.

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<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-size: small;">The money donated through JustGiving is going directly to BMS World Mission. This money will count towards the £4350 that I have to raise as a contribution towards the total cost of the programme.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span></span></span>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-size: small;">My team will live in the BMS guesthouse in central Kolkata. I will work predominatley with the Good News Childrens education mission (GNCEM), who run several mobile schools for street and slum dwelling children around Kolkata. this gives the children who wouldnt normally go to school some basic education. I'll be asked to teach english, lead assemblies and play games. I'll also work at Entally Girls' Hostel, where I will get to know the girls living there, and at Freesat, which is an organisation that takes women out of Kolkata's sex trade and gives them a job making bags and t-shirts. I may also be involved in other ministries such as visiting the work of Mother Teresa and building new homes in the slums for the people living there :)<br>&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-size: small;"><p><br>I'm keeping a blog about me and my team throughout the year to keep people up to date with what we’ve been doing. This can be found at <a href="http://bmskolkata2012.blogspot.co.uk/">http://bmskolkata2012.blogspot.co.uk/</a><br>&nbsp;</p><p><br>Please note that anyone who is a ‘connected person’ to me can’t Gift Aid their donations. This includes a relative (brother, sister, mother, grandfather etc.)<br>&nbsp;</p><p><br>If you are feeling very generous and would like to give a more significant sum of money (more than say £50) please consider sending it directly to BMS by cheque with a covering note explaining it’s for my Action Team placement. This is to save the commission charges from Just Giving. Cheques can be made payable to BMS World Mission and sent to PO BOX 49, 129 Broadway, Didcot, OX11 8XA.<br>&nbsp;</p><p><br>To find out more about the work of BMS World Mission go here: <a href="http://www.bmsworldmission.org">www.bmsworldmission.org</a>, or to find out more about BMS Action Teams go to the website (<a href="http://www.bmsworldmission.org/actionteams">www.bmsworldmission.org/actionteams</a>) or Facebook page (<a href="http://www.facebook.com/actionteams">www.facebook.com/actionteams</a>) </span></span></span></span></span><p>

Donation summary

Total
£2,666.00
+ £13.75 Gift Aid
Online
£166.00
Offline
£2,500.00

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