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<p><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; mso-ansi-language: CY;">I and three of my friends are supporting the <span style="color: #ff0000;">DA</span>TUM Foundation by undertaking a personal challenge to cycle from Calais to Cannes and to raise money for this worthy charity.We will be setting off from Calais on 24th September and aiming to arrive in Cannes two weeks later, covering <span> </span>about<span> </span></span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black;">850 miles in all and averaging 60 miles a day, terrain and weather permitting.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">DA</span>TUM's aim is to help poor and vulnerable children in the poorest regions of the world, targeting those in very greatest need. The trip will be funded by me and my friends, so every penny raised will go directly to <span style="color: #ff0000;">DA</span>TUM’s projects which include building and improving shelters, schools, and health facilities by providing clean water and toilets. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black;">My target is £6,000 which will build a new well, turn a basic earth floored shed into a proper school building, provide classroom furniture and build toilets in one village in a remote part of Africa or Asia. This money goes a very long way and will vastly reduce the child mortality rate and educate children to create a sustainable future for themselves and their dependents. We've all seen the disasters that are happening in Africa today - this is a chance to start tackling the problem at source!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We have very strict controls to ensure all the money raised goes straight to the project and none is wasted or lost in the process.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">Our thanks also go to our sponsors for the trip, Grange Hotels and the JRL Group who have very kindly made donations to</span></span><span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;"> </span></span><span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: red; background: white;">DA</span></span><span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black; background: white;">TUM<span style="border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> </span></span><span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: black; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">.</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;"> </span></p>
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<p>If you want to find out more about <span style="color: #ff0000;">DA</span>TUM, please go to its website www.datumfoundation.org</p>
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<p>Thank you so very much!</p>
<p>Geoff</p>