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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Dear supporters,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">My name is <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Hannah Cox</strong> and I will be <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">volunteering </strong>in the<strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> Chiang Rai province of northern Thailand</strong> in September 2011 for three months.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">I will be based in a school, assisting local teachers and helping with after-school activities for children from the hill tribes and local communities. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">The aim of my project will be to <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">help teach basic English</strong>, develop confidence in the children and run activities to make learning engaging and fun. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">I will be volunteering for <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">VESL</strong> (Volunteers for Educational Support and Learning), a small, not-for-profit UK charity (no.1117098) whose focus is on helping deprived, rural communities in Thailand, India and Sri Lanka. VESL send their volunteers on worthwhile projects with an emphasis on <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">teaching and community-based programmes</strong>, where a real and tangible difference can be made to the host communities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The charity works in close partnership with government bodies to ensure volunteers are only sent where they are needed and wanted. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">In order for me to fulfil this amazing project I need <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">your </em>help!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">I am required to fundraise the cost of the project myself which is a total of <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">£1,100.00</strong><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">.</strong><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </strong>A big sum I know but with your support, I <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">know</em> I can make it.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">So please donate to this truly worthwhile cause where your contribution, no matter how small, will have a big impact on the other side of the world to the lives of children who can look forward to a better future.</span></p>
<p>I really appreciate your support, don't forget to tick 'gift aid' with your donation and last but certainly not least, thank-you.</p>
<p>Hannah</p>