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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</span></em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br /> <br /></span><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">I'm embarking on the 140 mile Coast to Coast bike ride to raise some much needed funds for a very worthy cause: </span></em><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "GillSans","sans-serif"; color: #002939; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: GillSans;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">Happy Child </span></strong>works in Brazil to rescue street and ‘at risk’ children in the large Southern city of Belo Horizonte and the North Eastern city of Recife. It has a 24 hour emergency reception centre, eight safe homes and a farm community that all provide a secure base for the children’s rehabilitation and re-integration back into family and community.</span></em></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "GillSans","sans-serif"; color: #002939; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: GillSans;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">Their<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"> biggest issue today is the increase in ‘sex tourism’ to the North East of Brazil and they are working towards opening a girls house in Recife. Here girls of all ages will be able to get away from the pimps and drug pushers and re-build their lives.</span></span></em></span></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "GillSans","sans-serif"; color: #002939; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: GillSans;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">- Brazil has 25 million deprived children living in desperate poverty</span></span></em></span></span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "GillSans","sans-serif"; color: #002939; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: GillSans;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">- Over three million children of all ages live on the streets</span></span></em></span></span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "GillSans","sans-serif"; color: #002939; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: GillSans;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">- 450 000 are orphaned or abandoned</span></span></em></span></span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "GillSans","sans-serif"; color: #002939; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: GillSans;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">- </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">35% of street children die before they are 18 years old</span></span></span></em></span></span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: "GillSans","sans-serif"; color: #002939; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: GillSans;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 10pt;">- 500 000 children are involved in the sex trade</span></span></em></span></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt;"><em><span style="font-family: "GillSans","serif"; color: #002939; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: GillSans;">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></em><span><br /> <br /><em>So please dig deep and donate now. THANK YOU!!</em></span><span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /></span></p>
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