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<p>Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.<strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Climbing in Africa – for Africa</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The daunting climb up Mt. Kilimanjaro !</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp;">This tough six-night camping trek is for the Brackley based ‘Friends of Mithulini Village’ charitable project, raising funds to provide clean drinking water for the village </span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">located in the Eastern Province of Kenya.</span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Towering over the sandy plains of Tanzania, </span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: #303132;">Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest free-standing mountain in the world</span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp;"> and I will be at its snow-capped peak on the 2nd February.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp;"><span style="font-size: small;">Brackley Rotary Club supports the Mithulini project and we have a target of £6,000 to fund the boring of a well and provide related equipment. </span></span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp;"> </span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp;"><span style="font-size: small;">The endeavour of the Nyali family in Brackley who founded ‘Friends of Mithulini Village’ has motivated me to make this trek.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: small;">Villagers in Mithulini have a one and a half hour walk to and from a river, with water being transported in containers carried by donkeys or people.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sponsorship would be most welcome and you can either donate here or on the Mithuluni Justgiving site: </span><a href="http://www.justgiving.com/Mithuluni"><span style="color: #800080; font-size: small;">www.justgiving.com/Mithuluni</span></a> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: dotted windowtext 3.0pt; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm; padding: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp;"><span style="font-size: small;">All sponsorship will go to Mithulini – I am funding the cost of the trek.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="color: black;">“The Friends of Mithulini Village” project contact:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Samantha Nyali, phone 01280706126 <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 5;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><a href="mailto:friendsofmithulunivillage@hotmail.co.uk">friendsofmithulunivillage@hotmail.co.uk</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br>The Rotary Club of Brackley was formed in 1973.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Its territory is Brackley and surrounding district. The club currently has 30 members. The club website is: <a href="http://www.brackleyrotary.org.uk">www.brackleyrotary.org.uk</a> </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span>Thanks to the Rotary Club of Northampton Becket for their support.</p>
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