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Kate, Sam and John's Page - AVI

John OBrien is raising money for Action Village India
“John O'Brien's fundraising”

on 20 September 2011

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Action Village India supports the marginalised and the dispossessed to find their voice and their place within the democratic and the development process, through our 9 partner organisations all based in India. Indian answers to Indian problems.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot; color: black; font-size: 11pt;">This year Kate Shurety, Sam Hunt and John O&rsquo;Brien have decided to take part in Action Village India's (AVI's)&nbsp;London March for Justice; a&nbsp;78 mile walk around London's 15 Capital Ring routes, throughout the month of October </span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 11pt;">-&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot; color: black; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.actionvillageindia.org.uk/index.php?/support/participate/"><span style="color: #4f6128;">www.actionvillageindia.org.uk/index.php?/support/participate</span></a></span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot; color: #366092; font-size: 11pt;">.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">We&rsquo;re going to complete our section, which is&nbsp;an 8.2&nbsp;mile trek from Grove Park to Crystal Palace in south-east London, on&nbsp;<strong>Saturday 1 October</strong>. Any money we raise will go towards supporting&nbsp;AVI's key campaign</span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 11pt;">: March for Justice 2012 -&nbsp;</span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot; color: #4f6128; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.marchforjustice2012.org/"><span style="color: #0000ff;">www.marchforjustice2012.org</span></a>.&nbsp; </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot; color: black; font-size: 11pt;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot; color: black; font-size: 11pt;">For an overview of others raising money as part of this walk, please viist <span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; 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-font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><a href="http://www.justgiving.com/teams/londonmarchforjustice">http://www.justgiving.com/teams/londonmarchforjustice</a> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot; color: black; font-size: 11pt;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 13.5pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot; color: black; font-size: 11pt;">In India, millions of rural people are being robbed of their land in the name of 'progress'. This campaign is supporting a non-violent march to Delhi, where&nbsp;100,000&nbsp;rural Indians&nbsp;will demand their rights to their land, their water and their forests. Our walk will be taking place a day before&nbsp;the marchers in India&nbsp;begin their year long walk to Delhi.&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot; color: black; font-size: 11pt;">The walk is open for anyone to join,&nbsp;so if you are free on the 1 October&nbsp;then please&nbsp;do come along, the more the merrier!&nbsp; We will start the day at&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-themecolor: text1; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">11 am</span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">, wa</span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot; color: black; font-size: 11pt;">lk for a&nbsp;few hours and then stop for lunch and finish around 14.30/15.00. Once we complete the full 8.2 miles we&nbsp;will end the day with a drink (or two) in Westow </span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">House,&nbsp;a local pub in Crystal Palace.&nbsp;Do let us know if you would like to&nbsp;join in the fun; the walk, the picnic or just the drink!&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="background: white;"><br></span></span></span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot; color: black; font-size: 11pt;">&nbsp;<span style="background: white;"><br></span>We are hoping to raise at </span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp;quot; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">least &pound;150 - <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">just &pound;30 will pay for&nbsp;one marcher to walk to Delhi -&nbsp;</span>every little bit counts and will help ensure that this campaign is a success.<span style="background: white;"><br></span>&nbsp;<span style="background: white;"><br></span>Thanks for your support - hope to see some of you on the 1st!</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

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£395.00
+ £91.25 Gift Aid
Online
£395.00
Offline
£0.00

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