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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; color: blue;">I ran my first ever half marathon (the Royal Parks Half in London) on Sunday 9th October in aid of Doctors of the World.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; color: blue;">My time was 2 dehydrated hours, 17 horrendous minutes, and 39 elated seconds!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; color: blue;">Would you be kind enough to sponsor me for my pains and help support an excellent cause...?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; color: blue;">Doctors of the World is an international humanitarian aid organisation that provides medical care for vulnerable people who’ve suffered famine, disease, disasters or war. DOW works in over 65 countries to provide free access to healthcare, including here in London, where DOW operates a free medical clinic, providing temporary care for some of the city’s most vulnerable, and helping them to register with GP surgeries on the NHS, <span> </span>(oftentimes a tall order for refugees and asylum seekers).</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; color: blue;">Here’s an example of DOW’s work on HIV/AIDS in the </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; color: blue;">Democratic Republic of the Congo, where Human Rights Watch</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; color: blue;"> estimates that over 300 000 women were raped during the most recent Congolese war.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; color: blue;">:</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: blue;"><a href="http://www.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk/projectsoverseas/northkivuprovince2.asp"><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none;">http://www.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk/projectsoverseas/northkivuprovince2.asp</span></a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; color: blue;">For more information on the wide range of work that DOW does, please go to: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: blue;"><a href="http://www.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk/default.asp"><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none;">http://www.doctorsoftheworld.org.uk/default.asp</span></a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; color: blue;">Thanks so much for making a donation! </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.1pt 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; color: blue;">Julia</span></p>
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