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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ever seen me at a gym? In February 2012, I will be RUNNING (or possibly crawling) a marathon IN THE DESERT, to raise money for a dramatherapy project in the Saharawi refugee camps working with the Landmine Victims Centre, </span></span></span><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">the prison and the special needs schools.</span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">So I will be using my experience as a care worker and as an artist to document this process to help raise awareness of the plight of the Saharawi people.<br></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Saharawi Refugees are the forgotten people of the Western Sahara who have been living in exile in the harsh Algerian desert since 1975. For the past three decades, extremely precarious conditions, lack of medical care and absence of understanding about disability, have created a condition of critical distress among the most vulnerable people in the refugees in the camps.<span> </span>With your generous pledge we aim to pursue an approach dedicated to improving the lives of these vulnerable Saharawi people. </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">For more information please watch the attached video of the theatre projects run by Olive Branch Theatre and check out Sandblast's website. For more information on drama and movement therapy see the Sesame institute website.</span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://www.sandblast-arts.org/">www.sandblast-arts.org</a> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://www.olivebranchtheatre.com/">www.olivebranchtheatre.com</a> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><a href="http://www.sesame-institute.org/">www.sesame-institute.org</a></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Please donate now!</span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #800080;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">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.<span> </span>Many thanks for all your support.</span></span></span></p>
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<p> THANKYOU!</p>
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