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<p>Thank you all so much for taking the time to look at our page!</p>
<p>This summer four of us- Teresa Witcombe, Robina Wilson, Hanna Salminen & Katie Carson, will be going with the charity UNIPAL (<span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">A Universities’ Trust for Educational Exchange with Palestinians)</span> to teach English and support local community initiatives in Jalazone refugee camp, near Ramallah in the West Bank.</p>
<p>Subsequently we are aiming to raise a minimum of <span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> <span class="currency" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; float: none; cursor: pointer; display: inline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">£250 towards additional educational resources for the children we will be teaching, materials for the schools and student activities.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="currency" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; float: none; cursor: pointer; display: inline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">NONE of the money raised will go towards the individual funding of our trip which has beeen covered through personal expenses and subsidised by UNIPAL.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="currency" style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; float: none; cursor: pointer; display: inline; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Presently there are some 4.8 million refugees registered with UNRWA (the United Nations Relief & Works Agency for Palestinian refugees in the Near East) and more than 11,000 reside in Jalazone camp of which major problems are lack of sewage system and overcrowded schools.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Please visit </span><a href="http://www.unipal.org.uk/index.html">http://www.unipal.org.uk/index.html</a><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> to find out more about the charity your donations will support and </span><a href="http://www.unrwa.org/etemplate.php?id=117">http://www.unrwa.org/etemplate.php?id=117</a><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"> for more on Jalazone refugee camp.</span></p>
<p>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 - we raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</p>
<p>We appreciate every single donation, no matter how small.</p>
<p>Thank you so much! Teresa, Robina, Hanna & Katie x</p>