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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My name is Kerry-Ann Stephenson, and, although i haven’t really worked too long with the Oaklea Trust (2 Years in June) i agree 100% with their morals and their ideas surrounding all that they do.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><span>The Oaklea Trust is a charitable organisation with a vision based on the principle that everyone has a </span><span>positive contribution to make to society and the right to control their own lives.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><span>My role, being a Life Style Co-Ordinator on the Community Outreach team, is </span><span>to work within the social model which will enable individuals to look at themselves in a more positive way, helping to increase their self esteem, support future independence and, looking beyond their impairments, work to be a full and equal participant in society.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><span>And for everyday that i am a part of this amazing team, and working with the amazing people that i do...i realise that not only am i very lucky to have this great job, i am very lucky to live the life i do and because of this....i am hoping to help raise some money to show my appreciation of the amazing work that this Trust does.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What it is that i will be doing is for 4 weeks between November and December, i will be going to do some volunteer with local Peruvian people in their local villages...but the biggy will be completing the Inca Trail up to Machu Pichu.</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;">The <strong>Inca Trail to Machu Picchu</strong> consists of three overlapping trails. <em>Mollepata</em> is the longest of the three routes with the highest mountain pass and intersects with the Classic route before crossing <em>Warmiwañusca</em> ("Dead Woman's Pass")...this will be the one that i will be taking part in and will take me up to 4 days to complete.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;">Located in the <a title="Andes" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andes">Andes</a> mountain range, the trail passes through several types of Andean environments including <a title="Cloud forest" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_forest">cloud forest</a> and <a title="Alpine tundra" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine_tundra">alpine tundra</a>. Settlements, tunnels, and many Incan ruins are located along the trail before ending the terminus at the Sun Gate on <a title="Machu Picchu" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machu_Picchu">Machu Picchu</a> mountain. The route requires an ascent to beyond 3,660 meters (12,010 ft) above sea level, which can result in <a title="Altitude sickness" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altitude_sickness">altitude sickness</a>...</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Calibri&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;;">Wish me luck guys....</span></p>
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