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Matthew French is raising money for Seeing is Believing
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KL Marathon 2012 · 24 June 2012

Seeing is Believing is a global initiative to help eliminate avoidable blindness. We help bring affordable eye-care to some of the poorest communities in the world. We’re a collaboration between Standard Chartered Bank and the International Agency for Prevention of Blindness (IAPB).

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<p><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">I've decided to run and then run some more and then run a little further&nbsp;for 2 charities benefiting both the local community here in Brunei as well as communities&nbsp;internationally. I will be running the Brunei half marathon on April 8th and then I will be running the full marathon in Kuala Lumpar on June 24th for Seeing is Believing &amp; Pengiran Muda Mahkota Al-Muhtadee Billah fund for Orphans (DANA). Please see below the good work that both charities do;</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">Pengiran Muda Mahkota Al-Muhtadee Billah Fund for Orphans (DANA) is a charitable foundation in Brunei. Donations received by DANA are fully utilised to improve the well-being of orphans in order to enable them to obtain proper upbringing, guidance and education towards becoming successful and contributing citizens. As of end of December 2011, there are 2578 orphans registered with DANA. </span></p> <p class="title-green" style="margin: auto 0in;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">Seeing is Believing (SiB)</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">Seeing is Believing,&nbsp;is a&nbsp;global programme to tackle avoidable blindness.&nbsp;It aims to raise a further USD63 million by 2020, meaning,&nbsp;we will have raised a total of USD100 million since the programme was launched in 2003. There are 39 million blind people in the world and without effective intervention, the number of blind people worldwide is projected to increase to 76 million by 2020. 80% of blindness can be avoided through early treatment or surgery. </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving &ndash; they&rsquo;ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they&rsquo;ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">So please donate what you can, it doesn&rsquo;t matter how little or how much, every contribution is greatly appreciated by those who need it most.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">Cheers!</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">Matt</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

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£1,210.00
+ £160.00 Gift Aid
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£1,210.00
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