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Melanie Bowman is raising money for Rianna's Fund
“Himalaya Trek”

on 27 January 2012

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<p> <div style="line-height: 17px; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: #ffffff;"> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">I will be trekking to Kyanjin Gompa, to an altitude of 4000m, and back down again!&nbsp;&nbsp;Kyanjin Gompa is in Nepal's Langtang National Park, and is the base camp of Langtang Lirung, which is the highest peak of the Langtang Himal, standing at&nbsp;<span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; text-align: left;">7,227 m. &nbsp;My fitness levels and adaptation to altitude will be challenged, and I will not be able to have a shower for a week!! &nbsp;</span></span></div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><br></span></span></div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">I am going to be raising money for<a href="http://www.riannasfund.org/Index.htm">&nbsp;<strong>Rianna's Fund</strong></a>, a charity of personal importance to my family.</span></div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><br></span></span></div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; text-align: left;"><strong>Rianna's Fund</strong> was established in 2003 with the objective</span><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; text-align: left;">&nbsp;to</span>&nbsp;help and support underprivileged children around the world reach their full potential.&nbsp;<strong>Rianna&rsquo;s Fund</strong>&nbsp;has been able to develop and support many projects, including a home for orphans in Kenya, the building of a new school for over 640 children in Kampala, Uganda and more recently a number of projects in India, which include building a new children&rsquo;s home in Mumbai.</span></div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><br></span></div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Any donations you are able to make to support the work of&nbsp;<strong>Rianna's Fund</strong>&nbsp;would be most gratefully received. &nbsp;</span></div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><br></span></div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Importantly, every pound you donate to&nbsp;<strong>Rianna's Fund</strong>&nbsp;goes directly to the projects the charity is funding - &nbsp;so you can rest assured that all your efforts go directly to helping change the lives of underprivileged children. &nbsp;</span></div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><br></span></div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">I am climbing to 4000m, so I figure that a fundraising target of 1000 pounds would be fair and achieveable....! &nbsp;</span></div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><br></span></div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Many thanks for anything you are able to give, I look forward to seeing the funds coming in!</span></div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: &#39;Century Gothic&#39;, Arial, &#39;Times New Roman&#39;;"><br></span></div> <div style="color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Melanie xx</span></div> </div> </p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</p> <p>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. So it&rsquo;s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</p> <p>So please dig deep and donate now.</p>

Donation summary

Total
£1,032.00
+ £198.00 Gift Aid
Online
£1,012.00
Offline
£20.00

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