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Nottingham KOP 2011

Nottingham KOP is raising money for Child.org International
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on 21 December 2010

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Child.org is a Nairobi-based, UK-registered charity working since 2007 to improve maternal and child health in Kenya via digital and community-based approaches. We work with pregnant women, new mums, communities and healthcare authorities to help keep mums and babies safe and healthy.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: &quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';" lang="EN-GB">Welcome to the Just Giving Page for Nottingham KOP 2011!</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';" lang="EN-GB">Kenyan Orphan Project was founded in 2001 by 3 medical students at Nottingham University, with the aim of fighting poverty, disease, social exclusion and injustice for orphans and vulnerable children in Kenya. Nearly ten years on, KOP still stands true to its original values; </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">working with communities for communities and encouraging change through active participation. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 6.7pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';" lang="EN-GB">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';" lang="EN-GB">We are a team of 36 medical students from Nottingham University volunteering for KOP this summer. With your help we plan to fundraise &pound;28,800 to directly support the KOP projects actively running in the <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-GB">Nyanza province in western Kenya.&nbsp;The projects</span>&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">aim to improve the health and lives of children </span><span class="red1"><span style="font-family: &quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB">not just in medicine but in basic freedoms - from disease and poor sanitation, from improved education and illiteracy, from economic and financial hardship, from gender and social inequality and from oppression and war.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">Please give generously to help this amazing cause. Your contribution to KOP is invaluable in changing lives, breaking down barriers, challenging stigma, initiating cultural and educational exchange and ultimately making a difference to Kenyan local communities. We thank you all for your support.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;" lang="EN-GB"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span><strong>NB. <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';" lang="EN-GB">Each </span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><strong>member of Nottingham KOP 2011 is aiming to raise &pound;800 before our trip to Kenya this summer</strong>. </span><strong>If you wish for your donation to go to the total of a specific member please state their name in your message.</strong></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

Donation summary

Total
£3,769.00
+ £543.20 Gift Aid
Online
£3,769.00
Offline
£0.00

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