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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: small;">Cathal and I are embarking on a trek to the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro....- the World's tallest free-standing mountain, and the highest point in Africa - at a staggering 5895m!!</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: small;">We are doing this to raise money for Stepping Stones Nigeria....</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: small;">An increasing number of children in the Niger Delta are being forced to the streets and trafficked as a result of a deeply held belief in child ‘witches’ and also due to persistent violent conflicts, poverty, abuse, torture, rape, or being orphaned by HIV/AIDS. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: small;">Children in Nigeria frequently endure all manner of unacceptable treatment and abuse, due to being stigmatised as "child witches". The treatment by villagers frequently includes:</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 42pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: small;">Disgraced publicly and murdered </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 42pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: small;">Buried alive </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 42pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: small;">Chained and tortured in churches in order to extract confession</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 42pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: small;">SSN sees one of their key roles as advocating at a local, national and international level on behalf of these children in order to transform their lives and prevent further suffering. In order to champion for the rights of children most effectively, SSN aims to bring about long-term change for the Nigerian child, particularly those at risk of witchcraft accusations, abuse and trafficking.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-size: small;">So please dig deep and donate now.....Thank you!</span></span></p>
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