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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">In a spate of madness and pure neglect for my body, I signed up to the </span><strong><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: #00b0f0; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Paris Marathon</span></strong><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> - giving myself just 12 weeks to train for the race on 15 April! I'm now looking for your help to commit to a more important challenge - to help raise much needed money for </span><strong><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: red; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Ubuntu Education Fund</span></strong><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> in South Africa.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Ubuntu takes children from the depths of poverty and helps them reach their potential through community support programmes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Having visited and experienced firsthand the hardships of the townships where Ubuntu operates, I know how essential your generous contributions will be to transform the children’s lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://ubuntu.pub30.convio.net/approach-impact/return-on-investment/"><span style="color: purple; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Click Here</span></a></span><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> to look at some stories to see how your sponsorship will help.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Despite the hours of gruelling training, and realising along the way that there are other uses for vaseline, I’m actually looking forward to the Paris Marathon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also hope to “redeem” myself from my first marathon experience 6 years ago, and you’ll be pleased to know this time I don’t have my final law exam the morning after....</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">"No marathon gets easier later. The half way point only marks the end of the beginning."</em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Who is Ubuntu Education Fund?</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Ubuntu is an organisation with the goal of transforming the lives of children in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ubuntu has created an integrated system of medical, health, educational, and social-services to ensure a child who is either orphaned or vulnerable can succeed in the world of higher education and employment.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The HIV Paediatric Clinic in the Ubuntu Centre:</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &amp;amp;amp; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The paediatric HIV clinic is the first of its kind in the region. It is a world-class health facility providing life-saving medical services. By contributing towards my marathon campaign, you will directly support the operations of the clinic, ensuring thousands of children have access to life-saving medical care.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 140%; margin: 0cm 0cm 13pt; background: white; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="line-height: 140%; font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://ubuntufund.org/"><span style="color: purple; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Click Here</span></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="line-height: 140%; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> f</span><span style="line-height: 140%; color: #2e2c25; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">or more Information on Ubuntu.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never send you unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">So please dig deep and donate now.</span></span></p>