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Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page. 20 of us flew to Hue from Saigon on 17 November 2011, ready to start the new course devised by Craig Eldred and Kelvin Luong. Last year we completed the ride and raised over USD27,000. As at 16 December with approximatelyUSD28,000 raised: -          560 children in our scholarship programme can go to school for a year. -          SCC can buy bicycles for 933 children who spend each day walking more than 5km to school. Sometimes the distance to school is enough for a child to drop out. -          SCC can build 5.3 classrooms to be used by up to 100 children in the Mekong Delta. Offline donations: Tony Foster    USD200 Jen Yi    VND1,000,000 Nguyen, Quyen   USD100 Nguyen, Anh Xuan Trang  USD50 Rupert Chamberlain  USD100 Anonymous (NTML)  USD100 Le, Thi Minh Trang VND500,000 Tom Vaizey USD200 Jeff Sea USD100 Nelson Casihan USD60 Anonymous USD400 Wayne Bannon USD300 Carl Gordon  GBP100 (with an additional doubling of this amount with a bet on whether a British tennis player can be placed higher than an Australian in the Australian Open Tennis) Rolf lost...... Sanjay Garg VND5,000,000  Two years ago I donated money to the Charity for the children in Cu Chi District of Ho Chi Minh City to receive 40 bicycles to allow them to get to school.  Many children live up to 10km (6 miles) from their closest school and the bicycles have made a world of difference in enabling them to get to school and improving their education.  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16.5pt; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; position: static; z-index: auto;">Cu Chi is well known for the tunnels and anyone that has visited this area will have seen the remnants of the conflict many years ago (mango trees grow well in the unbelievably numerous remaining B52 bomb craters).  Cu Chi remains an area, very close to Saigon, in which the Vietnamese are trying to improve their lives and that of their children.  Saigon Children’s Charity is making a noticeable contribution to improve the prospects of children in the area as well as other children in need throughout Saigon. <blockquote style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"> <div style="word-wrap: break-word;"> <div> <blockquote><span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium;"> <div> <div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; position: static; z-index: auto;">  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; position: static; z-index: auto;">Please donate an amount that you feel comfortable with and we are hoping that many children’s lives can be improved.  By way of example, a donation of GBP40 allows a child to receive a bicycle to get to school for the remainder of their primary and secondary education and GBP65 covers their education costs for one year. Multiples of these amounts provide for better prospects for more children and donations of all amounts are very much appreciated. The bicycle program is one of many that the Charity organises.  The donations are denominated in GBP and the approximate exchange rates are GBP = USD1.60, GBP = AUD1.50 and GBP = VND34,000. </div> </div> </blockquote> </div> </div> </blockquote> <blockquote style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium;"> <div style="word-wrap: break-word;"> <div> <blockquote><span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; font-size: medium;"> <div> <div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; position: static; z-index: auto;">Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure, it's the most efficient way to donate by raising more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity. I will upload and add more photos and videos of the lead up to and during the event (if you do not have a debit, credit card or paypal, please contact me or my secretary Ms Le, Thi Minh Trang tmle@kpmg.com.vn to make other arrangements for your donation). <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; position: static; z-index: auto;">Thank you so much for your support and for helping some of the most disadvantaged children in Vietnam.   </div> </div> </blockquote> </div> </div> </blockquote>   Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send 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. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity. So please dig deep and donate now.

Rolf's 2011 Saigon Children's Charity Page

Rolf's 2011 Saigon Children's Charity Page

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