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Help the St Alfege-Christian Aid Partnership for clean water in Sierra Leone.

Sally Hughes is raising money for Christian Aid
“Sally Hughes's fundraising”

on 19 April 2011

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Help us raise <strong>&pound;5,000 </strong>for clean water in Sierra Leone. Via Christian Aid&rsquo;s partnership with St Alfege Church in Greenwich, <strong>every &pound;1 will earn &pound;3 more from the European Union&nbsp; - </strong></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">match funding that will turn our partnership fund into&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><strong>&pound;20,000 </strong>for the clean water and sanitation project run by local partners <em>Network Movement for Justice and Development </em>and <em><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Rehabilitation and Development Agency in Sierra Leone.&nbsp; </span></em><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">These </span></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">tried and tested</span></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><em><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span></em></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">partners are already at work on the project.</span></span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><em><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></em></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><em><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">&nbsp;</span></em></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The project</span><em><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">&nbsp;</span></em>will directly help 27,000 people (and indirectly, 287,000) in Sierra Leone&rsquo;s Pujehan District, where two out of five people do not have access to safe drinking water and many children die each year from dirty water and hygiene-related illness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Working through partnerships, churches can pledge match-funded amounts that multiply </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">individual giving.&nbsp; <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">To find out more, go to <a href="http://www.christianaid.org.uk"><span style="color: blue;">www.christianaid.org.uk</span></a>&nbsp;.&nbsp; To find out more about St Alfege's please visit <a href="http://st-alfege.org/"><span style="color: blue;">http://st-alfege.org</span></a>&nbsp;.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Thanks for taking the time to visit our JustGiving page.&nbsp; </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">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. Your gift will multiply through Gift Aid and EU match funding.&nbsp; Make your money work harder, give now!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

Donation summary

Total
£3,356.00
+ £705.25 Gift Aid
Online
£2,856.00
Offline
£500.00

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