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<p>Thank you for visiting our team fundraising page. We have now been and gone - a great trip! Lots acheived, for more details please see <a href="http://www.servedirect.org" target="_blank">www.servedirect.org</a> </p>
<p>Please continue to give if you can even though we have bust our original target. All excess will get used to complete the new school building - again see the main website for more details - Thanks again, we appreciate you help.</p>
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<p>A team of us are going out in October for two weeks to Wobulenzi and Lukomera in central Uganda to work at a secondary school for 600 disadvantaged children, the Wobulenzi Town Academy. Whilst a few have been before, this is the first trip like this for many of us. </p>
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<p>Our Team includes:</p>
<p>Geoff Rapley</p>
<p>Deb Savill</p>
<p>Hannah Savill</p>
<p>Becky Savill</p>
<p>Jon Colyer</p>
<p>Ian Bailey</p>
<p>Camilla Bailey</p>
<p>Shaun Seaman</p>
<p>David Ritchie</p>
<p>Mandy Ord</p>
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<p>ServeDirect are currently building a new school on donated land to both relocate the school and to allow it to expand to A' Level standard. The new site will also give the students a safe, secure environment for first time as well as access to their own water supply and much needed additional space.</p>
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<p>Some of the team will be building at the new site, while others will be getting involved in the teaching and organising extra-curricular sports and arts activities at the school. We will also be geting involved in a local primary school with a disabled unit as well as a local medical centre if time and resources allow. There is no shortage of work!</p>
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<p>We are fundraising specifically to raise enough money to build and help equip the school's first science laboratory which they are extremely excited about. Up to now they have only been able to carry out experiments as and when the chemicals/materials have been given to the school.</p>
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<p>ServeDirect has worked alongside the staff at this school for 4 years and continues to be impressed at the achievements made there, bearing in mind that the school caters for some of Uganda's most disadvantaged children.</p>
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<p>The team target figure of £16,500 includes all of our basic costs as well as enough to fund the building of the laboratory. ServeDirect has no paid staff or offices and so you can be confident that all of the money will go directly to what it has been given for.</p>
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<p>So, please give generously to help us reach our target. Any monies raised above the target will be used for additional school materials. Thank you.</p>
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<p>Donating through this website is simple, fast and secure. The charity receives the money quickly and Gift Aid tax relief will be added to your gift at no cost to yourselves. When donating online, please add a comment indicating which team member(s) your are supporting if applicable.</p>
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<p>Alternatively, you could send us a cheque; please make out cheques to The Dugdale Charitable Trust (indicating who you are supporting if appropriate) and send them to:</p>
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<p>Mr Nick Allen, Oakdene, Crookhill, Braishfield, Romsey SO51 0QB</p>
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<p>If in doubt, please email Nick at nick_allen@uk.ibm.com</p>
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<p>For more details on ServeDirect including details of previous projects, please visit <a href="http://www.servedirect.org">http://www.servedirect.org</a></p>
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<p>To take a look at some before and after photos to see what has been achieved during previous trips please click on<br /><br /><a href="http://www.justgiving.com">http://www.flickr.com/photos/sbramwell/sets/72157609384853459/detail/</a><br /><br /></p>
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<p>The team will be overseen by ServeDirect's Phil & Michele Ball and Jerry & Elspeth Dugdale who are all based in Kampala, Uganda.</p>
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<p>Thank you again for your interest and support. 'Give a hand up, rather than a hand out'.</p>
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<p>On behalf of the October 2010 team</p>
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