<p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Running is a passion. Running a marathon is a challenge. Running a marathon in London for Find Your Feet (<strong>FYF - www.fyf.org.uk</strong>) is an honour.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Find Your Feet is a UK based development charity with over 50 years of experience.&nbsp;They work with the poorest and most marginalised communities in rural India, Nepal, Malawi and Zimbabwe to help families build a future free from hunger and poverty.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">There are no quick solutions to poverty and poor communities are best placed to help themselves. Instead of unsustainable handouts, they provide training and support that builds on the existing skills of the families they work with so they can gain the confidence and knowledge they need to transform their lives.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Following are a few instances of how FYF has made a difference &hellip;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Phulwasa, Mustafapur Village, Uttar Pradesh, India</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Phulwasa (on the right) has been involved in a Find Your Feet project for two years. Phulwasa is the Treasurer of her village Self Help Group which has been set up to enable local women to meet twice a month to discuss and resolve the problems and challenges they face.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Through the project the group have received agricultural training and now grow enough food to feed their families, along with gaining guidance and support on how to access vital services such as healthcare and education. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Phulwasa says, &ldquo;We have received good knowledge from the project and learn how to make our life better. Previously we were not aware of the benefits of education but now our children have a chance at school and to get good jobs in the future so that poverty can be wiped out.&rdquo; </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Sumitra, Lucknowyanka Purwa Village, Uttar Pradesh, India</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&ldquo;Through the project, things have changed so much.&nbsp; Before, we had no money.&nbsp; We could not even afford medicine when our children were sick.&nbsp; Now, we have been able to access loans and training in sustainable farming to improve our agriculture and our incomes.&nbsp; </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">We are also helping our whole community.&nbsp; The village now has a hand pump for clean water, we are proud because our children are going to primary school, and a doctor is now visiting our village.&nbsp; The fear is gone.&nbsp; We have courage now.&nbsp; We are making our children&rsquo;s future.&rdquo; </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Chamela, Uttar Pradesh, India</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&ldquo;We used to migrate to work in brick kilns. Even so we struggled to have enough money to eat and to clothe and educate our children. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Then, with Find Your Feet&rsquo;s support myself and 15 other women took out a loan from our Self Help Group so that we could lease 12 acres of land and grow watermelons. Now we earn double what we put in. We use the profit to repair our houses and educate our children. We even have enough to save in the bank.</span><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">&nbsp;</span></em></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Now that I am contributing more to the family income there is a lot more trust between me and my husband. My elder daughter married early but now we are more aware and have more money. Our younger daughter wants to go on to higher education and both my husband and I are happy for her to do so.&rdquo;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Here are some videos &hellip;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/findyourfeetvideos">http://www.youtube.com/findyourfeetvideos</a><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;serif&amp;amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; color: #222222; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">We all can do our bit. Just &hellip; </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&pound;15</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> -&nbsp;could provide 12 women in India with the skills and training they need to enable them to start small businesses so they can build a secure future for their family.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&pound;165</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> -&nbsp;could provide a farmer in Zimbabwe with the training, skills and confidence to try new sustainable agriculture techniques, evaluate their success and demonstrate them to 25 other farmers so they can feed their families all year round.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Let us work together to end rural poverty.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; color: black; 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. So it&rsquo;s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">So please dig deep and donate now.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">On the funny side, please watch the breaking story at ...</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; text-align: justify; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Arial&amp;amp;quot;,&amp;amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;amp;quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;amp;quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a style="color: #1155cc;" href="http://www.marathonnewstv.com/?f=Sidharth&amp;amp;l=Patro&amp;amp;ch=Find%20Your%20Feet&amp;amp;n=1">http://www.marathonnewstv.com/?f=Sidharth&amp;l=Patro&amp;ch=Find%20Your%20Feet&amp;n=1</a></span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>