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I've signed up to go to Bangalore, India in November to help building houses in the slums and to create a better living evnvironment for the families out there. 

The families we're going to build new brick houses for are all living in Bangalore's slum below the poverty line. About 75% of all Indians actually live below that line, that equates to around 300 Mill people struggelling on a daily basis to feed themselves, their children, to provide homes and education and to live a life which we all should have a right to. Considering our standard of living and mass consumption this is something to think about. (http://www.wakeupcall.org/administration_in_india/poverty_line.php)

I am here to ask for your support to help me raise money to do this amazing project and to give me the opportunity to help these people and meet the families, community and see with my own eyes how others manage to live, whilst we're complaining that we cannot afford the latest dress from Topshop. Most importantly I'd like to give something back to the families I am going to meet out there and be able to contribute something worth while and which will make a huge difference to these families.

I've posted a video of the previous group who have done the project in 2008, to give you an opportunity to see how we can help families living in poverty and how it can transform their lives and give them a chance to a better standard of living.

I'd really appreciate your support as this is for a great cause and I'll probably come back with massive guns, from all the heavy lifting, ha!

Lots of Love

Silks x

PS. I've got a September deadline to raise the money! Thanks x

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