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NEW FUNDRAISING EVENT:  TOUGH GUY - 31 JANUARY 2010!!  PLEASE SUPPORT OUR TEAM CHARITY! 

Together with 8 other Accenture Colleagues we are are taking part in the Tough Guy Challenge (http://www.toughguy.co.uk/) on 31st January 2010, an 8 mile event described as 'a unique blend of mud, freezing lakes, acrophobia, claustrophobia, barbed wire, fire and electro shocks'. For those thinking this is an exaggeration, take a peek at the following video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Get3RERJrbM&feature=player_embedded# We expect to spend 3 hours being extremely cold, wet, muddy and exhausted! But all worth it if we can reach our sponsorship target.

This will be one of the toughest challenge of our lives - Please support our worthy cause!

Charity Background:

In February 2010 I will go back to Rio to visit the charity and to deliver another shipment of children's clothes and toys after my previous trips in March & December 2009.

I am aiming to raise some more cash for the charity as I have seen how the raised donations have made a big difference to the homeless kids over the last 2 years.  I truly believe in the worthwhile cause of Task Brasil.

I have been working with Task Brasil over the last 2 - 3 years. In October 2007 I visited their projects in Rio de Janeiro and the jungle in the Cachoeiras de Macacu region of Brazil to work on the Task Brasil farm.  The farm is a project operated by Task Brazil where children, previously at social risk, who are committed towards their self-development, are referred from other shelters or the juvenile detention system to live at Forest House. They learn about sustainable farming techniques, develop income generating skills and participate in educational, cultural and leisure activities in the local community. They attend school and receive health care treatment.  The project is a safe haven for children aged 10­ - 14 years who have lost contact with their family or are orphans. All food produced on site is organic. Fruit and vegetables produced are also supplied to Task Brasil’s other projects.

In June 2008 I took part in the 3 Peaks Challenge together with 28 colleagues from Accenture, BP and IBM from a work project .  We climbed the three highest peaks in England, Wales & Scotland within 24 hours.  It was an incredible challenge but we managed to raise over £3000 for Task Brasil. 

Please consider making a donation for Task Brasil online - your money will go 100% to the charity.  With your help we can give a chance to more street children who would otherwise not have had the ability to break the vicious circle of crime and poverty on the streets of Brazil.

For further information visit:  www.taskbrazil.org.uk

Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor me: Abandoned Street Kids of Brazil Trust - Task Brasil will receive your money faster and, if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you.

So please help to support Task Brasil now!

Many thanks for your support.

Dirk

Well Done Dirk Donation by Rachel Lennon 09/03/10  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good work Nick. You're a true Tough Guy. Donation by Dominic Thorpe 18/02/10  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

You are pracyically perfect xxx Donation by Fiona Powell 16/02/10  

Congratulations Dirk! Donation by Stuart Freeman 11/02/10  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Way to go, dirk and laila Donation by Andreas Binnmyr 05/02/10  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Diiiiiirk! I'll never call you a lazy slug again. Hope you've fully recovered! Donation by Kate Melcher 04/02/10  

£20.00

Well done Dirk Donation by Andrew Pincott 03/02/10  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Noel asked me to donate on his behalf (-: Well done !!! Sarah x Donation by Sarah Beattie 02/02/10  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Looked quite easy on U-Tube; don't know what all the fuss is about. Seriously though, congratulations to all! Donation by Mike and Tricia McGinty 02/02/10  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

Well done Tough Guy! (ahem... :) Donation by David Hamilton 02/02/10  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Knew you'd do it after fell running & pool plunging in the lakes :-) Well done Nick! Donation by Alyson Wright 02/02/10  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Well done! Great effort! Donation by Aliyah Kurji 01/02/10  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Glad you seem to have survived the race Nick and Dirk! Donation by Lisa Miczaika 01/02/10  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Well done guys...ready to do it again next year?! Donation by Amy Rook 01/02/10  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good Luck Dirk :-) Donation by Sacha Morrabi 01/02/10  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Hi Dirk good luck Donation by Suresh Vayira 01/02/10  

£20.00

Hi Dirk! Hope you survived!! Fantastic effort for the kids but well done! Donation by Jim Beaudoin 01/02/10  

£20.00

Good luck you crazy cats! Looking forward to hearing all about your battle wounds :) Donation by Jessica Cullen 31/01/10  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Go Dirk Go!! Roll around in some mud for me (anything for the kids ;-) xH Donation by Holly Knill 31/01/10  

£20.00

Good luck guys - it looks insane! Donation by Andrew Dickinson 29/01/10  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Donation by Rebecca Naidoo 29/01/10  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Good effort... or slighly crazy effort, either way, its fantastic that you are raising so much for those who need it in Brazil. Donation by Sarah Beattie 29/01/10  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Go Dirk ! Good luck with the challenge. Donation by Duncan Paisley 29/01/10  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Come on McGUNty! Donation by Matthew Sheppard 29/01/10  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

All the best Dirk Donation by Amit Gupta 29/01/10  

£30.00

Is this a midlife crisis??!! Best of luck to you and your cause. Donation by Lori Civello 28/01/10  

£62.00

Great cause - crazy event! Best of luck tough guy :-) Donation by Sonja Ridley 28/01/10  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

All the best Dirk - well done for such a great effort! Arran x Donation by Arran McCowatt 28/01/10  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

You are clearly madder than a box of frogs! Donation by Richard Ralston 28/01/10  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Good luck man. Donation by Jason Willis 28/01/10  

£50.00
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