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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #339966; text-decoration: underline;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">SAHARA CHALLENGE FEBRUARY 2012</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #339966; text-decoration: underline;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">‘WALK FOR WATER’</span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Zoe Nicholson & Chris Aldridge from The Body Shop Legal Department are taking the plunge and walking to raise money to help provide access to clean water for various global water charities Access to clean water is a basic human right.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="color: #339966;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">ONE CHILD DIES EVERY 20 SECONDS FROM DIARRHOEA CAUSED BY UNCLEAN WATER & SANITATION </span></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">“We have taken on the unusual challenge put to us by The Body Shop Foundation (TBSF) to trek over 100km through the Sahara Desert over five days in order to raise vital funds for TBSF. TBSF will allocate the monies raised to small, worthwhile and vital water charities around the world.<strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></strong></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">As we will be trekking in intense heat without any mobile phone contact, access to flushing toilets, make up, shampoo and only a bowl to wash in daily, we can assure you we will both find this venture particularly challenging! </span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Please dig deep and sponsor us for this hugely worthwhile cause. Our joint target is £5,000.</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Many thanks</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Zoe & Chris”</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><a href="http://www.justgiving.com/TheBodyShopLegalTeam"><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: #800080; font-size: small;">www.justgiving.com/TheBodyShopLegalTeam</span></a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The Body Shop Foundation (TBSF) is The Body Shop International Plc’s charitable trust which supports innovative projects across the world working for social & environmental change.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">TBSF is funded by an annual donation from the company and through various fundraising initiatives.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Approximately 65% of the grants that they fund come from nominations from the staff, consultants or franchisees attached to the company – from all over the world.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The remaining projects they fund are researched by their own trustees and grants department.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">To date, they’ve funded over 2,500 global projects to the tune of £18.3 million.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">They’ve supported a wide variety of projects since they began in 1989, but have always stayed true to three main areas, namely:</span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Environmental Protection </span></li>
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