Raised: 57%
Target: £1,500.00
Raised so far: £850.00
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Hi all,

As some of you may remember, Tracy volunteered in Malawi 3 years ago for Ripple Africa, helping with the sixth year class at the elementary school in a village called Mwaya. Ripple Africa have projects across Malawi, but several projects focus on small villages on Lake Malawi. As with most charitable organizations, Ripple have been badly affected by the global economy and many projects have slowed due to lack of funds.

Primary school and middle school (age 5 - 14 years) is free in Malawi, but secondary school (high school) is not, and the annual cost of a private secondary school is out of reach for most families in Malawi. Ripple has a program to sponsor the top students in each class, but have gone beyond this to build a new secondary school to serve the area around Mwaya and Matete. Previously, students had to walk at least 12km EACH WAY to the closest secondary school.

You can read more about Ripple Africa, the new secondary school, and other projects at:

http://www.rippleafrica.org/ripple_funding_secschool.htm

http://www.rippleafrica.org/ripple_charity_story.htm

As we are both very lucky to be traveling around the world, we keep being reminded how fortunate we are, as many of the countries we will travel through have similar educational problems. 

As Tracy has seen in person how much the kids in Mwaya and Matete want to learn, we wanted to help fund the new secondary school. We decided to do the 4 day trek on the Inca Trail in Peru at the end of October to raise money for Ripple Africa. We are paying all of our costs, so that all donations go straight to the project.

Donating through JustGiving is fast and totally secure, and they won't sell your details or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. 

A big thank you in advance for your donations, and please email us if you'd like to know more about Ripple Africa or have any questions.

Tracy & Ben


Tracy and Ben, We had a great time exploring the Galapagos Islands with you. Hope you continue to have great travel adventures. Donation by Bryna and Howard from Toronto 24/11/09  

£50.00

Good luck, Tracy and Bwn. What a great cause. Education is the key! Donation by Jane Kramer 19/11/09  

£25.00

Hey guys well done & hope you are having a blast on your travels! Lolly x Donation by Lolly Tondani 13/11/09  

£20.00

Hey Tracy, Hey Ben, Congratulations on making it!! Sound's amazing!!! Love ya loadz Toby Kate & Shannon xXXx Donation by Toby Boswell 02/11/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good luck or probably well done by now! Donation by Shane Quilter 02/11/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good luck and enjoy the hike Donation by Troy Alexander 30/10/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Great effort guys for an amazing cause. I'm sure it will be tough work but an amazing experience, all the best, Donation by Clare & Rob 26/10/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good luck! Donation by Christine Shaaban 25/10/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Tracy and Ben, we are proud of you for doing this! We hope it goes well. Donation by Carolyn Baldwin 25/10/09  

£100.00

Enjoy! Donation by JoAnn & Kevin Mirise 21/10/09  

£100.00

Ah! we see you're FINALLY doing some work! Dont make friends with the locals - you dont know what they'll do to you! Take care and ENJOY x x Donation by Christy & Dan Boswell 21/10/09  

£40.00 + £11.28 Gift Aid

Good Luck and enjoy the experience! Donation by Graham and Prue X 19/10/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Good luck guys!! Donation by Ursula Hawe 19/10/09  

£50.00

Ben, remember, you're not working hard enough if you don't throw up from exhaustion. Rob Donation by Rob Barton 19/10/09  

£30.00

Good luck Ben and Tracy, look forward to hearing all about the hike Donation by Penny Mann 18/10/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Donation by Tracy Baldwin 18/10/09  

£100.00

Come on People, this is a great cause and a tough hike to complete. Help us hit our target for Ripple Africa. Cheers Ben Donation by Ben Boswell 18/10/09  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

Good luck! Have a great time and I can't wait to hear all about it. Donation by Gemma White-Jones 06/10/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Good luck guys, you look like you are having a fantastic time! Donation by Gary Newe 25/09/09  

£50.00
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* Total raised online: £850.00
  Offline donations: £0.00
  Gift Aid plus supplement: £91.67

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