Meera Shah is fundraising for ActionAid

East Africa Drought Appeal

Photos (1)

oh wow, you need to have Flash player installed and javascript enabled

Raising money for

ActionAid

Charity Registration No. 274467

We’re ActionAid. We’re people who are dedicated to ending the extreme poverty that kills 28 children every minute of every day. We’re a charity and much more. We’re a partnership between people in poor countries and people in rich countries – all working together to end poverty for good. ActionAid is a unique partnership of people who are fighting for a better world - a world without poverty. As one of the UK's largest development agencies, we work in more than 50 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, listening to, learning from and working in partnership with over 19 million of the world's poorest people.

Page owner

Meera Shah

Page closes

01/03/2007

RSS

Raised: 77%

Target: £20,000.00
Raised so far: £15,434.00

Donate now

My story

Although my task is over, the crisis continues and children are still dying....please continue to give generously. The page is still accepting donations and keep an eye out or contact me for updates and more fundraising initiatives. Thank you on behalf of the forgotten ones...

Millions of people are across East Africa are facing starvation. Nearly 11m people in the Horn of Africa are affected by the drought, over 1.5 million of them are children under the age of five (UNICEF). Malnourished children are especially vulnerable to diseases such as Malaria. Women and children have been driven into prostitution in a desperate bid to keep their families alive.

Time & time again their plight has been overshadowed by emergencies around the world, and it has reached a stage where the casualties will outnumber any other recent crisis. The difference is we have a chance to stop this from happening.

I have launched a humble campaign to try and do whatever little I can to help those who are suffering…

From the 1^st to the 31^st of March 2006 I will be living on only 50p worth of nutrition a day. I hope to try and raise as much money as possible to support the ongoing relief effort.

Please help the suffering people of East Africa by supporting my campaign. You can either sponsor me a certain amount for every day I complete or you can donate as much as you like. Every penny counts!

ActionAid is already responding to the crisis in the region, with targeted food aid, water and diesel to support a water pump. £50 will buy four and a half 90kg bags of maize and feed 56 families for three days. For more details of their relief efforts please visit http://www.actionaid.org.uk/100297/east_africa_food_crisis.html

Time is running out for these people, they need your help and they need it fast. You can help prevent a human catastrophe!

If you have any alternative ways to donate, questions or comments, or if you would like to join me in my campaign, please email me on funds4africa@gmail.com

Thank you.

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

	Read about you in Actionaid newsletter. Fantastic! Donation by Anon 16/06/06	£5.00
	Donation by Anon 22/05/06	£120.00
	Donation by rania khan 22/05/06	£10.00
	May Allah S.W.T reward you abundatley - Ameen Donation by anon 04/05/06	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Donation by Anonymous 03/05/06	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Donation by Anonymous 30/04/06	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	May Allah bless you :-) Donation by Seeker Seeking 24/04/06	£25.00
	la hawla walaku wata illa billa hil aleeul azim Donation by najmul miah 16/04/06	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	ALHUMDULILAH YOU'RE CLOSE TO REACHING THE TARGET Donation by your sis 13/04/06	£40.00 + £11.28 Gift Aid
	for the prayers for forgivess book and a little more. Keep up the good work! Donation by Tasneem Choudhury 11/04/06	£5.00
	Every penny counts for a good deed!!!! Donation by Noreen 11/04/06	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Donation by For books 11/04/06	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	give, give and give Donation by Student 10/04/06	£10.00
	Donation by Dave 07/04/06	£20.00
	May we unite & contribute towards relieving all those in desperate need. Donation by Michael Bacchus 07/04/06	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Has this finally gone through?!?!?! Donation by Gareth 07/04/06	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	May Allah Az-Wajal accept this act of charity from all of us. Ameen. Donation by Your Sister In Islam 07/04/06	£100.00
	Donation by Greg Tucker 06/04/06	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Donation by Kelly 05/04/06	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Donation by Aisha Abbasi 05/04/06	£40.00
	mashallah well done aisha - inshallah in jannah you will recieve your reward multiplied... Donation by Ayazee 03/04/06	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Well done Sister Meera! Keep up the good work! Donation by War On Terror 02/04/06	£200.00 + £56.41 Gift Aid
	You are an inspiration Mahnaz! Donation by Rubina 02/04/06	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Donation by Bks 02/04/06	£150.00 + £42.31 Gift Aid
	A very Christian thing to do. May God and Jesus bless you. Donation by Sean O'Farrell 02/04/06	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Donation by Saadia 02/04/06	£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid
	Donation by anonymous 02/04/06	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Donation by Anon 01/04/06	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	May Allah bless you all! Donation by Anounymous 31/03/06	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Jzk Allah Khairan Sis - May Allah accept all our good deeds,Ameen.Alhamdulillah Keep up the hard wrk Donation by For books 31/03/06	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Donate now

* Total raised online:	£15,434.00
Offline donations:	£0.00
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£3,323.69

* Charities pay a small fee for our service.
Find out how much it is and what we do for it.