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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</span><span style="color: black;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">In September 2011, I am participating in a trek to visit and raise badly-needed funds for four projects in </span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">South Africa</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">'s </span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">Eastern Cape</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">: </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 120pt 0pt 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">The four projects I will visit are:</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 120pt 0pt 0cm;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Vukani Old Age Centre</span></span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"> was opened in 1996 in an endeavour ‘to combat poverty, malnutrition and loneliness among the aged’.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 120pt 0pt 0cm;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bethany Place of Safety </span></span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">looks after 60 young children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The objective is to have all children fostered or adopted. </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 120pt 0pt 0cm;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Blythswood Institution </span></span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">is a secondary school founded in 1877.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>ACTSA has given regular support and recently there has been a major upgrade of the buildings by the Provincial Government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 120pt 0pt 0cm;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Masimanyane Women’s Support Centre </span></span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">was established in1996 to offer counselling and support to women who are victims of rape and domestic violence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>It now has an outreach and support programme across the </span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">Eastern Cape</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">. More information at <a href="http://www.masimanyane.org.sa/"><span style="color: #0000ff;">www.masimanyane.org.sa</span></a></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 120pt 0pt 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 120pt 0pt 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">In particular, I want to understand the challenges they face and the legacy of apartheid.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 120pt 0pt 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">By the way, ACTSA, Action for </span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">Southern Africa</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">, is a 'not for profit' organisation and cannot collect Gift Aid. So please click on 'I am not a UK taxpayer.'</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 34.1pt 0pt 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 34.1pt 0pt 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 34.1pt 0pt 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">So please dig deep and donate now.</span></span></p>
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