GDS Project Africa Fundraising Page
Page creator: ben haynes
Page closes: 17th Apr 2009
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Quest4Change is the Quest Charitable Trust, which supports grassroots community and conservation projects worldwide. The main objectives of the charity are to; * Relieve financial hardship and poverty in disadvantaged groups * Provide support and education for disadvantaged young people * Protect and conserve endangered species and habitats through research and education. None of this work can be done without help from you
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Fundraising target:  £18,000.00
Donations to date:  £ 7,829.93
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Welcome to the online fundraising page for GDS Project Africa. Twelve members of GDS staff are travelling to Malawi in east Africa during June 2008 working in partnership with Quest4Change to build a medical centre with the local community. This page is a way of donating to all of those individuals who are currently embarking on a whole range of activities from washing cars, making cakes, running races, playing cricket matches and maybe even prancing about in in grass skirts at a Robbie Williams tribute night (emphasis on the maybe!)   And Why?

- 75% of the population in Malawi live in rural areas and of these only 29% of the population have access to health services

- Life expectancy in 1995 was 45. It has now fallen to 37

- Infant mortality is the 15th highest in the world - 183 children under five in every 1000 will die

- In Malawi an estimated 400,000 children have been orphaned

What are we going to do?

- Working with the Joshua Orphan Care Trust based just outside of Blantyre in the South of Malawi the team will be working alongside villagers to construct a new medical centre. Health workers provided by the District Health Office will then be able to visit and provide regular healthcare for over 1,000 local people in the Pen Sulo district.

Introducing the GDS Project Africa team

Ben Haynes, Adam Lawson, Joe Smith, Nic Lawrence, Johnny Staniforth, Ray Mitchell, Neil Ochalek, Paul Harris, Paul Kerry, Lesley Furmage, Andrew Coxon, Graeme Mundie 
Display Name Date Amount Tax Bonus  Comment
Neil Williamson 01/08/2008 £50.00 £14.10 Glad you enjoyed the experience so much - a chance to make a real difference. 
Eleanor Sansom 20/06/2008 £50.00 £14.10 I'm glad you enjoyed Malawi. You deserve this for all your hard work 
Julie Johnston 13/06/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Good luck to everyone, a great cause 
Gill Taggart 23/05/2008 £50.00 £14.10 All the best. I'm sure your hard work will make an enormous lasting difference.  
Margo McDowell 23/05/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Great cause Joe - good luck! 
Jill Dodds 19/05/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Good luck 
Adrian Good 19/05/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Good luck everyone 
Liz Stirrat 16/05/2008 £10.00 £2.82  
Lindsay Udall 13/05/2008 £20.00 £5.64 £10 from my sis and £10 from a friend. Thank you Joanne and Carmel for your donation 
Kevin McKeeman 08/05/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Don't forget your sunblock. 
Lynda Drummond 06/05/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Good luck Lesley. About time you did some hard work! Not sure how you will cope without alcohol for a few weeks!  
Pamela Anderson 06/05/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Great cause.. good luck with it and hope you all enjoy it. Joe, hope you cope without the luxuries of home life..are you allowed to take wine? 
Catherine Marshall 29/04/2008 £5.00 £1.41 Go work your magic Joe and have a fab time doing it! 
Susan O'Brien 28/04/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Good Luck Lesley - look forward to hearing all about your experience - enjoy! 
Tom Haynes 28/04/2008 £30.00 £8.46 Good Luck Ben And all! such a worth while cause. 
Ann Gilmour 28/04/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Good Luck - great effort for a worthwhile cause 
Jamie Fairclough 28/04/2008 £20.00 £5.64  
Anne-Marie Campbell 23/04/2008 £50.00 £14.10 Lesley , my turn to help you now, enjoy the experience, well done and good luck. 
Andrew Job 23/04/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Heat, humidity, inscects! I do envy you contributing to such a good cause 
Adelle Crow 23/04/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Good Luck guys!! Well done for volunteering to help such a worthy cause. 
Lindsay Currie 22/04/2008 £10.00 £2.82 good luck to you all  
Scott Drummond 22/04/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Good luck - hope everything goes well. 
Kirsty Davie 21/04/2008 £10.00 £2.82 All the best - I think this is a fantastic project 
Nick Burgess 21/04/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Good luck and enjoy the experience. 
Jan Jeffrey 21/04/2008 £25.00 £7.05 Best of luck - hope it all goes well 
Larry Monaghan 21/04/2008 £25.00 n/a Go n-eiri leat (a brummie's tame attempt at Irish) 
Jayne Anderson 21/04/2008 £10.00 £2.82 All the best for your fundraising and good luck for the trip!  
Helen Cavanagh 21/04/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Good luck with your challenge. Hope you enjoy the experience. It is something I would like to do. 
Jimbob Burbridge 21/04/2008 £10.00 £2.82 GO FOR IT !!! Good Luck Joe!  
Nicola Hume 21/04/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Good Luck 
Elaine Powrie 21/04/2008 £20.00 £5.64 Really worthwhile cause, hope everything goes well. 
Malcolm Walker 20/04/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Good Luck to you all. 
Linda McMaster 18/04/2008 £10.00 £2.82 good luck  
Tony Martin 18/04/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Best of luck to you all, great cause. 
Colin Morrison 18/04/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Good luck to you all. 
Janet Morson 18/04/2008 £20.00 £5.64 My daughtr went to Botswana in 05 and my son is going to Tanzania in Jun 08. The experience will be life changing and humbling for you. Enjoy! 
Sandra Fernie 18/04/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Best of luck. 
Calum Gow 18/04/2008 £10.00 £2.82 Sounds like a lot of hard work - a great cause and good on you for taking on the challenge 
Jill Bentley 17/04/2008 £10.00 £2.82  
Lindsay Udall 17/04/2008 £10.00 £2.82 I feel that when we have collegues willing to go to Malawi and take part in such an activity they require all the support they can get. My Pledge 
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*Total donated online: £685.00
Amount raised offline: £7,144.93
Gift Aid plus supplement: £186.15
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