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Jeff and I are passionate about food - The making of it, The eating of it and The sharing of it. We are lucky enough to have enough of it. More than enough of it. Food for ourselves, food for our children, food for our pets, food for when friends come over. 

We are moved by the the fact that some never get enough. We are moved by the fact that over the last 3 months 30,000 children in East Africa have died due to lack of food. A further 750,000 people are at risk of starvation over the next few months.

In a bid to make maybe just a small difference we have decided to go without the food we love (oh, and the wine) for 7 days. From the 1st through the 7th of November we shall survive on a bowl of rice, each, a day. And water. And a multivitamin. We will be giving our grocery money to help out in East Africa.

About half of the population of the world live on a bowl of rice a day. Maybe, while raising money for the famine in Africa, we will also be able to catch a glimpse of what it feels like to live on so little. Except of course, we won't... because we will be providing our children with good, healthy and sustaining meals, because we will be warm with our insulated home and cozy clothes and central heating, because we will have access to clean water, because we will have the knowledge that someday very soon we will eat until satisfied.

Please join us in helping to help families survive this awful famine. Please donate!

Thank you,

Christine & Jeff xx

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Raising money for: Horn of Africa Famine Relief

11 million lives are at risk due to the worst drought to hit the Horn of Africa in 60 years. Relief International's team is providing food and nutritional supplements to needy families and malnourished children.

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Donation by church and college donations on 15/12/11

£27.00

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Donation by Mam and Dad on 15/12/11

£5.00

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Well done guys! I hope your digestive systems recover in time for a few Christmas mince pies!!

Donation by Laura Anne Mackay on 10/11/11

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

Donation by our grocery bill on 07/11/11

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

A random look at your Tumblr Blog led me to want to help out. I had rice today, myself. Keep doing good!

Donation by Stephen Aldrich on 05/11/11

£10.00

Well done you guys! The end is in sight :)

Donation by Lorna Sherwood on 04/11/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Well done Chris & Jeff. I read your plea as I sit feeling guilty at all the sugar I've had today. I'm diabetic. Good luck getting through the week!

Donation by cams-not-in-lux on 03/11/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Go guys :))

Donation by Steve & Gill Houghton on 03/11/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

I feel so bad drinking tea in the same office as Jeff, I had to donate. :)

Donation by Kristian Ponsford on 03/11/11

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

Awesome idea and all the best in reaching your target.

Donation by Pewari on 02/11/11

£10.00

You are awesome~

Donation by Lynn Koenig on 02/11/11

£20.00

Sending good vibes to you both, thank you for making me think - and for making the world a better place. xo

Donation by ralph nardell on 01/11/11

£50.00

Good luck from Germany!

Donation by Wolfgang Schweizer on 18/10/11

Good on you both! Hope it goes well!! Caroline & Tom :) xx

Donation by Tom Gravett on 17/10/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Good luck guys!

Donation by Lee Houghton on 17/10/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

good luck to you both, it's a difficult thing to do and I hope you raise lots of money succeeding in it.

Donation by Alison Lea-Wilson on 17/10/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Good luck to the pair of you. I know I could not do it. x

Donation by michelle beddoe on 17/10/11

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

Donation summary

  • * Online donations$449.00
  • Offline donations$0.00
  • Text donations$0.00
  • Total raised$43,037.28
  • Gift Aid$62.36

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