Jina Kwon is fundraising for CAMFED

Help Me Summit Mt. Kilimanjaro!

Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro

on 31/08/2008

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Raising money for

CAMFED

Charity Registration No. 1029161

Educating girls and women is widely recognised as the single most powerful weapon in the fight against poverty and HIV/AIDS in Africa. Since 1993, the Campaign for Female Education (Camfed) has been supporting girls through school in some of the poorest rural areas of Zimbabwe, Zambia, Ghana, Tanzania and Malawi. More than 645,400 children have benefitted from Camfed's programme of educational support, helping them to leave behind a life of poverty. Find out more about Camfed's work at www.camfed.org.

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Jina Kwon

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Raised: 107%

Target: £2,500.00
Raised so far: £2,681.00

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US taxpayers go here: http://www.firstgiving.com/jinakwon

As I climb Mt. Kilimanjaro 31 August - 05 September I would like to raise money for CAMFED, an international aid organization that promotes education for African girls. The trip itself is entirely self-financed, and 100% of your donations will go directly to CAMFED. If you are a US taxpayer, you can donate in USD through my Firstgiving page.

Although not a technical climb the last day of the climb, when I summit, will prove to be a difficult challenge with altitude induced vomiting and headaches while drudging along an 6-8 hour exhausting ascent, followed by a 2 hour final leg, all done in the middle of the night. I need images of your lovely faces and your song suggestions to sing in my head as I toil to the top.

What can your donation do?
£400 provides 2 years of primary, 4 years of secondary education and a business startup grant

£100 provides 4 years of primary education for a girl in Africa

£75 provides a year of secondary education for a girl in Africa

£50 provides business training and a start-up grant for a school leaver

£25 provides a year of primary education for a girl in Africa

What is CAMFED?
CAMFED fights poverty and HIV/AIDS in rural Africa by educating girls and investing in their economic independence and leadership once they complete school.

Why CAMFED?
Educating girls yields a higher rate of return than almost any other investment in developing societies. It directly affects two of the eight UN Millennium Development Goals (achieve universal primary education; and promote gender equality and empower women) and positively affects the other six. Educating girls reduces rural poverty, improves maternal health and lowers incidences of HIV/AIDS. Educating girls in Africa is a long term investment in helping rural communities in Africa as well as in helping empower young women. _____________________________________________

Donating through Justgiving is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to make a contribution to our fundraising efforts for CAMFED. If you are a UK tax payer the UK government add an additional 28% to your donation through Gift Aid. Justgiving then deducts a processing fee, a credit card transaction fee and VAT. In the end if one donates £100 CAMFED receives £119.30.

A donation of any amount will help, but please try to give as generously as possible.

Many thanks for supporting CAMFED and my climb!

-Jina

	terribly delayed Jina - super work - and a great charity to support. Pip Donation by Pip Martin 02/10/08	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Great stuff. I hope you had a triumphant finish! Donation by J Cho 05/09/08	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	well done Jina. keep putting one leg in front of the other! Donation by Kate Kassar 02/09/08	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	You're terrific - mad - but terrific! Donation by rona fairhead 01/09/08	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Is the altitude induced vomiting compulsory? :D Donation by stevep 29/08/08	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Go JK Donation by Caspar 28/08/08	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	next year we wax Tomas back Donation by enrique becerra 28/08/08	£25.00
	Donation by Tom Coughlan 26/08/08	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Donation by Caleb 18/08/08	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Great cause!!! Don't forget to enjoy the experience Donation by Florian 18/08/08	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Don't forget to enjoy the view! Donation by Sandy Ko 17/08/08	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	it'sa long way! Donation by Gawn 13/08/08	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Donation by Anon 13/08/08	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	great cause Donation by Ross Yeo 13/08/08	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	We wish you every success! Donation by Ruscombe Printing 13/08/08	£130.00
	Wonderful cause! Good luck Donation by Mintoi 13/08/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	good luck Donation by Elias Latsis 13/08/08	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Africa gets into your bones. You'll love it. Donation by Zubeir (Kinexus) 13/08/08	£101.00 + £28.49 Gift Aid
	Good luck!!!! Donation by Marie Le Page 13/08/08	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	You rock gal! Donation by Judith Sullivan 13/08/08	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Good luck Jina - watch out for altitude sickness! Donation by Ben Johnson 13/08/08	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	Great cause, go for it. Donation by Natasha Brooks 13/08/08	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	be careful with the lions Donation by Tomas Hernanz 08/08/08	£250.00 + £70.51 Gift Aid

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* Total raised online:	£1,081.00
Offline donations:	£1,600.00
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£261.18

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