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Through this page you can donate for the following activities (just put the name of the person/activity you are donating for in the 'comments' section):

*Mamma Mia Sing-along evening.

*Stuart's back and chest wax on Saturday 9th May 2009 - 2.30pm at Lyndhurst Fire Station - please come along and watch!!!!!! Michelle (the sugarer) will have Virgin Vie make-up and bits out so bring some cash for some pressies!

*Michelle and Goerge's 10km run on Sunday 10th May . Laurence and Tom will also be running.

*Clive and Pauls 10 mile run around the New Forest.

All monies raised go towards Laura's mission trip to Zambia. Here is some info on what the trip entails:

As a result of HIV/AIDS and the economic situation there are many orphans and children at risk, without family provision of food, shelter, health care or education. It is these most vulnerable that we are seeking to help. We are planning to work with the Evangelical Church in Zambia (ECZ) one of the three mainstream Christian churches in Zambia, to help improve the facilities at a school they are running for kids from the shanty town of Kaunda Square. They have been running the school for almost 8 years now. The school is operating in a converted residential house, squeezing in over 100 pupils. Last year the council temporarily closed the school because they were not happy with the size of the school buildings, lack of space and poor facilities. The children had nowhere else to go to school and it was re-opened, but they have been unable to enroll any more orphans or other vulnerable children, because of the lack of space and facilities. We plan to build one or two more classrooms, toilets and improve the school to accommodate more children from the shanty community it serves. We will help with lifting and carrying materials, wheel barrowing, bricklaying, sawing, nailing, painting, cleaning and clearing up behind the professional builders we will be working alongside. Some volunteers, of course, may prefer to play with the children who will gather round as soon as we arrive and love us to play music and games and have fun with them.

We will also work with ECZ and other Christian partners on a number of holistic projects. These will include programmes to help vulnerable people and children at risk, clinics providing medical care, food for those living in slums, health education teaching basic hygiene and health care. We will visit a “child dump centre” where babies and young children who have no one to look after them are literally “dumped”.

So please sponsor me now!