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<p><span style="color: #800000;"><span style="color: #800080; font-size: x-small;">Thank you for visiting our fund-raising page.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #800080; font-size: x-small;">Natalie, Irene, June and Maria are preparing to do the women's 10K in Glasgow on Sunday the 8<span id="misspell-1" class="mark">th</span> May 2011. </span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #800080;">We are raising money for a third year for the <em>Let Us Shine</em> Charity (</span></span><a href="http://www.letusshine.org/">www.letusshine.org</a><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #800080;">). <br /></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #800080;">Over the past two years we managed to raise £1000 which went towards supplying classroom materials and textbooks for the girls and building two new classrooms. This year all the money raised will be used to finish building a 6<span id="misspell-2" class="mark">th</span> classroom and accommodation block for the new girls who started in Sept 2010.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #800080;">The Let Us Shine charity's founder and director is Fiona <span id="misspell-4" class="mark">Marra</span>, a pharmacist from Glasgow. Her passion for universal education for all and the desire to see children reach their potential, formulated the structure and driving force behind the projects now carried out by Let Us Shine. Her commitment to the charity means that no one in the UK receives a salary, all money raised is invested into the projects in Ghana.</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #800080; font-size: x-small;">Let Us Shine opened its first project in Ghana with the Let Us Shine <span id="misspell-5" class="mark">Kpandai</span> Girls school. <span id="misspell-6" class="mark">Kpandai</span> (pronounced <span id="misspell-7" class="mark">Pand</span>-eye) is a small town situated in the very poor Northern Region of Ghana. Children begin farming from the age of 3 and less than ten percent of children in this area make it to high school. Class sizes in schools that do exist exceed 120 and often seventy percent are male. The government do supplement early education but it is not enough for most families with an average of seven children per family some with some children with as many as 12-13 siblings.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><span style="color: #800080; font-size: x-small;">Natalie <span id="misspell-8" class="mark">voluteered</span> at the Let Us Shine school last year (see Natalie's blog http://nataliesinclair.blogspot.com ) and will be going back out again this year in Oct/Nov. As ever, all the money raised on this page will go directly to the school in Ghana and is not to fund Natalie's trip.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><span style="color: #800080; font-size: x-small;">Donating through <span id="misspell-9" class="mark">Justgiving</span> is quick, easy and totally secure. It’s also the most efficient way to sponsor us. </span><span style="color: #800080; font-size: x-small;">Let Us Shine gets your money faster and, if you’re a UK taxpayer, <span id="misspell-10" class="mark">Justgiving</span> makes sure 25% in Gift Aid, plus a 3% supplement, are added to your donation.<br /><br />Please sponsor us.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><span style="color: #800080; font-size: x-small;">Thank you,</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"><span style="color: #800080; font-size: x-small;">Natalie, Irene, June and Maria.</span></span></p>