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Life Through The Lens - Participatory Photography Project

Lucy Millson-Watkins is raising money for Basti Ram
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on 13 April 2011

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Basti Ram is a charity that works to help underprivileged communities in India. We run education & health projects which give street children, disabled children, primary school children and orphans opportunities to take part, learn new skills, build confidence & to realise their own potential.

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<p style="margin-left: 12pt; margin-right: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">Huge THANKS for visiting my JustGiving page!</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 12pt; margin-right: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 12pt; margin-right: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;">I am raising money for a participatory photography project that will take place in Rajasthan, India this summer with charity Basti Ram.</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 12pt; margin-right: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 12pt; margin-right: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Basti Ram help rural communities in India who live in poverty to increase their life chances by running projects that are designed to give access to education, learning and skills. </span></p> <p style="margin-left: 12pt; margin-right: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin-left: 12pt; margin-right: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;">The project - <em>Life Through The Lens</em>, will work with young people aged 15-18 from a school and orphanage in the areas surrounding Udaipur in Rajasthan. The aim of the project is to use photography as a tool through which the young people are given a fair chance at presenting their lives and communities in a truthful and positive way.</span></p> <p class="listparagraph0" style="margin: 0cm 12pt 0pt;">&nbsp;</p> <p class="listparagraph0" style="margin: 0cm 12pt 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;">I will be volunteering to teach photography and English, the money raised will make this project possible. </span></p> <p class="listparagraph0" style="margin: 0cm 12pt 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="listparagraph0" style="margin: 0cm 12pt 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;">I will strive to send updates from India and invites to attend an exhibition of the project back in the UK for kind donators.</span></p> <p class="listparagraph0" style="margin: 0cm 12pt 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="listparagraph0" style="margin: 0cm 12pt 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt;">Thanks again x<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

Donation summary

Total
£850.50
Online
£475.00
Offline
£375.50

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