Noam Harris is fundraising for Link Community Development

Noam Harris's Fundraising Page

Link Community Development - Morocco/Prague Hitch 2009

on 30/04/2009

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Raising money for

Link Community Development

Charity Registration No. 1048007, Scotland SC037959

LCD believes all children have the right to a good quality education. The charity works with schools and their communities in the most impoverished areas of Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, South Africa and Uganda. By sharing and developing skills its work is bringing about some remarkable, long-lasting changes in education, helping over a million children to have a better start in life.

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Noam Harris

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Raised: 281%

Target: £500.00
Raised so far: £1,405.00

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My story

Thank you for visiting my webpage -- this page is to help me fundraise for a charity hitchhike to Morocco, which I and my friend Suhailah (http://www.justgiving.com/suhailahmohamed) will be doing this coming Easter/Pesach holidays.

I am raising money for a charity called Link Community Development which aims to improve educational opportunities in several sub-Saharan African countries. In places like Ghana, Malawi, Ethiopia, Uganda and South Africa, Link Community Development works with local authorities to build schools, buy materials, and train teachers.

Schools are often underdeveloped and teachers under-trained. Some schools have no desks, many do not have enough textbooks for all the students. In many of the countries that your money will go to, HIV/AIDS is a big problem, and one that can be combated through education. In the above countries , four million children have been orphaned as a result of this disease.

Your money can help fight these problems and improve the opportunities of those living in one of the poorest parts of the world.

If you chose to sponsor me your money may be used for these things:

* £10 will buy ten reading books.
* £20 will pay for a teacher to attend an HIV/AIDs training session.
* £30 will fund literacy training for one teacher.
* £45 will pay for one teacher to receive eight days of training with LCD staff.

The Morocco Hitch and Prague Hitch are LCD's biggest source of funding, raising over £350,000 a year. For more information about Link Community Development see www.lcd.org.uk

How will the hitch work?

The hitch starts from Dover and ends as soon as Suhailah and I set foot in Morocco. The hitch can take as long as two weeks, or it can all be over in 36 hours (the current record), though the average duration is six days.

If you are sponsoring me and want to know how I am doing you will be able to track me on this site: http://hitch.lcd.org.uk/hts/

And....

Donating through Justgiving is quick, easy and totally secure. It’s also the most efficient way to sponsor me: Link Community Development gets your money faster and, if you’re a UK taxpayer, Justgiving makes sure 25% in Gift Aid, plus a 3% supplement, are added to your donation. However, N.B. if you are related to me, you can NOT claim Gift Aid.

Please sponsor me now!

Thank you for reading this page, and thank you very much for sponsoring me!

Noam

	Donation by Sharon Hassan 29/05/09	£20.00
	Well done! Donation by Louise and Jeremy Sanders 04/05/09	£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid
	Well done !!!!! Congratulations from two of your biggest fans. Donation by Anonymous 27/04/09	£75.00
	Nice round number now :) Donation by Ryan Chapman 18/04/09	£9.00
	Be careful out there, and well done, you! Donation by Orna Meir-Stacey 16/04/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Pesach Sameah from NYC! Donation by Diana Lipton 08/04/09	£180.00 + £50.77 Gift Aid
	have just been tracking your progress, and its great what you both are doing Donation by Mary Ann 07/04/09	£30.00
	Well done and good skill Donation by Anonymous 03/04/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Donation by Nariman 31/03/09	£5.00
	It's a really admirable thing that you're doing. Good luck. Donation by Louise Robertson 30/03/09	£30.00
	I wish you well. Donation by Mrs Gee 30/03/09	£10.00
	Good luck to both of you, enjoy xxx Donation by Montine 26/03/09	£10.00
	Good luck! Be safe! x Donation by Harriet 23/03/09	£5.00
	Good luck Noam and take care! Donation by Paul and Jaana Lehner and family 20/03/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	What a great objective. Good luck to both of you. Donation by Mike & Viv Brown 19/03/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Go Noam, Go! Donation by Edie Eligator & Family 13/03/09	£50.00
	And a hey and a ho and off you go-good luck Donation by Shosh squires 13/03/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	Well done and good luck! Donation by Mike and Anna 12/03/09	£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
	Good on yer, mate. Enjoy! Donation by Sheila Levy 20/02/09	£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
	What a wonderful thing to do, Noam - we wish you both all good fortune for your adventure. Donation by Melissa Lane & Andrew Lovett 16/02/09	£36.00 + £10.15 Gift Aid
	Good luck! Donation by Laurie & Kris Coppersmith 12/02/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	'Mazal tov Noam, with love from Carrie in Ghana. Donation by Carrie Supple 12/02/09	£25.00
	Good luck Noam.I wish you every success Donation by Peter Wing 12/02/09	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	Wishing you well on your hitch Donation by The Cebon Family 11/02/09	£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid
	Very best wishes Donation by East Training & Consultancy Ltd 09/02/09	£50.00
	Good luck Noam. Have a great trip. Donation by Marian and Dick Smith 08/02/09	£20.00
	See 'It Happened One Night' for Clark Gable's hitchhiking tips! Donation by Shoshana Goldhill 06/02/09	£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
	good luck, and take care Donation by mari anne k. karpas 06/02/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	good luck and mazal tov Donation by Ed and Trish Kessler 06/02/09	£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid
	A brilliant idea! Good luck to you both! Donation by JSH & JMH 28/01/09	£50.00

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* Total raised online:	£1,405.00
Offline donations:	£0.00
Gift Aid plus supplement:	£232.97

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