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<p><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">If you can make it along to our fundraiser 'The Forgotten Children' a photographic exhibition on Friday 10th February at Central School of Speech and Drama in Room X, we look forward to seeing you there from 6.30pm. Photographs on display are from 25 disposable cameras which were distributed to a number of children on the Saharawi Refugee Camps, come and view the world through their eyes whilst listening to some great acoustic music.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><br> If you can't make it please feel free to donate here. Every penny raised will go towards the project, we need to hire local Saharawi translators and drivers.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">The Saharawi Refugees are the forgotten people of the Western Sahara who have been living in exile in the harsh Algerian desert since 1975. For more information about the Saharawi plight please watch the attached video of our theatre project and check out Sandblasts website.</span></p>
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