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Hello and welcome to my Just-giving page
As many of you know I have recently accepted a place on VSO’s Youth for Development (YfD) Programme. This involves me being sent to a developing country for one year to work on an international development project.
VSO have been told that I will carry out my placement in The Gambia, West Africa: I will work for a small Non-Government Organisation called ADWAC (Agency for the Development of Women and Children). As you can imagine I am a little daunted, but very excited about the prospect of this. I will be helping out with the monitoring and evaluation of the projects that aim to improve rural living conditions of women and children in the area. I will be based in the Northern Province of Kerewan.
VSO request that I raise £900 before I go. Therefore, myself and my good friend (and fellow VSOer) Jo Kidd, are organising a sponsored walk from Arundel to Brighton on 21st and 22nd of July. This is a gruelling and treacherous ordeal that involves a 30 mile, two day hike over rugged terrain, camping for one night wherever we find ourselves: we have had to enlist a team of experts to guide us through this perilous journey!
So, we have a good cause, a perilous walk, and me out of the country for a year. All excellent reasons to sponsor me so please give generously.
Many thanks,
Sam