Thank you lovely folk for visiting my Justgiving page!

So I am off to Ecuador for a year in 2014 to volunteer with CMAP in partnership with Ecuadorian ONG Juconi.  I will be running art workshops for kids in Guayacil who are at risk or have been street workers.  The aim of Juconi is to eradicate child labour and my workshops will be therapeutically tailored with the aim of building self-esteem, exploring self-expression and igniting or developing the kids´creative talents.  Have a look at the photo gallery here for some images of work created by girls I´ve worked with recently.

In order to commit to the project full time I need to raise £4500 for the charity ICYE to cover my basic costs for the 12 months.  So any donations will be massively appreciated!

As it happens I am also turning 30 this summer on 15th July, so as an alternative to buying me a gift, here is a ´virtual wish list´! (I don´t mean to be cheeky, but I know some of us have the habit of buying one another presents, so perhaps those of you who were considering it could offer a wee donation instead! :-) ) Just ´select´the item you´d like to gift and donate that amount here on this Justgiving page.  Thank you lovelies!

Pack of maltesers £0.99 / 2lt Pepsi Max £1.99 / Pack of 5 marker pens £4.50 / Set of FIMO clay £7.40 / Cass Arts Paintbrushes £11.40 / Cass Arts table Easel £14.15 / Cass Arts canvas 2-pack £21.95 / Windsor & Newton watercolour set £29.20 / Quartz A1 Portfolio £36.95 / Daler Rowney studio easel £45 / Groupon Hairstyle Voucher £60 / House of Poi glow LED poi £75 / Groupon Sap Break £99.  Thanks for your virtual shopping!! :-)

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity. So it’s the most efficient way to donate – saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

Anything at all that you feel able to donate will be massively appreciated.

Thank you!

Big love

:-)

P.s. The photos in this gallery are of work created by the girls of the Meninadança Pink House in Medina, Minas Gerias, Brazil, where I recently volunteered for 6 weeks.  My heart is massivley with those beloved girls, and so I am also including here the link to their donation page in the hope that some of you may be able to support them as well if at all possible. Thank you lovelies!

http://meninadanca.org/Meninadanca/give-monthly.html