<p>&nbsp;</p> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning /> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas /> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables /> <w:SnapToGridInCell /> <w:WrapTextWithPunct /> <w:UseAsianBreakRules /> <w:DontGrowAutofit /> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Arial; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> <!--[if gte mso 10]> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} <![endif]--> <p><span style="color: #ff1493;"><strong>What keeps you up at night?</strong></span></p> <p>At the moment all I can think about, when I should be sleeping, is young people on the streets of Brazil.</p> <p>Trapped in poverty.<br />Living in danger.<br />No hope for a future.</p> <p>So in January 2011 I will be getting on a plane with my life in my back pack to go as a <span style="color: #008000;"><em><strong>'Strider'</strong></em> </span>for 12 months with Latin Link.</p> <p>As a <span style="color: #008000;"><em><strong>'Strider'</strong></em> </span>I will be working in a project with some of Brazil's poorest, under-privileged young people. Day to day I will be directly using the skills I have trained for over the last three years as a Youth and Community Worker, swapping the luxury of North Finchley for the basics of life in Brazil.</p> <div>I will be working in a poverty stricken community within the&nbsp;cosmopolitan&nbsp;city of Curitiba, Southern Brazil. First and foremost I will be working at a home for unmarried young mothers who (due to poverty, abandonment, etc) have nowhere else to go.&nbsp;</div> <div> <div>You can find out more about the project I will be working at by clicking <a href="http://www.encontrocomdeus.org"><strong>HERE</strong></a></div> <div><a href="http://www.encontrocomdeus.org"><strong><br /></strong></a> <strong><span style="color: #ff1493;">So the question now is do you want to be a part of this with me?</span></strong></div> <div><strong><span style="color: #ff1493;"><br /></span></strong></div> <div>I need to raise <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">&pound;10 500 over the next few months</span></strong>&nbsp;in order for me to stay and be of help to the project for the full 12 months. Will you help me reach that target?</div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal">Whether I have 20 friends who can donate &pound;100 each or 100 friends who can donate &pound;20 each, every pound donated counts.&nbsp; I am donating every penny I can from my own savings towards this trip but need your help if I am to reach my target in time.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <span style="color: #ff1493;"><em>Please would you take 5 minutes now before leaving your computer to donate as much as you can to this life changing project of hope.</em></span><br /> <br /> You can find out more about what being a <strong><em>'S</em></strong><em><strong>trider</strong></em><strong><em>'</em></strong> is all about&nbsp;online by clicking <span style="color: #ff1493;"><strong><a href="http://www.latinlink.org/International/What-can-I-do/Individual-Mission-Stride">HERE.</a></strong></span> <br /> <br /> <strong><em>Thank you so much!</em></strong><br /> <br /> <strong><span style="color: #ff1493;">Lots of love, Bianca</span></strong> <p>&nbsp;</p> Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving &ndash; they&rsquo;ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they&rsquo;ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it&rsquo;s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity. <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> </div>