<p>Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</p> <p> <p style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #ffffff; border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, &#39;Bitstream Charter&#39;, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: justify; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><em style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Friends of Alalay (Santa Cruz)</em>&nbsp;is a non-political, non-religious charity, registered in the UK (registered charity no. 1123425), which supports a &lsquo;parent&rsquo; organisation,&nbsp;<em style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Alalay&nbsp;</em>, in Bolivia.&nbsp;<em style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Alalay</em>&nbsp;(the parent organisation), helps street children by providing a selection of services, including drug rehab, education and safe living accommodation (in an out-of-town centre called the &lsquo;aldea&rsquo;).&nbsp;<em style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Friends of Alalay (Santa Cruz)</em>, funds projects that will make Alalay self sustainable, so it is no longer reliant on donations and will therefore have a more secure and stable future.</p> <p style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #ffffff; border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, &#39;Bitstream Charter&#39;, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: justify; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">I wish to support and promote Friends of Alalay (Santa Cruz), as I not only believe in their aims, but also as I am constantly impressed and admire how they set about achieving them. All money raised by&nbsp;<em style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; border-image: initial; vertical-align: baseline; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">Friends of Alalay (Santa Cruz)</em>&nbsp;goes directly to help the street kids, not towards the admin costs of running the charity, which are funded by the volunteers who run the charity.</p> <p style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #ffffff; border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; margin-left: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, &#39;Bitstream Charter&#39;, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: justify; padding: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">There is the tangible,&nbsp;achievable&nbsp;goal: to make the organisation Alalay financially self -supporting, through creating sustainable projects that will provide an income for the organisation and life skills for the children. Successful projects to date include: a bakery, a large vegetable garden, a textile unit and a chicken farm.</p> </p> <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> <p>So please dig deep and donate now.</p>