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1 Million Pound East Africa Campaign

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“Waqas Akhtar's fundraising”

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Muslim Charity is a leading international relief and development NGO that aims to alleviate the suffering of the world's poorest people. As well as responding to disasters and emergencies, it successfully carries out short and long-term development projects - regardless of race, religion or gender.

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padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 127.6pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; height: 14.5pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;" width="170" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-US">Target units</span></strong></p> </td> <td style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0cm; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 77.95pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; height: 14.5pt; border-top: windowtext 1pt solid; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;" width="104" valign="top"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-US">Target &pound;</span></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 24.15pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0cm; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 296pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; height: 24.15pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;" width="395" valign="top"> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">&middot;<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-US">&pound;150 for a family food bag for 8 weeks (8-10/family)</span></p> </td> <td style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0cm; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 127.6pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; height: 24.15pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;" width="170" valign="top"> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">&middot;<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-US">200 needed</span></p> </td> <td style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0cm; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 77.95pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; height: 24.15pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;" width="104"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-US">&pound;30,000</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 74.25pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0cm; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 296pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; height: 74.25pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;" width="395" valign="top"> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">&middot;<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-US">&pound;300 for a water tanker for (3000 people)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">&middot;<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-US">&pound;2500 for a water well</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">&middot;<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-US">&pound;5000 per share for a deep borehole (500,000 people)</span></p> </td> <td style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0cm; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 127.6pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; height: 74.25pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;" width="170" valign="top"> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">&middot;<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-US">60 needed</span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">&middot;<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-US">20 needed</span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">&middot;<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-US">10 needed</span></p> </td> <td style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0cm; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 77.95pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; height: 74.25pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;" width="104"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-US">&pound;120,000</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 21.75pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0cm; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 296pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; height: 21.75pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;" width="395" valign="top"> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">&middot;<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-US">&pound;7500 for a mosque (500 people)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span></p> </td> <td style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0cm; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 127.6pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; height: 21.75pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;" width="170" valign="top"> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">&middot;<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-US">4 needed</span></p> </td> <td style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0cm; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 77.95pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; height: 21.75pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;" width="104"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-US">&pound;30,000</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 40.45pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-bottom: 0cm; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 296pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; height: 40.45pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;" width="395" valign="top"> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">&middot;<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-US">&pound;1000 per share for a Maternity hospital (500,000)</span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">&middot;<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-US">&pound;10,000 for an ambulance</span></p> </td> <td style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0cm; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 127.6pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; height: 40.45pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;" width="170" valign="top"> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">&middot;<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-US">140 needed</span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: -18pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;" lang="EN-US"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">&middot;<span style="font: 7pt 'Times New Roman';">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-US">3 needed</span></p> </td> <td style="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; border-left: #f0f0f0; padding-bottom: 0cm; background-color: transparent; padding-left: 5.4pt; width: 77.95pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; height: 40.45pt; border-top: #f0f0f0; border-right: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-top: 0cm; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;" width="104"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-US">&pound;170,000</span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US">MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH Facts &amp; Figures</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;" lang="EN-US">Hospital in Somalia:</span></strong><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;" lang="EN-US">Muslim Charity&rsquo;s first maternity hospital was established in 2005. Today MC is running 5 hospitals in Pakistan benefitting 1000&rsquo;s of poor and vulnerable families.</span></span> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">MDG 4: Reduce child mortality</span></strong><span lang="EN-US">For every 1,000 live births, 200 Somali children die before their fifth birthday (UNICEF - Somalia Statistics March 2010). One in 10 Somali children dies before its first birthday.</span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">MDG 5: Improve maternal health</span></strong><span lang="EN-US">UNICEF estimate maternal mortality at 1,000 per 100,000 live births, which puts Somali women as one of the most high-risk groups. Only 33% of all births are attended by a skilled health worker. In the UK, the comparable ratio is 8.9 per 100,000.</span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">A women dies every 90 seconds from complications of pregnancy 90% of these are preventable</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US">There are a total of 429 midwives (including nurse-midwives) in Somalia, with a density of 1 midwife per 1,000 live births</span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US"></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-GB">Tel: +44 (0) 1777 702 555 | Web: </span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: #1c1c1c; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-GB"><a title="www.MuslimCharity.org.uk" href="http://www.muslimcharity.org.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; text-underline: none;">www.MuslimCharity.org.u</span><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; text-underline: none;">k</span></a></span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-GB"><br />Address: Muslim Charity, Eaton Hall, RETFORD, DN22 0PR (UK)<br />Donate by text: Just text &lsquo;MCUK34&pound;5&rsquo; to 70070 or &lsquo;MCUK34 &pound;10&rsquo; to 70070</span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-GB">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;OR Text' MCUK11 &pound;5' </span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial', 'sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-GB">to 70070 or &lsquo;MCUK11 &pound;10&rsquo; to 70070</span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US"></span></span></p>

Donation summary

Total
£103,050.00
+ £112.50 Gift Aid
Online
£1,050.00
Offline
£102,000.00

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