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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><em><span style="color: #000080;"><strong>The Big Chairity fundraiser on the 9th of september at the Spa Hotel in saltburn raised £1094 !! Thank you to those people that came and donated and the acts for making it a brilliant night! :D</strong></span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #000080;"><strong><em>17th September @ Saltburn community Centre, Rotary Tombola! All the Proceeds made goes to my charity!! Get yourselves down there.. 9-3 o'clock :) </em></strong></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Century Gothic&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #7030a0; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">What am I fundraising for?</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Century Gothic&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #ff3399; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">In October this year i will be involved in a <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Youth Xchange</span>. This is a<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span>6 month opportunity, with 12 weeks spent working overseas and 12 weeks spent in the UK. I will be placed in a team of 10 UK volunteers and 10 volunteers from the host country.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Century Gothic&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #7030a0; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Where will I be going?</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Century Gothic&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #7030a0; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></strong><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Century Gothic&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #ff00ff; font-size: 12pt;">I have just found out i will be going to the Philippines! For anyone who isnt sure where it is, it is in south east asia near Vietnam and Taiwan.</span></strong><span style="color: #ff00ff;"> </span><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Century Gothic&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: fuchsia;">I will be working on two projects in the Metro Manila / Luzon region (Bulacan and Pampanga provinces) of the Philippines. I will then be split into one of two groups of 5 UK volunteers, who will then work alongside local young people. When im in the UK i will be in Bradford, my stay here will involve alot of community work.<br></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Century Gothic&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #7030a0; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">What will I be doing?</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Century Gothic&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #7030a0; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></span></strong><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Century Gothic&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #ff3399; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Youth Xchange programme gives young people the opportunity to work on projects tackling important issues. Two themes i will be working on are:</span></strong><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> </span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Century Gothic&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: fuchsia;">Anti human-trafficking</span></span></strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Century Gothic&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: fuchsia;">I will be working with local student champions in schools to increase awareness and support of young people on issues of human trafficking. This will include providing information sessions on human trafficking and current campaigns to end it, as well as training and development of student groups and supporting youth-led community activities. </span></strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Century Gothic&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: windowtext;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Century Gothic&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: fuchsia;">Health education</span></span></strong><strong> </strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: &amp;quot;Century Gothic&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: fuchsia;">I will be working with local health workers to increase youth and adult awareness on issues of healthy lifestyles, disease prevention and family planning. This will include providing health awareness-raising sessions to vulnerable community groups as well as training and development of youth health clubs and supporting youth-led community activities.</span></strong><strong></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Century Gothic&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #7030a0; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Where will your money go?</span></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Century Gothic&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #ff3399; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Century Gothic&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; color: #ff3399; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Your donations will go towards supporting the work of the International Citizenship Scheme (ICS) and will enable ICS to continue sending youth volunteers, like me, to the developing world to make a lasting difference in disadvantaged and impoverished communities. Every penny counts and all the money I raise will go straight to ICS. So please dig deep! I really need your help to reach my target and play my part in fighting poverty through ICS.</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page!! :-)</span></strong></span></p>