Remon's Killimanjaro Challenge!!

Remon Fahim is raising money for Voluntary Service Overseas

Participants: 25

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Accenture Kilimanjaro Trek 2008 · 1 June 2008 to 11 June 2008 ·

VSO is an international development organisation that brings people together to share skills, build capabilities, and change lives to make the world a fairer place for all. Everyday, VSO volunteers are working to empower people living in some of the world’s most marginalised communities.

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Hi! Thank you very much for visiting my fundraising page. Please dig deep and sponsor me online. I'm taking part in the "Accenture Kilimanjaro Challenge 2009" to raise money for Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO).

VSO is the largest independent charity in the world, working through volunteers. They work in over 30 countries in the poorest regions of the world. Instead of sending money, food or clothes, they send people from a range of professions who want to make a difference. VSO volunteers work in six specific areas: HIV and AIDS, disability, participation and governance, secure livelihoods, education, health and well-being. Volunteers come from a range of backgrounds, countries and ages. They recruit volunteers from 6 bases: the UK, Canada, India, the Netherlands, Kenya and the Philippines. Volunteers work in the most disadvantaged countries in the world, sharing their professional skills and experience with local people.

The money you raise could help volunteers fight global poverty and disadvantage in the following ways:

  • £50: provides HIV and AIDS training for a VSO volunteer to raise awareness of HIV and AIDS in local communities throughout Zambia.
  • £250: helps a VSO volunteer to train 20 local teachers in special teaching methods and in the management of Special Needs Units in Kenya in order to support children with disabilities.
  • £1000: helps to fund a community-initiated project in The Gambia that, with the support of a VSO volunteer, could help to set up small enterprises run by local communities.

    As part of the Fundraising challenge a group of amazing people (including me) will be trekking Mount Kilimanjaro. Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor me: Voluntary Service Overseas will receive your money faster and, if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you.

    So please sponsor me now!

    Many thanks for your support.

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    • Donation summary

    Total
    £1,228.50
    + £194.62 Gift Aid
    Online
    £1,052.50
    Offline
    £176.00

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