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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We completed the project in Brazil and returned safely back to the UK. Please do </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">keep donating and please do follow the success of this project on our website:- </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><a href="http://www.projectbrazil.co.uk">www.projectbrazil.co.uk</a>. </span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I’m absolutely thrilled to be taking part in Project Brazil which is raising money for Cancer Research UK.</span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">I consider my family and I to be very fortunate. We have opportunities to try new things, travel and discover new places and attend fantastic events and meet inspirational people. It was with this in mind that I began to think about something appropriate to mark my 50th birthday and decided to take on an International Project in Brazil alongside my family and friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Project will involve me taking part in an eight day expedition in rural Brazil alongside 30 other participants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>We will work for eight days to renovate the Adesuita School, which teaches 130 students aged between 4 and 60 years old, in the remote Kalungas region. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In order to do this, I am aiming to raise a minimum of <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">£26,000</span></strong> which not only goes towards helping the lives of an entire community by renovating their local school, but it also goes towards a clinical trial at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Cancer Research UK, which is testing a new drug to treat children with Neuroblastoma.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Donating through JustGiving is quick, easy and totally secure. It’s also the most efficient way to sponsor me: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>Cancer Research UK gets your money faster and, if you’re a UK taxpayer they can claim at least 25% back from the Government on every sponsorship donation.<br /><br />If would like to find out some more information about the project, the Adesuita School or how you can become involved, please get in touch.</span></span></p>
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