Help us give hundreds of children a brighter future

Thinking about the future is something we at Zurich International Life encourage people to do all the time. But for orphaned or abandoned children in Africa, even the opportunity to improve their lives is something they can only dream of.

This autumn thirty Zurich employees will be attempting to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa.  That’s some challenge.  But we’re taking on another challenge too.  We’re aiming to raise £100,000 at the same time to finance a school in The Gambia for orphaned and abandoned children. We’re also raising money to support a children’s village in Arusha, Tanzania.

To help us do this, we’d like to invite you to become a sponsor of our expedition.

Sponsors will share in the publicity we aim to generate as a result of the expedition, but more importantly, all money raised will go directly to SOS Children Villages.

For more information about this wonderful charity please visit soschildrensvillages.org

All costs of the expedition are being met by Zurich.

How to make a donation:

1. Online donations can be made via this site or by visiting the charity’s own website

www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/donation

2. Cheque donations of any currency should be made payable to Zurich Financial Services (Isle of Man) Staff Charity Fund and sent to:

zurich-sos, Zurich International Solutions Limited, Abbey Gardens, 4-6 Abbey Street, Reading, Berks, United Kingdom, RG1 3BA

3. Direct payment into a sterling account:

Bank   Barclays Bank
Branch   28 Chesterton Road, Cambridge, United Kingdom, CB4 3AZ
Account Name  SOS Children's Villages UK
Account Number  1078 3021
Sort Code  20-17-35
SWIFT Code  BARCGB22
IBAN Number  GB15 BARC 2017 3510 7830 21

4. By Post - send a cheque, postal order or CAF voucher (payable to SOS Children) to

SOS Children, FREEPOST, St Andrew's House, 59 St Andrew's Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom, CB2 3BZ

Please remember to either write the following reference zurich-sos on your cheque or include with your online donation or bank transfer.

Offline donations received as at 04/11/07:

HSBC Investments (£7,500)

New Star (£5,000)

Schroders (£2,500)

M&G (£300)

Wexas (£100)

Financial Express (£250)

Jupiter (£500)

Fidelity (£5000)

DWS (£2000)

ABN AMRO (£5000)

First State (£2000)

Anon (£500)

EG (£2000)

PJE (£5000)

Original Software Group (£250)

Watson Wyatt (£2500)

Offline Zurich HK staff donation (£930)

Other offline donations (£1850)