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It's coming up to that time of year again – a time for parties, presents, and then the January sales. Hope you get lots of goodies!
It just might be that you would like to give one thing a miss and give the money to Cumbria - Rungwe Community Link instead. We will use it towards projects in our partner schools in Rungwe District, Tanzania.
You probably won't notice the difference, but the kids in Tanzania who benefit certainly will. Projects include bringing safe, piped water to one of our secondary schools, desks for primary school pupils who currently study 5 to a desk, and finishing off a classroom we started earlier this year. Have a look at our website to see other projects we've done.
When we first asked people to consider this in 2005/06, no-one suffered. Some students made presents for their friends and gave the money they would have spent buying something in a shop. Some people gave the price of a top they would have bought in the sales but didn't need and probably would have hardly worn. Someone else didn't buy a CD by a dodgy band. Some of us saved ourselves a sore head by giving the price of a bottle of something alcoholic. You might like to give the cost of a box of chox and save yourself that extra effort shedding the weight that they'll put on you. Someone gave the tips they made at work in New Year's Day.
Will you give the price of something you won't miss buying this Festive Season?
See what you can buy in Tanzania
£1 gets you 20 bricks
£6 buys a bag of cement
£6 buys a Roofing sheet
£25 gets you a classroom desk (the seat is part of it)
£35 gets a complete new window (frame and glass)
If we can buy enough of these, that's a whole classroom, ready to fill with kids!
Please donate by filling in this form and sending it along with a cheque!
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