Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

19th - 26th October I was living below the line in order to raise funds. Check out the facebook event to find out more.

Global Xchange (www.globalxchange.org.uk) is a scheme that sends teams of youth volunteers to help out in disadvantaged and impoverished communities in the UK and abroad. You can follow my progress on my blog.

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. I really need your help to reach my target and play my part in fighting poverty through ICS. Please dig deep and any size of donation is greatly appreciated.

My Placement
Nambia
We will be placed with The Mehozetu Network of Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children. The Mehozetu project is situated in Rundu - a part of the country where poverty is rife and the HIV and AIDS pandemic has significant implications for livelihoods in the area.

The placements where the GX are likely to be involved in are:

• School building constructions
• Feeding scheme and garden projects
• Teacher training and children engagement
• Income generation
• Parent and village involvement in the project
• HIV/AIDS vs livelihoods in the villages

Newcastle
We will be working with Crisis Skylight Newcastle. Crisis is the national charity for single homeless people. The team will be working around themes of education, employment, health and wellbeing, awareness, and campaigning.

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Thanks, Pete.