<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">On Saturday 2nd July 2011, I will be doing a one mile swim in the River Thames to raise money for the Karai Welfare Society . The Karai Welfare Society is a charity that works tirelessly to improve the lives of disadvantaged people living in Sri Lanka, who have faced the hardships of war, poverty and a tsunami.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>It provides essential aid such as fresh water, food, medicine as well as education.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>All funds raised will go towards providing medical aid such as vital equipment, operations and staff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>The key areas in need of support include:</span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent: -36pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 54pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">&bull;</span><span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">a much needed maternity ward upgrade which could mean the difference between life and death for many newborns and their mothers;</span></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: -36pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 54pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">&bull;</span><span style="font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">provision of cataract operations, eye examinations and glasses. Cataract operations are a simple procedure routinely carried out in the U.K, but many elderly people in Sri Lanka spend their lives with very poor or no vision because they do not have access to this medical care. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span>Please help me support the Karai Welfare Society to make these hopes a reality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Your donation will make a real difference and be gratefully appreciated by so many.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Donating on this site is easy, fast, completely secure and if you're a U.K taxpayer, an extra 28% can be added to your donation at no cost to you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>All the money you donate will go direct to the charity. </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">THANK YOU! </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Varshini Thiagalingam</span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>