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This infographic provides some interesting facts about child sponsorship and how we can make a difference to the lives of children living in poverty.

Despite the fact that there is no official way of preventing dementia, there a few proactive steps that may help reduce the chances of developing dementia at a later age. It is safe to say that further research is required, but it will do you no harm in doing the following:

Keep your mind active

It is important to keep your mind ticking over on a regular basis as this will help to limit the impact of the changes associated with dementia. Doing activities such as puzzles, word games, reading, writing, or painting can help to keep your brain to ticking over. Participating in these activities on a regular basis help delay dementia developing but it can help to limit its effects, the more often you do an activity, the more beneficial the effects.

Be physically and socially active

Partaking in various physical and social activities can help delay dementia developing and also help to reduce its symptoms. Again, the more often you do the activities the greater the effects.

Reduce your cholesterol levels

The deposits that build up in the brains of people that have high cholesterol levels are one of the main symptoms associated with vascular dementia. Keeping an eye on your cholesterol level can help to combat this condition.

Quit Smoking

Despite some research indicating that only current smoking can increase your chances of developing dementia, however at least one major research project discovered that smoking in midlife can more than double your risk of developing some form of dementia.

Keep your blood pressure low

Controlling your blood pressure can help to reduce the risk of developing dementia.

Stay in Education

People that have spent longer in education seem to have a lower rate of mental decline compared to those that didn’t remain in education. Many researchers believe that education can help your brain to develop a strong nerve cell network that stops nerve cell damage caused by dementia.

Maintain a healthy diet

Eating healthy can play a crucial role for a number of reasons; however cutting edge research projects found that a diet consisting of fruits, vegetables and fish and nuts, can have a positive effect and reduce your risk of developing dementia.

Find out more information about dementia support.

#dementia support

Feeling part of a local community and socialising with people are so important in our daily lives. The memories that we cherish are those that are formed through social interactions with either friends or the local community. However, for people with learning disabilities, there are not many opportunities to express themselves through meeting people and building relationships. This fact was backed up by a recent survey which revealed that 25% of people with learning disabilities confessed to not knowing anyone which is very worrying. This has helped to highlight a big problem for people with learning disabilities who are experiencing both loneliness and isolation – which is something that we all have a firm grasp of but rarely experience. This is where two organisations in York who work closely with people with learning disabilities have pulled their resources together and partnered with a local pub to help combat this growing problem.

Krumbs café & icango2 are working together to create opportunities for those people with learning disabilities in York to not only interact with other people but also to form links with the local community through the newly created City Slickers project. Krumbs Café is a state of the art training complex which is financed by the local council and run by United Response. The facility helps to provide both hospitality and catering training to local people that have learning disabilities. Icango2 provides industry relevant training to people with learning disabilities which will put them in good stead to find employment in the future. These two organisations have put together these pub events thanks largely to a Small Sparks Grant which has been provided by United Response. The grant scheme, which is mostly supported by the Clothworkers’ Foundation, is designed to help disabled people forge associations with the local community by providing small amounts of finance to help cover the costs of running the local events.

The City Slicker project helps people with learning disabilities to not only meet other people but also to make friends. Furthermore, there has been lots of positive feedback coming back from the local community about the events. Hopefully in the long term, these events will help to provide a better understanding of people with learning disabilities which will help to dispel any misconceptions and help to involve the community more in these types of events.

The City Slickers Projects isn’t a very complicated idea but has already had a positive impact on the relationships between community members and people with learning disabilities in York. The success of this project will help motivate others to do similar things and help provide the necessary learning disabilities support to those that need it on a regular basis.

#learning disabilities support

The beauty about heading to the City of Dreaming Spires for a short break is the sheer variety and quality of hotels in Oxford. The families of students have been going there for centuries so there has always been a fine tradition of providing suitable accommodation for these visitors, many from overseas. Considering that its university is the oldest in England, dating back as far as the 11th Century, the city of Oxford has had plenty of practice in entertaining guests from far and wide. Not surprisingly, it features in the Top 10 English cities visited by international travellers.

People are attracted to this historic centre for all manner of reasons. If they are not visiting for one directly connected to the university like helping little Johnny or Joanna settle in to their new college, the likelihood is that they have mainly come to soak up the unique ambience of the place and the sheer sense of history and tradition.

One minute you could be sat enjoying a drink at the 13th century Turf Tavern where Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton spent so much time during their early relationship and where Bill Clinton drank a pint or three in his student days while, in the next minute, you could be gazing at the spot outside Balliol College where 3 Anglican bishops were cruelly burnt at the stake by the Catholic Queen, Mary Tudor, in the 16th century.

The latest big draw are Oxford’s many Harry Potter film locations, in particular the dining hall at Christchurch, the city’s largest college and home to the cathedral church of the Oxford diocese. Famous alumni who studied here include Robert Peel, William Gladstone and David Dimbleby. There are, of course, many other fine colleges, most of which date back centuries and all have particular features of interest. It really is essential to either acquire a good guidebook or invest in a guided walking tour. Otherwise, there is so much that you are likely to miss.

Needless to say, there is much more to Oxford than the city itself and most visitors try and make the time to include the 10-15 minute journey to Blenheim Palace, the largest in England and ancestral home to the Duke of Marlborough. The village of Bladon lies within the palace’s estate and in the churchyard of St. Martin’s there you will find the burial place of Winston and Clementine Churchill.

Find out more information about the different hotels in Oxford by visiting: http://www.four-pillars.co.uk/

#hotels in Oxford

It is safe to say that many companies can be successful through using traditional marketing methods. If you are one of those successful companies, it becomes very clear that you need to position yourself in a place where potential customers expect to see you. This is clearly obvious if you intend to compete against other global brands such as Coca-Cola, it is probably in your best interests to use both print and television media to attract customers.

Other companies that do not have massive advertising budgets have come to realise that the traditional approaches to marketing are no longer as effective at conveying the right messages to customers in order to convert potential customers into a paying customer or even a brand advocate. A few years ago it was very easy for companies to differentiate themselves from competitors by competing on price. However, nowadays this is not the case as many of these approaches will not have the desired effect as they once did. The question is what can your company do today to stand out from its competitors?

The answer is through using education marketing. Education marketing is based on putting together different marketing materials and implementing strategies that help portray your company as a knowledgeable and reliable resource. The word ‘resource’ is different from words used in traditional marketing campaigns. It is important to note that companies who implement this approach will only shine if they lend a hand to their audience, rather than using that same hand to bludgeon their audience with an exhausted sales pitch.

In order for your company to shine you need to pay particular attention to the questions posted by customers more so than the hype associated with a typical sales pitch. It is at this point by which the information and help you can give to customers is the new hype. It is clearly evident that the major emphases of such techniques are based solely on the establishment of trust with the customer. By assisting in the open sharing of information, you become a trustworthy source of information for the customer, rather than a typical salesman just looking to close the sale. This gives you a greater chance of not only getting the customer to purchase a product but also increases the chances of developing customer loyalty.

Find out more information about how to do effective education marketing.

#education marketing

The attractive bustling market town of Tavistock is without doubt the best place to base oneself when spending a day or two touring West Devon. Here you are smack in the middle between the Western fringes of Dartmoor and the Tamar Valley which marks the boundary with Cornwall. The town itself is notable for its fine pannier market and parish church while visitors will find it difficult to escape the fact that it was also the birthplace of Sir Francis Drake, the Elizabethan explorer who circumnavigated the globe and later helped lead the English defeat of the Spanish Armada.

Overlooking the town is a delightful, bow-windowed Georgian mansion which is home to Mount House School, probably the finest boys’ preparatory school in the South West. Notable alumni include former Foreign Secretary, Dr. David Owen, the world famous author and broadcaster, Christopher Hichens and his brother Peter.

Just outside the town you will find some of the most magnificent scenery on Dartmoor. Alongside the road to Princetown you will see Cox Tor and it is well worth walking the gentle slope from the car park to the summit. From there you will be able to enjoy one of the most spectacular views in the whole of Devon. The panorama stretches from the little church perched on top of Brent Tor all the way down to the sea at Plymouth Sound.

From here, continue on to Princetown itself and catch a glimpse of Dartmoor Prison, the grim institution originally built for Napoleonic prisoners of war. A mile or two further on along the Ashburton road, you will encounter the renowned Two Bridges Hotel. If you can, leave the car in the car park and take a leisurely walk to Wistman’s Wood with its eerily beautiful stunted oak trees that grow from between moss-covered boulders and are festooned with mosses, lichens and ferns. This is probably one of the top three sites on the whole moor and well worth the effort.

On your return to Tavistock, why not plan your next day trip exploring the Tamar Valley from Gunnislake south through Calstock down to St. Germans and Plymouth. The latter’s main attractions are the Barbican and the famous Hoe which looks down across the majestic bay known as the Sound. This is where legend maintains that Sir Francis Drake insisted on finishing his game of bowls before embarking to take on the Armada.

From the Hoe, stroll down around the imposing Citadel which is still an active Royal Marine base and you will encounter the delightful harbour area known as the Barbican from where the Pilgrim Fathers departed on the Mayflower to the New World in 1620. This is the old part of the city which largely survived World War 2 bombing raids and contains numerous stylish restaurants and jolly pubs like The Dolphin which was immortalised by Beryl Cook’s humorous paintings.

If you need somewhere to stay during your visit then why not look to stay in traditional Devon hotels.

#Devon hotels

Military Intelligence, Section 6, or MI6 as it is more commonly known, has traditionally been cloaked in total secrecy but this important government agency, charged with gathering the UK’s foreign intelligence, has recently started to lift some of its veils. Firstly, it now makes no secret of the location of its new head office in London on the south bank of the Thames at Vauxhall Cross. It has even allowed it to be “bombed” in the new James Bond film, “Skyfall”.

The latest move to raise its public persona is a recruitment advertising campaign using display ads in the Sunday Times. A century ago when Britain first established a formal secret service, suitable personnel were usually recruited on the basis of them being “sound fellows” mainly with a military or diplomatic background. With the advent of long distance wireless communications and coded signals, top mathematicians and other scientific boffins were secretly headhunted and “invited” to work for the service.

With the advent of the Cold War after World War 2, films based on spy stories like John Le Carre’s “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy” and Len Deighton’s “Ipcress File” instilled an impression that the secret services were largely based in spartan offices posing as legitimate commercial businesses and were inhabited by super-intelligent, slightly dysfunctional oddballs who resembled badly dressed international chess masters endeavouring to outwit their Russian counterparts.

Of course, anyone working for MI6 could never disclose the fact to anyone else and they certainly couldn’t talk about their activities to unauthorised personnel. This still remains the case today.

What appears to be precipitating change is the digital revolution and the need for the service to harness the talents of the ‘XBox generation’ who have grown up with social networking sites, global internet connections and interactive gaming. The upper echelons at MI6 seem to recognise that they are not necessarily going to find such people amongst the ranks of ex public schoolboys with first class degrees at Oxbridge. Nor are they likely to be experienced military officers like Commander James Bond.

It is clear that so much vital intelligence is now circulating in cyberspace and the security services need to be able to identify it and interpret it. What they are now effectively admitting is that anyone can help them regardless of race, background and academic achievement. Put bluntly, they are now on the lookout for top geeks and social media wizards. 007, eat your heart out!

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#recruitment advertising london

The Prime Minister, David Cameron, is showing no sign of relenting on his determination to mitigate the spread of dementia in the UK. Having recently vowed to double the research budget tackling the disease to £ 66 million by 2015, he has now announced a new project called Dementia Friends which aims to get a million Britons trained to identify early signs of the disease and to provide early support. The purpose is to effect a dramatic reduction in the number of cases that go undiagnosed.

It is reckoned that less than half of the estimated 700,000 sufferers in England have been formally diagnosed and Mr.Cameron describes general awareness about the condition as “shockingly low “. Worryingly, increasing longevity is likely to see the total number of sufferers double over the course of the next 30 years.

This new government initiative is based on an idea pioneered in Japan where as many as 3 million volunteers joined a similar Dementia Friends programme. The plan is to run brief but effective training sessions in town halls and workplaces throughout the country. They will be designed to heighten awareness of the tell-tale symptoms people should look out for in those they come across on a frequent basis and to inform them what they need to do when such symptoms are recognised.

Signs indicating the possible onset of dementia include difficulty in recalling recent events or the names of friends and objects, repeating oneself unnecessarily, problems with thinking and reasoning and disorientation even in familiar places.

The Government has earmarked a total of £ 2.4 million to fund the Dementia Friends scheme which will see every participant receive a special “Forget-me-not” badge. For its part, the leading dementia charity, the Alzheimer’s Society, has thrown all its weight behind the programme with its chief executive, Jeremy Hughes, confidently predicting that “we will not only meet this target (of 1 million) but beat it.”

Meanwhile, there is to be no let-up in the urgent quest for effective medication to combat the disease. The director of research at Alzheimer’s Research UK, Dr. Eric Karran is quick to remind us that “at a cost of £23bn a year to the UK economy, we all agree that dementia is not a problem we can ignore. Finding treatments for Alzheimer's and other dementias is no easy task, but it's one we must tackle if we are to make a real difference to people's lives”.

Find out more about dementia care nursing homes by visiting http://www.hallmarkcarehomes.co.uk/our-care-pages/dementia-care.html

#dementia care nursing homes

A recently published report put together by the Hardest Hit Coalition of charities has reiterated disabled people’s concerns about the effect that the new welfare reforms will have on their daily lives. Published as part of a campaign to increase awareness about the possible impact of welfare changes, the publication revealed that 8 out of 10 people were worried that they would lose their Disability Living Allowance (DLA) which would leave them struggling to cope with their disability. The report further revealed that 9 out of 10 people believed that losing their benefits would directly impact on their health.

Over the course of 2012, over 4,500 disabled people completed a questionnaire designed to gain an understanding of their views and experiences with regards to the current welfare care systems. The survey results provided some interesting insights into the problems that disabled people faced on a daily basis and how these barriers were extremely difficult to overcome mainly due to the costs associated with them. Disabled people are almost twice as likely to be forced into poverty and this is where the DLA has helped to cover the costs associated with being disabled and thus allowing them to continue to live independently. Most respondents from the survey stated that they used their disability allowance to cover heating costs if their disability had deteriorated during the extreme winter weather.

Under government plans, the DLA will be scrapped and replaced with the Personal Independence Payment which the government believes will save over £2.2 billion. 78% of respondents stated that they were concerned that they would not qualify for the new PIP scheme. Furthermore, 75% of respondents believed that if they lost the allowance they would require more social support. One respondent stated that “I know the Government say they have to cut spending, but cutting DLA will simply mean they’ll have to spend more money on other things. It’s a false economy.”

The Hardest Hit coalition is putting pressure on the government to ensure that any future welfare changes take into account the effect that they will have on disabled people. The government needs to make sure the assessment processes are fair and that it helps to stop disabled people falling into poverty.

Find out more information about a learning disability charity that provides support to those with learning disabilities by visiting: http://www.unitedresponse.org.uk/what-we-do/learning-disability/

Adjacent to the town of Bradenton off Florida’s Gulf Coast, Anna Maria Island provides a unique holiday environment and is a sanctuary for people seeking a relaxing and rewarding break. With year round sunshine and an average temperature of over 70 degrees, the island welcomes visitors throughout the year and sees many guests return time and time again.

Spanning over seven miles, Anna Maria Island offers a variety of different attractions for vacationers and residents alike. The average sea temperatures of 80 degrees mean water sports are a popular choice for those seeking action and adventure. Visitors can choose from snorkelling, diving and sailing or visit Cortez Village and try their hand at jet skiing and parasailing. Guests are welcome to bring boats to the island or can rent a vessel during their stay. Tourists love to relax whilst cruising around the island stopping at one of the many renowned waterside restaurants.

The environmentally protected beaches of Anna Maria Island are home to a variety of wildlife including herons, pelicans as well as loggerhead turtles. Many vacationers come to see the dolphins with the waters around the island being a popular place for dolphin to raise their young. Florida’s Parrot Jungle and Myakka State Park are located on the mainland for those eager to see alligators, birds, boars and other wildlife but many are content with discovering the animals located right here on the island.

The island is split into three areas, Anna Maria at the northernmost point, Holmes Beach in the centre and Bradenton Beach at the south. Each area has its own City with a village like atmosphere and guests are always welcomed by the local residents. There are many places to shop across the island and visitors can hop over to the mainland to frequent the larger shopping malls. The town of Bradenton on the Florida mainland is also home to the world renowned David Leadbetter Gold Academy and keen golfers can choose from over 45 courses located close by in the Manatee/Sarasota bi-county area.

With Tampa and Orlando just a drive away, vacationers on the island are well placed to visit world famous attractions such as Disneyworld, Seaworld and the Epcot Center. Located just 40 miles south of Tampa, guests often have day trips on to the mainland before returning to make the most of what’s on offer on the island. The unique environment offers unrivalled beaches on which to relax and enables vacationers to tailor their holiday to suit their needs.

The range of accommodation available ensures groups of any size can vacation comfortably and guests can choose from island villas and condo rentals with private pools, to luxury waterfront vacation island rentals. Anna Maria Vacation Rental Accommodation based inland is just minutes from the beach so wherever you choose to stay on the island, you are just a short walk away from the glistening sands. For those that choose not to drive, getting around the island is easy. There are a number of taxi services ready to deliver you to your chosen destination or bike rental available for those who wish to make their own way around.

With its sub-tropical climate, relaxing atmosphere and welcoming attitude, Anna Maria Island provides the perfect vacation destination. Whilst many guests return throughout the year, a number of visitors are unable to resist all the island has to offer and go on to become residents. Whether you want to jet ski, sail, spot the dolphins or simply relax on the beach, you can be sure of a vacation of a lifetime, however long your stay.

To plan your Anna Maria Island Vacation in Florida, visit Anna Maria Island Vacation Rentals here - www.annamaria.com

You will all, at some stage have seen the heart wrenching adverts on T.V from organisations appealing for the support of poverty stricken communities around the world; where these donations have helped greatly, poverty and hunger are still rife.

What are the effects of poverty?

Africa includes some of the poorest countries in the world and with harsh environmental conditions in some areas this worsens the effects of poverty. The land and weather conditions have a huge impact on how these countries can survive.

Climate change

Constant drought, flooding and the dramatic changes we see in weather conditions have a huge impact on poverty now and in the future. It can ruin crops and farming subsequently affecting food production, income, hunger and poverty. Climate change is something out of our control, but we can provide these developing countries with better support and prevention methods.

Hunger

With around 7 billion people in the world, an estimated 925 million people suffer from hunger, that’s around one in seven people.

As you may expect, poverty is the main reason for hunger. Lack of resource and income deprive these countries of maintaining their food source. In addition to this, hunger in some cases can cause poverty. The malnourishment of many people in developing countries has an effect on their ability to work. Poor health, low energy levels, disease and mental illness can lead to greater poverty as people lose the ability to complete education and move on to work. And so the cycle of poverty and hunger continues.

The World Bank has estimated that there were around 1,345 million poor people in developing countries who live on $1.25 a day or less.

How can you help?

There is no solution set in stone for the issues we see in the developing world, however volunteers and charities work together in order to make improvements and support communities and individuals.

These organisations however, can only do so much and do need help from donations and sponsors in order for them to continue their work. Let’s take a look at how your donations helped just one charity achieve great things last year:

· 80p out of every £1 donated to them went into development work

· They supported the construction and rehabilitation of 1,723 schools

· Trained 165,148 people in agricultural, vocational and business

· Immunised 287,141 children

· Provided 4,758 Primary and Secondary Schools with supplies

These are just some of the things donations can help to achieve and charities can never have enough support or volunteers; to help or become more involved in the cause through child sponsorship please get in touch.

#child sponsorship

Dartmoor is of the last remaining places in the UK that offers a truly magnificent outdoor setting with miles upon miles of hilly landscapes to explore. You can quite easily spend your holidays navigating the moors, climbing up towards the tors and escaping from the pressures of modern day life.

Children can be very demanding tourists as the majority of them won’t want to spend their entire holiday stomping around in boots. This is where Dartmoor provides the solution, as there are so many activities available for families such as orienteering, climbing and caving which will leave them totally gobsmacked. For those with little girls, there are plenty of opportunities to see ponies which live wild all over the moor, you can also make a visit to the Miniature Pony Centre to see them close up or even take a ride on one thanks to the numerous stables that are dotted all around the moor.

The landscape of Dartmoor looks very old and outdated which would make it very easy to assume that the culture surrounding the area is boring. However, this is not the case as the arts still thrive in the local area, as well as the vibrant crafts industry and enjoying a relaxing meal is often an amazing experience as many of the chefs who are highly regarded are heading to the moors. Ensure that you save enough money to enjoy a meal at either Gidleigh Park or 22 Mill Street in Chagford.

Almost every square inch of Dartmoor reveals a haunted past such as haunted castles and abbeys, the past never seems too far away and seems to pop up every now and then. Almost all the ancient buildings or landmarks are associated with a tale of some sort or entwined in various myths and legends.

So the next question to ask is when is the best time to take a break on Dartmoor? Almost all of the seasons have their own merits. However, during the winter months, the moors are covered with snow which makes it the perfect winter setting. So if you are looking for fantastic winter breaks in Devon during the winter season then Dartmoor is the place for you.

#winter breaks in devon

Can you imagine being forced to marry someone maybe three of four times your age when you’re as young as 5 years old? This fate awaits a huge number of girls in the developing world; currently one in seven girls will be married before they are 15.

The historical city of Oxford, with its distinctive skyline of university buildings dubbed the dreaming spires, is a must-see attraction that truly offers something for every visitor, whatever their interests.

There has been a huge push over the past year alone to help change to way Dementia is viewed, not just in the UK, but across the world.

The problem facing owner managers and private company shareholders is knowing how to get the best corporate tax advice to minimise the total tax burden of both themselves as individuals and that of the business itself. This is why it is absolutely essential that providers of corporate tax services engage in joined up thinking with whoever is taking care of the personal tax affairs of the individuals involved.

A small accountancy firm will, of course, have little choice in the matter. The likelihood is that the same partner will be looking after both the corporate and personal taxes of companies and their owners. Whether or not one person is capable of knowing sufficient about both areas to give anything like the best advice is a moot point.

If the business proprietor is using a larger firm which, quite sensibly, has specialist departments dealing with smaller, bite sized chunks of the tax labyrinth, then it is imperative that they compare notes and sing from the same hymn sheet. There is nothing worse than a Corporation Tax expert suggesting something that is totally at odds with what the personal tax expert is trying to achieve.

A very simple example might occur when the company tax adviser devises ways of minimising profits and therefore Corporation Tax liabilities while the personal tax specialist is advising the company owner to draw as much income from the business as possible by way of dividends. The latter is currently a well- known way for business owners to withdraw income in a tax efficient manner but, of course, you can’t draw more in dividends than the company earns in net, after tax profits.

In real life, it is most unlikely that this particular faux pas would occur because every accountant worth his or her salt would know this anyway, regardless of which department they were in. However, this example does serve to illustrate what can happen when two separate advisors work at cross purposes without comparing notes.

Maybe the worst scenario of all would be where an owner manager used two completely separate accountants – one for his or her personal affairs and another for the business. This is a surefire way of ending up with a total hotch-potch and don’t believe for a minute that this doesn’t happen. There are plenty of successful businesspeople around who swear by making sure that the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing.

HW Fisher and Company are a mid-tier top 25 chartered accountancy firm, specialising in corporate tax services. For more information visit:http://www.hwfisher.co.uk/corporate-tax

In post-colonial Africa most people nowadays are too proud to accept simple charity. Independent countries are now working steadily towards standing on their own two feet despite the continuing presence of a few despotic leaders and residual corruption. This process is being helped by a number of factors which are accelerating economic growth and development. Western supermarkets are hungry for fresh produce all the year round and, in addition to staples like cocoa and coffee beans, many African countries are now exporting a wide variety of flowers, fruit and vegetables.

Secondly, foreign oil and gas companies are now discovering vast quantities of black gold in countries like Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, Sudan and Tanzania which will give them a much needed boost towards full economic development. So hunger and grinding poverty are at last in retreat across much of the continent. However, there are still large pockets of Sub-Saharan Africa where help is still desperately needed especially in areas such as basic education and medicine.

Hundreds of thousands of people living in the relative comfort of Western democracies have moved on from simply putting money in collecting tins and hoping that it provides a meal or some vaccine for an impoverished youngster. They are now directly sponsoring individual children and, with a modest monthly sum, are nurturing their development right through to adulthood.

This way they can relate closely to what their donations are achieving and actually see the fruits of their generosity. They really are helping poor children in Africa to help themselves especially in the field of education which will provide the teachers, doctors and midwives of tomorrow.

There are perhaps a score of well organised and experienced child sponsorship charities in the UK and most of these tend to pool donations to facilitate something of sustainable value in the children’s community. They will typically provide someone who wants to sponsor a child in Africa for the first time with a profile of the child together with photographs, a guide to how the programme works and tips on how to communicate with the child.

Each year sponsors will also get an update on the progress of the sponsored child and his/her community. This will include recent photographs so donors can see for themselves how their sponsored children are growing and developing with the help of their support.

Sponsors, most of whom have children of their own at home, find the whole process extremely rewarding especially when they see that their encouragement and support results in well qualified young adults who go on to help their communities themselves. Find out more information about sponsor a child Africa by visiting: http://www.plan-uk.org/Sponsor-a-child/east-africa/

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