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July 2011 Eat So They Can Newsletter |
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Dear ~Contact.FirstName~, July is an exciting month here at Eat So They Can, because it is the time when our second round of funds distribution kicks in to full swing. We are right in the midst of sending out grants to many of our partners, and it is great to see the money that our 2010 hosts raised being put to work. Some of the grants we have sent out this month include;
These are just a few of the grants we are distributing at the moment, but it's all thanks to your hard work! With your help, we know that through Eat So They Can 2011 we will be able to continue supporting the amazing work of our partners! With gratitude,
Eliza Raymond |
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Barefoot Bowls!We're already hearing about some awesome events that are taking place this year! Emma Thompson, one of our Ambassadors from Australia, recently hosted 'Barefoot Bowls', a lazy afternoon of bowls, nibbles, and drinks. Emma invited friends and family to join in a mini-bowls competition, and by all accounts a great afternoon was had by all! The event raised $435 for our Orphaned and Vulnerable Children cause, which was a fantastic result. From the team at Eat So They Can, we would just like to say another huge thank you to all who attended, and of course to Emma. Keep up the great work! For more event ideas, click here. |
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Feature Partner - Mercy Ministry Happy Children Home Association, EthiopiaMercy Ministry Happy Children Home Association (MMHCHA) is Eat So They Can's partner organisation in Ethiopia, and we thought that this month, we could let you know a little bit about what they do. Since opening its doors in 2005, MMHCHA has been constantly working towards their goal of providing shelter, healthcare, and education for Ethiopian children who are forced to live on the streets. According to a 2009 report, up to 5.4 million Ethiopian children are orphans, and many of these are forced to live on the streets, through poverty or abandonment. Close to one million Ethiopian children have lost their parents due to HIV/AIDS, and tens of thousands of these children are living with HIV themselves. MMHCHA works toward helping some of the most vulnerable of these children achieve a better life. They believe that positive interventions in the lives of the children they work with not only helps the children themselves, but can also provide benefit to the whole community. Their long-term vision is that these interventions will in turn benefit communities, village, cities, and eventually, a generation of Ethiopians. To this end, MMHCHA not only works with orphaned and vulnerable children, they also seek to support the guardians and communities of those children by providing healthcare training, vocational and business training and support, medical support, and other financial support. They hope that these measures will improve the livelihood of children, their guardians, and their communities. In 2011/2012, MMHCHA are aiming to provide full care for 20 additional children, education for a further 70 children, and basic medical and business training and support for up to 80 extra families. We have just sent them a grant of $5,000 to help them work towards these goals. If Mercy Ministry Happy Children Home Association sounds like something you would like to support, you can do so by hosting an Eat So They Can event, and nominating MMHCHA as the partner you would like to raise funds for. For more information, you can visit our website here. here. |
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Youtube Treats (We Know You Love Youtube Treats!)Our fantastic Media and Communications team has created a short video for anyone who needs some help with how to get started with hosting an event. It gives a step-by-step guide of how to use our website to create and promote your event. Hopefully it will be helpful for anyone who is still a little unsure about how to get started once they have signed up, but of course if you do have questions feel free to email them through to us. The video can be found by clicking here.
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Hunger management, and why feeding the world could be the political challenge of the century"Having enough food in the country doesn't necessarily mean that all the people get to eat. There are 50 million food-insecure people in the US, for instance, but few would argue that the US wants for food. There is enough food today to feed every human being. That a billion people, 60 per cent of them women or girls, go hungry amid sufficiency is a symptom of an ongoing failure in the global food system. Hunger is not a sign of a shortage of food - it is a symptom of poverty". The above extract is from a fascinating article by Raj Patel on 'hunger management'. The article is all about the fight against world hunger; how complicated it is, but also how crucial it will be in the next century. It's worth a read, so take a look by clicking the link below if you've got a spare ten minutes. http://www.newstatesman.com/global-issues/2011/06/malawi-food-fertiliser-women P.S. Those of you who have 'liked' the Eat So They Can facebook page may have seen this already. For those who haven't, there's only one thing to do, like the Eat So They Can facebook page! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Eat-So-They-Can/107563699287923 |
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