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The road less travelled, Peking to Paris!
We’re rallying behind two intrepid fundraisers for the ALMT and supporting their attempt to drive from Peking to Paris in a 1929 Buick known affectionately as ‘Benson’.
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An ALMT supporter is climbing to new heights for the trust, Kilimanjaro no less!
Help our ALMT supporters achieve new heights in fundraising for the ALMT by attempting to climb the highest mountain in Africa. Deutsche bank employees Nadia Corsini and her friend Denise Brown will be climbing Kilimanjaro in a couple of weeks to raise money for our projects, please support them here.
Job opportunity with the ALMT
The ALMT is looking to hire an enthusiastic self starter as a fundraiser and administrative assistant. Please find attached the job description and person specification, cv's and covering letters to be sent to Head of Programmes debbie.gore@almt.org by 2pm Wednesday 18th August.
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21/08/2009
New project to help AIDS orphans in Cambodia
Since 2001, TASK has helped Cambodian communities care for over 1000 children affected and orphaned by AIDS, sparking a youth movement that has become a separate entity in its own right called Big Brothers and Sisters of Cambodia. The project is fully managed and led by Cambodians and assists children to stay in their communities (not in an orphanage) by supporting orphans and their extended family through school fees, small business loans, medical care, life skills training, income generation projects, grief counselling and mentoring.
At a fraction of the cost of supporting a child in an orphanage, TASK is able to support a grandmother (or aunt or uncle for example) who would otherwise be unable to care for their orphaned relatives. In other cases, where the oldest child is in their late teenage years, they work with the community and extended family to support them as a "teen-headed household". When there is no extended family available they recruit Cambodian families of good character as adoptive parents.
A study of children in families affected by HIV/AIDS found that 40% of these children have had to leave school and forego necessities such as food and clothing. TASK works to ensure that all orphans are able to attend school and get an education, by paying school fees and training Big Brothers and Sisters to check homework and encourage the orphans in their studies. Now that some of the orphans have reached university age and wish to continue their studies and obtain degrees, thus breaking the cycle of poverty and lifting themselves and their families out of the slums.
ALMT has given TASK £5,000 for 2009 and £5,000 for 2010 to provide university scholarships for at least 11 students. The breakdown is as follows: each student requires approximately £450 per year for university fees, books and materials. £50 per year will assist with administrative costs of the project. Any remaining funds will be used to provide more sponsorships.