Delicious
Buffet style Curry provided by Maazi Restaurant in Matlock plus members of
Dale Diva chorus (winners of Chanel 5's 'Don't Stop Believing') will be there to
sing for you, there will also be a Bar & Raffle!
This Charity Night is to raise funds for Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO). Kristiana Shirley has been selected to go to Rajasthan In India on the 18th January 2013 with VSO; she'll be working with mother's and babies on the Maternal & Child health Projects. Please read more about Kristiana's story here
To book for this charity event please call Sharon or Kristiana on
01629 57638 or 07940 837 948 / 07707 251 747 or email sshirley@uwclub.net
This Charity Night is to raise funds for Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO). Kristiana Shirley has been selected to go to Rajasthan In India on the 18th January 2013 with VSO; she'll be working with mother's and babies on the Maternal & Child health Projects. Please read more about Kristiana's story here
To book for this charity event please call Sharon or Kristiana on
01629 57638 or 07940 837 948 / 07707 251 747 or email sshirley@uwclub.net
In December 2013 Kristiana will be running 5k
dressed as Santa Claus, beard included of course!
Kristiana is doing this to raise much needed finds for a
charity that she supports; Voluntary
Service Overseas (VSO). If you think that you would like to witness this ONCE
IN A LIFETIME event of seeing Kristiana attempting to run a race in a Santa costume then she NEEDS your
support! All donations will be greatly appreciated whatever the amount you can
spare. Every little helps and it is really going to an amazing cause!
Why Voluntary Service Overseas?
VSO sends people and their
skills (rather than money) to some of the world’s poorest communities to ensure
that any change to improve people’s quality of life is sustainable and
integrated into existing systems, communities and societies.
“A world without poverty,
where excluded and marginalised women and men have a choice and an opportunity
to participate effectively in society, have enough to feed and clothe their
families, have access to education and healthcare services, land on which to
grow food or a job to earn a living.” (VSO's goals)
What will Kristiana be doing?
Kristiana has recently been selected as
a VSO volunteer, so she’s off to India
in January where she will be working on a Maternal and Child Health Care
project for 3 months. Health and Nutrition
statistics in India are still alarming: infant mortality is at 57 per 1000;
maternal mortality rate is 230 per 100,000. The new VSO India strategy will
increase access to health and nutrition services through effective delivery of
schemes such as NRHM. This work is critical
because it can help provide aid to those who need it the most.
Why India?
General statistics on
development in India mask extreme inequality and a vast disparity of access to
opportunities. The rapid rise of a thriving middle class conceals the startling
statistic that India is still home to one third of the world’s poorest people.
Further, research indicates that a quarter of the population go to bed hungry
and one million women still die every year in childbirth. Inequality is
particularly significant, with a staggering estimate of over 60 million people
living in slums. Exclusion of marginalised groups is a major issue in
understanding poverty. Tribal communities, women, people with disabilities and
Muslim minorities are all over-represented amongst the poor and systematically
discriminated against and excluded.
VSO India works for the
poorest and most marginalised and vulnerable sections of society. They aim to
build and support an active and dynamic volunteering base and specifically
focus on supporting women, people with disabilities and other minority groups.
So Kristiana has around 6 weeks to raise £800, so dig deep and
donate for a great charity!
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