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Barbara's Fast helps the World
Barbara Walmsley must have broken all records in 2003 with her annual fast for Oxfam. She has now collected every single contribution from her sponsors, over 550 donors in all. The photo on the left was taken by the Maidenhead Advertiser outside Sainsbury's in the centre of Maidenhead.
Oxfam
has given a list of what can actually be bought with Barbara's sponsorship
in 2003. It is incredible what her actions can do for the world's most
needy. She really has done a wonderful job and thoroughly deserves our
congratulations.
Photo by kind permission of the Maidenhead Advertiser
(click for larger image)
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| 400 | 400 text books for school children in Mali. | ||
| 500 | training for 15 community water workers to maintain Oxfam provided water facilities in Kenya. | ||
| 830 | 272 medical kits for midwives in India. | ||
| 1,000 | 10,000 packets of rehydrating salts to treat diarrhoea. | ||
| 1,000 | 500 hens providing eggs and a means of earning a living in Honduras. | ||
| 2,000 | emergency plastic sheeting shelter for 17 families of 8 people. | ||
| 2,000 | 8,000 meals served from a community kitchen in Peru. | ||
| 2,500 |
water
tanks, put together in 45 minutes, and providing 1,500 people with |
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| 3,000 | 12 heifers for women dairy farmers in Malawi making them independent and allowing their children to go to school. | ||
| £13,230 | TOTAL |
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Barbara Walmsley |
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