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HOPEHIV, PO Box 60165, London, SW19 8QJ, UK
T: +44 (0)20 8288 1196
E: INFO@HOPEHIV.ORG
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What’s your story?
We suspect it’s quite a good one. Why not start a new chapter by getting involved with HOPEHIV? Below we’ve got some quick and easy ways you can take action. If you’d like to sound out your ideas, email Mark. Then check out What do you need? - useful resources, we think.
make us your charity partner at school/work/church
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HOPEHIV offers bespoke partnerships and we'd love to chat to you about what could work for your school, company or church. We tailor our involvement to suit you so that your pupils, colleagues or congregation get real value out of the relationship with HOPEHIV. Email info@hopehiv.org to get started.
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run the sep at your school
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| The Social Entrepreneurs Project (SEP) introduces entrepreneurial skills and social awareness to the UK classroom. Given 'seed capital', pupils come up with creative business ideas, then develop commercial skills as they make it happen. All profits are donated to HOPEHIV, so pupils learn what it means to make a real difference. To bring this 'plug and play', co-curricular activity to your school, email kirsty@hopehiv.org. |
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READ THIS BOOK
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After the Rains is a dramatic novel which parallels the coming of age of fictional Jayne Cameron with that of post-colonial Rhodesia as it morphs into the free Zimbabwe.
From 1 November, Emily Barroso will be donating £2 of the cover price of copies of her novel After the Rains bought through www.emilybarroso.com to HOPEHIV's projects in Zimbabwe.
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sign up to our enews
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It doesn't sound like much but by receiving our quarterly enews, you'll be ready to spring into action when inspiration strikes! It will keep you up to date with fundraising opportunities in the UK and our projects' progress in Africa. We promise not to spam you or share your details with anyone else. Sign up here.
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dig out that tenner
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If you meant to do something with your £10 note from the HOPEHIV 1010 Challenge but forgot, it's not too late. Either have a crack at turning it into £100 or simply return it to us (please send a cheque for £10 or send the gift form - cash goes missing in the post).
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PICK UP THE PHONE
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Restaurant? Cinema? Taxi? Or just the local dry-cleaners? Whatever number you’re looking for, find it through 118 918. Not only is their directory enquiries service significantly cheaper for landline calls than the biggest directory enquiries service providers, but 20p from every call will come directly to HOPEHIV.
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run the london marathon
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| After nine years on the waiting list, HOPEHIV has finally been awarded places for the Virgin London Marathon 2011. The big day is 17th April 2011. Contact kirsty@hopehiv.org for more information. |
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make a difference when you shop online
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Go to www.hopehiv.spendandgive.co.uk and just click on your favourite store. This directs you to their normal site, but when you buy something, the retailer automatically donates a percentage of your spend to HOPEHIV. Easy! Tell friends, colleagues, random people on the street with our flyer, which you can download here. If you're a PA, you can raise heaps of cash for HOPEHIV just by doing your job: office supplies, flights, hotels, gifts - it's all there waiting.
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use quick and easy fundraising tools
www.justgiving.com/hopehiv is a hassle-free way to set up a fundraiser: it tells people what you’re doing and gets their money safely to HOPEHIV. On our What do you need? page, there’s all the stuff you need to galvanise others: posters, sponsor forms and more. Of course, there’s still a teeny bit of hassle, but it’s up to you whether you run a marathon, bath in beans or simply keep schtumm for a day.
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get married
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...and persuade your other half that the John Lewis list is best left to MPs! Check out www.thealternativeweddinglist.co.uk to set up your list and donate to HOPEHIV and a range of other great charities.
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Make a statement
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| Isaiah 61 is a positive statement clothing company, offering a contemporary collection of ethically sourced t-shirts and hoodies. For every Isaiah 61 product you buy from their website, www.isaiah61clothing.com , they’ll give 5% to HOPEHIV. |
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listen
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| Singer/song-writer Emma Pears not only wrote a Song for Africa, but created a huge choir of more than 400 people to record the CD single We Believe! The record sold thousand of copies and was featured on TV and radio, raising money and awareness for HOPEHIV. The single is available online from Emma's record label Dependant. |
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Putumayo World Music has released two CDs, African Reggae and African Party, sales of which will be partially donated to HOPEHIV. Both are available on amazon - make it a double whammy and go through spendandgive!
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dear little heart is a CD written especially for pregnant women and new mothers looking for beautiful instrumental music to play to their unborn child whilst in utero and then as familiar soothing sounds to calm their babies once born. 10% of all CD sales are donated to HOPEHIV. You can buy it online at www.dearlittleheart.com
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volunteer skills, ideas or friends
IT, Law or HR professionals – we welcome pro-bono advice. Graphic designers, AV technicians, social networking whizzes - please get in touch. Mere mortals - if you’ve got ideas about how HOPEHIV can be more effective, tell us! Everyone - tell your friends. The more people that know about us the better. Invite them to join us on Facebook or Twitter. |
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We see hope in Dawn and Otila.
Dawn lives in Epworth, an urban suburb of Harare. She was the Sunday school teacher at her local church when she was selected to attend training as a pre-school teacher in 2006. The training was part of the HOPEHIV-funded Oasis Pre-School Programme, which helps churches use their facilities and volunteers to give the most vulnerable children access to education.
They set up Breakthrough School in September 2006 with just 10 orphaned or vulnerable children. The church offered its outdoor meeting area to the school and also built a simple two room structure. Oasis provided furniture, educational resources and toys, and the curriculum, as well as training another volunteer, Otila, to help Dawn. Otila is good at sewing and has started to make uniforms for the children attending, to reduce the stigma felt by those who have very few clothes to wear.
Oasis visits Breakthrough School weekly to provide support. Staff visit children’s homes to assess how their families can contribute to the school. Some pay a small fee, others bring things like firewood or maize, while other parents and guardians help out at the school. In 2009 the school had 38 children aged 4 to 6 and was receiving good feedback about former pupils from the local government primary schools.
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