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the 1010 challenge
The 1010 Challenge is a simple concept. HOPEHIV gives you a tenner and gives you three options of what to do with it:
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- Accept the challenge and find a way to turn it into £100 and give the money back to HOPEHIV
- Reject the challenge and return the tenner
- Keep it, if you need it more than the orphaned children and vulnerable young people HOPEHIV helps in Africa
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i've accepted the challenge. what now?
Before you start, ask yourself…
1. What’s the Big Idea (product/service and how it will make money)? How can you refine it?
2. Who will help you and have they agreed to do so? Do you need anyone’s permission before you proceed?
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4. What risks are there and how will you mitigate them?
5. How much will it cost? If more than £10, will you reinvest profit from the first £10 or use your own money?
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| We've put together a worked example here. There are lots more ideas and tools to help you in the left hand panel of this page. |
How do I get the money back to hopehiv?
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Send your money through to us using the gift form - cash has a tendency to go missing in the post. If you used a sponsor form as part of your 1010 Challenge, remember to include it so we know who to thank. Also, we'd love it if you emailed us your photos and stories to info@hopehiv.org - please use that address for any further questions you might have.
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We see hope in Tim
Singer, songwriter and worship leader Tim Hughes is an ambassador for HOPEHIV's work with churches. To find out more, visit www.hopehiv.org/churches
"My involvement with HOPEHIV came through spending time with Phil Wall. His passion and his heart is infectious. I love the way HOPEHIV are working amongst local communities, not just trying to bring a bit of relief, all of which is important, but actually trying to rebuild and transform communities, to raise up leaders and to inspire young people to believe that they can change the course of history. I love the risks that HOPEHIV take and the passion they have. For me it is a great honour to be involved.
Someone once said to Mother Teresa that her work was a drop in the ocean and she said, yes, but the ocean is made of many drops - I find that so encouraging. Sometimes I look around at the state of the world, the statistics of horrific poverty and injustice and I think it is so great, what can I ever do? But I could start by doing something; befriending the homeless people I walk past on the way to work, writing a letter to an MP to make a stand for the neglected, giving money towards a great cause, reading and becoming aware of the need all around and praying. All of this would make a huge difference. As much as anything, it comes down to a heart that is willing to serve. It is not about being gifted, it is simply about being available.
I have spent a bit of time in sub-Saharan Africa. I remember particularly a time in Tanzania. What blew me away most about the people was the generosity and joy. I remember visiting a rural village where the level of poverty was shocking. The kids barely had proper clothes with which to cover their bodies. They would spend days working out in the fields harvesting. Yet when we went to visit this one particular village, one of the leaders of the village had organised a can of coke for both my wife and myself to drink. I know that must have cost them a lot of their resources but for them it was such a great delight to give. It totally broke me and humbled me that here we were with so much in comparison to them and yet they were the ones giving to us. Also, the joy is amazing and I found their perspective and view of life so challenging. I get so worried about tiny little things that are really ultimately inconsequential. I hope I can live with more of the joy they have."
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