The first pictures from one of our Ghana projects have come back to us and we’re SO super excited to see our kiddies playing on the equipment we were able to ship out earlier this year. The playground gets rotated around schools with no recreation facilities, (which means all of them in Kumasi!) and the rental monies earned goes towards our bigger project helping children with HIV and AIDS in the slum areas of the city.

BOOM!

Tickets are on sale and shooting out the door for this year’s S.A.F.E Bristol ball! This is your reminder to get in touch and grab some seats.

Start Time: Saturday, July 31, 2010 at 7:00pm
End Time: Sunday, August 1, 2010 at 12:00am
Location: The Bristol  Hotel, Princes Street
City/Town: Bristol, United Kingdom

There will be a three course meal, wine and entertainment. There will also be an auction and raffle – all for an easy 40 nicker.

Dress Code: Black Tie & Traditional Dress. Costumes and Masks are preferred. Masks will be available to buy on the night.

Every shiny penny will go to our projects in Ghana, Cambodia, Uganda and India, and help our kids to get educated and healthy.

Tickets:
£40 per person
Tables of 10 – £375

Tickets are now available to purchase online at stubmatic.
Please follow the link http://www.stubmatic.com/thesafefoundation/event/5158

Tel: Kristian – 07773683070
kristian@thesafefoundation.co.uk

Hey Safers!

Ok, I might have to keep this short and sweet (Asia t’internet connection being the reason), but its all good in The S.A.F.E. Foundation Cambodia project, where I am now with SAFE photog extroadinaire – Dan Green.

I have met with the director of our partner charity, the CCAHA and toured the schools that we support with your help. The schools are FAB! The kids are mega attentive and learning well. The teachers that we support are also doing great, teaching with big smiles on their faces and a lot of love in their heart!

There is still much to do here, and the next few days will consist of lots of meetings with Kourosh, our fantastic project manager, to fine tune elements of the project that need improving. The social issues that the CCAHA and SAFE are addressing are important in long term responses to disadvantage and with your help we really can do a lot to improve them.

Cambodia as a whole is unbelievable! The people are friendly, the scenery staggering and the culture historic and interesting.

For now, I’m signing off, I will try to write again and pictures from Dan will follow shortly!

Lucy x

Wanna know a fact? Oxfam are brill. Fact.

Wanna know another fact? Oxfam think SAFE supporters are brill. Fact.

So they asked us to ask you if you want to do something different and get involved in campaigning – here’s what they’re offering…

“Each year Oxfam runs a free residential course for keen young activists to give them knowledge, confidence and drive to engage in campaigning activities. This year the training is taking place between the 10th and 13th of September in Birmingham. If you might be interested in applying to participate in this training. Please see the following link for further information http://www.oxfam.org.uk/get_involved/campaign/activists/change“

Please contact Bethan Harper at bharper@oxfam.org.uk if you want to have a chat about the training or application processes.

We want to say a huge Thank You to Gerald and all at Cardiff PAT Test, who very kindly donated their services and did all our Portable Appliance Testing so we’re ready to go to all the festivals this summer!

Thanks Guys, you saved us a lot and were very lovely to boot.

If anyone needs to get any PAT testing done, here’s their website www.cardiffpat-test.co.uk

THE S.A.F.E. FOUNDATION IS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS!

The S.A.F.E. Foundation is looking for volunteers to work overseas and help make a difference to the lives of impoverished people around the world!

Volunteers will be placed in one of our projects in Africa and will have a choice of a range of duties including construction, teaching, health outreach and cultural exchange. Placement dates and times vary and interested parties should get in touch for more information.

We are also looking for project leaders, who should have experience of volunteering abroad and be over 18.

Volunteers should be members of The S.A.F.E. Foundation

For more information or to request an application form, please contact info@thesafefoundation.co.uk

The S.A.F.E. Foundation is looking for members to join our charity and help make a difference to the lives of impoverished people around the world!

Membership will get you lots of blummin’ good stuff, including;

• SAFER pack and merchandise
• Invitation to SAFE meetings
• Entitlement to vote at AGM
• Monthly newsletter
• Volunteer opportunities
• Opportunity to participate in pilot projects
• Discounts to SAFE events when applicable
• Regular opportunities to feedback and give suggestions at group forums
• Lots of SAFE love.

There are a few ways you can become members – You can pay us £15 a year if you’ve got a job, or £12 if you haven’t, OR you can throw your own fundraising event and become a member for free!

Failing all that you can recruit 10 new paying members! Easy as lush pies!

Membership is also free for those who have been regular donors to The S.A.F.E. Foundation for six months or over.

Becoming a SAFER will mean you will become part of a large family of SAFE people who meet regularly at different events that help the charity to raise funds whilst having a whole lot of fun!

For more information or to request an application form, please contact info@thesafefoundation.co.uk