http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/ecovillage/

Future Donor

Thank you for taking the time to read this.

I, Reid Falconer am a grade 10 student at Bishops Diocesan College in Cape Town and I was introduced to the Indlovu Project as a member of my school’s Global Issues Network group. I am committed to making a difference in this very poor community, situated only 20 km from the independent boys school which I attend.

The Indlovu Project is in an informal settlement (squatter camp), in Monwabisi Park, Khayelitsha on the outskirts of Cape Town. In the community surrounding the project unemployment is high, teenage girls fall pregnant in order to access the small monthly government child support, lack of sanitation results in children under the age of five dying from diarrhea, TB and HIV/Aids are rife. The cycle of poverty can only be broken by giving the people of this squatter camp hope for the future – this means providing them with the basics such as food, water and sanitation but also with the means to support themselves through the development of food gardens and skills training. Students need to receive food and support to be able to stay in school and complete their secondary education. Houses need to be built to replace the leaking, cold tin shacks that lack running water and sanitation.

My initial plan looked at developing food gardens for the Indlovu Project and the members of the community in which they are situated. As I got more involved with this project I realized that I needed to take the next step. With the help of the organization, Global Giving I hope to make my vision of turning a squatter camp into an eco-village a reality, as this will ultimately uplift and benefit the 20,000 inhabitants of Monwabisi Park.

I want to make the world a better place and I'm sure you do as well. The World Bank Institute and Global Giving have awarded me the opportunity to earn up to $50 000 for the Indlovu project so here’s a chance for you to donate and ultimately help create an eco-village with HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. If my project raises $3 000 from 50 unique donors in the month of August 2010 I will be awarded an ongoing spot on the website to raise more money for amazing organizations/projects.

You can help me raise money and earn a spot for my ongoing project on GlobalGiving.

1) Pass along this email to your friends and families and ask them to tell others.

2) If you are planning to make a donation this month to Indlovu Project please do so by going to our project on GlobalGiving http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/ecovillage/

Regards

Reid Falconer
(+27)082 767 9464
rfalconer@bishops.org.za