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We have recently received the following e-mail from Kate at GUA AFRICA

From: Kate Gumm
Date: 24/09/2010 11:23:25
To: David Yates
Subject:

re: Have you any news for me this month?

Hello David,

I hope you and everyone at Educating Others is well. This month has been a rather slow month in terms of developments with the Emma Academy Project. We are eagerly awaiting the funds that will see us reach our final fundraising target for Phase 1 so that we can see the 5 Primary School classrooms completed and in use.  Having said that, GUA Africa and our founder Emmanuel Jal have been invited to a World Bank Conference in early October and we are hopeful that this event might bring us some welcome news in relation to the funding for the classrooms.

Emmanuel Jal

Your members may or may not be aware that September 21st is the United Nations Day of Peace. To mark the occasion, GUA Africa teamed up with the UN funded organisation Peace One Day and organised a football match event promoting peace in the town of Leer, Southern Sudan. It was part of Peace One Day’s "One Day One Goal" initiative where they organise football matches in conjunction with local NGOs in some of the world’s most currently and recently volatile regions. GUA Africa was immensely proud to be able to facilitate such an event on behalf of South Sudan. The day was a huge success, with an estimated 4,000 people turning up to watch the match and to voice their support of peace in the region. In the first photo attached you can see one of the teams lining up for their photo with a home made ‘Peace One Day’ banner in the background. In the second you can see one of the teams being introduced to the Unity State Government of Southern Sudan Commissioner who came out to support the event.

On behalf of GUA Africa I would like to thank all of your members for their continued support of our cause, and in particular their extra efforts made this past month with your highly successful Coffee Morning. We truly appreciate the support you are giving to us.

 
Warm regards,

 
Kate Gumm
GUA Africa
www.gua-africa.org