| This year, instead of sending
Christmas Cards we have decided to donate the money we would have spent to the
charity Trees for Cities. This will
also contribute in someway to off-setting our carbon emissions.
We are
making a direct donation to the Trees
for Addis Ababa project.
Our donation will go towards the planting
and upkeep of around 40 trees in a banana, lemon and avocado orchard in the Bambis
area of Addis Ababa. The site was previously wasteland, and will take about 100
trees. Young people living on the streets will be employed to look after the orchard,
which will give them the means to escape life on the streets, eat well, and even
pay for schooling in some cases, which they would have no hope of doing otherwise.
Most of the fruits of the orchard will be sold to generate income for the project. Philippa
Simon Nicole
Katherine Amelia
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