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Maura Murray from OCR is taking part in a sponsored event for Mencap,
in October this year. She has pledged to raise £2650 for the
event. The 12-day event involves her travelling to Peru to help renovate and add
new buildings to The Rainbow Centre in Urubamba, which educates and supports children
with a learning disability. The trip will then culminate in a two-day trek up
to the 'Lost City of the Incas' at Machu Pichu. The money raised for the event
will go towards the cost of her travelling to Peru to carry out the work on The
Rainbow Centre, the materials needed to help renovate the Centre and all remaining
monies will go to Mencap.
Mencap is the leading UK charity working with children and adults with a learning
disability and their families and carers. Mencap provide services, advice and
support to meet people's needs and choices throughout their lives.
Learning disability is one of the most common forms of disability in the UK;
it is also the least understood. A learning disability is a lifelong condition.
It is acquired before, during, or soon after birth and affects an individual's
ability to learn. People with a learning disability find it harder to learn and
understand than other people. As a result, some need support with everyday practical
skills like getting dressed or cooking, or social skills like holding a conversation.
Others with more severe learning disabilities - often coupled with physical disabilities
- require 24-hour care. Many, however, are able to live fairly independent lives.
Mencap work towards improving the lives and opportunities of children and adults
with a learning disability, their families and carers. Their vision is 'a world
where everyone with a learning disability has an equal right to choice, opportunity
and respect, with the support they need'.
Please offer your support and help Maura Murray to reach her sponsorship target
of £2,650. Peru is a poor country and the work that is carried out
at The Rainbow Centre will make a real difference to the lives of those children
that depend on the Centre for education and support.
If you would like to make a donation then please make cheques payable to
'Project Peru' and send them (marking the envelope 'private and confidential')
to:
Miss Maura Murray
OCR (Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations)
Information Bureau
Progress House
Westwood Way
Coventry
CV4 8JQ
If you have allready received one of the promotional letters, you can also
send the cheque to the address stated on the letter.
To give you a little bit more information about The Rainbow Centre:- during
our time in Peru we will be building a canteen, toilet block and theatre at The
Rainbow Centre. The Rainbow Centre was built by KIYA SURVIVORS. Kiya Survivors
is a charity founded in 2001 by British girl Suzy Butler. Kiya seeks to offer
street children and special-needs children in South America a proper education
and the love and support they deserve. Until the Rainbow Centre's completion,
the only provision for special-needs children in Urubamba was a single room with
no specialist facilities. Around 40 children currently attend the The Rainbow
Centre. The majority are from families living in extreme poverty and all of the
children have a learning disability. The Centre also caters for children that
have been abused or abandoned.
You can visit the Kiya Survivors Website at: www.kiyasurvivors.org
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