www.salveinternational.orgS.A.L.V.E. International, P.O. Box 1099, Jinja, Uganda, East AfricaS.A.L.V.E. International, 69 Thornbridge Crescent, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S40 2JH

Here at S.A.L.V.E. HQ things are as busy as ever as we continue to try to expandour work in Uganda to give support, love and education to even more childrenand people in the wider community.One of our trustees Nicola is currently out in Uganda working with our staff team and new volunteers Ben and Neil

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you can get regular weekly updatesfrom the ground from our shiny new blog =www.salveinternational.wordpress.com The children have just enjoyed their school holidays

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with a highlight beingwriting their very own Salve anthem and working on making a music video for it

… we will share it with you when it’s been edited!

Top of the charts here wecome!

If you’re

wondering how you can help S.A.L.V.E., there are many ways; from taking on a fundraisingchallenge to volunteering your time. In particular, we are currently looking for sponsors for our children. If you want to help one of our fantastic children in their new life in the S.A.L.V.E. family then read on to findout more or email us at info@salveinternational.org. Over the past few months, S.A.L.V.E. supporters have been swimming like mad for us, all to raise money togo towards a home of our own. Based on lengths of water around Jinja where we work, the task we set oursupporters was no mean feat. Choose a challenge

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either easy, medium or hard in length. Pick your pool.Team or individual.

Don your swimsuit. And get ready for S.A.L.V.E.’s first ever sponsored swim!

After the success of this year’s event, we look forward to making this a yearly occurrence. But if you missedout on the swims so far and want to get involved, there’s still

time! We have one last swim to go, which will

Follow our shiny new blog for the latestweekly updates about our work

Like us on Facebook for the latest newsand photos from UgandaFollow us on Twitter for our latest newsdirect from the birdies mouth

www.salveinternational.orgS.A.L.V.E. International, P.O. Box 1099, Jinja, Uganda, East AfricaS.A.L.V.E. International, 69 Thornbridge Crescent, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S40 2JH

be held in London. If you live in that neck of the woods and want to take on the challenge of the River Nilefrom the safety of you local pool, drop Helen a line(helen@salveinternational.org)to register your interest. And for those who have already swum from all over Europe, i.e. fromManchester to Brussels... a HUGE thank you for helping us to raise

over awhopping £4000!

Half of that money will go in our savings to buy our veryown Salve land and home, the other half to pay for our current home, foodetc. that our children need.

Next year’s Splashing will take place in

May 2012

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register your interest todayso we can send you more information closer to the time about being a localcoordinator or a participant

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splash@salveinternational.org.Crocodiles may or may not be included.One of the newest members of the S.A.L.V.E. family really needs your help. Faith came to us a few monthsago, but is still without a sponsor (and we have 3 more children who are currently beginning theirrehabilitation with us and will be looking for sponsors soon). Could you be the person to turn their livesaround and making their dreams of a return to education come true?

Let us tell you a bit about Faith...

Faith is eleven years old and loves to read and play games of all types, especially skipping and netball. When she is older,Faith would like to be a doctor.As you can see, Faith is just a young girl with hopes anddreams like any other who has suffered difficulties that nochild should ever have to go through.With S.A.L.V.E. our children have the opportunity of reclaiming both their education and their childhood.Please help us to continue to make this possible by sponsoring one of them today

for just £35 a month

Sponsoring a child can be done as an individual or as a group and it’s a chance to develop a relationship with

one of our children and see them blossom over the years due to your support.Take the first step towards this life-changing decision today by emailing info@salveinternational.org for more information about what being a sponsor with S.A.L.V.E. really means.

www.salveinternational.orgS.A.L.V.E. International, P.O. Box 1099, Jinja, Uganda, East AfricaS.A.L.V.E. International, 69 Thornbridge Crescent, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S40 2JH

As you may have noticed, our online shop is now officially up and

running! With beads and jewellery supplied direct from our women’s

community education programme from Mafubira in Uganda, you canbe sure that every purchase you make through our shop really ismaking a difference where it matters most.Visit http://salveinternational.org/id49.html to view our fantastic range of jewellery; whether y

ou’re looking for necklaces, earrings or

bracelets, we have something to suit all tastes

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and pockets!

Key facts about our women’s

empowerment group:

There are 15 members who meet together with theirtrainer and SALVE community worker three afternoons perweek to generate income and have lessons on a variety of different skills and topics.-

They make jewellery out of recycled paper and beadstogether as a cooperative (and split the profitscooperatively).-

The women between them have 71 dependants (childrenthey support) and in total the group network benefits

99people

The average monthly household income is £21.70

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whichworks out as equivalent to £3 per person per household permonth

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which works out at about 10p per person per day.-

Being part of the Salve bead project (for just three

afternoons per week) has on average raised each woman’s monthly household income

by a third

.This money is being spent on sending their children to school, food and clothes for the most part,though they have also started a saving pool to allow them to get larger sums to invest in otherbusiness ventures. The bigger the market we can get for the jewellery the more they can make and

the bigger impact it can have in their/ their children’s/ their grandchildren’s lives!

How can you help?

Do check out our online shop and think of us when you next need to buy a gift, Christmas is around the corner after all!

Or if you’d like to go even further why not get in touch about he

lping us to sell our beautiful jewellery

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either by running a stall yourself or linking us up with contacts you might have who might be interested inbuying from us. Contact our shop team: shop@salveinternational.org