The Long Road to Timbuktu!
After years of waiting, Fay Howell finally arranged a trip to Mali for Christmas. She decided that going to meet her new sponsored child, Sitan (7), would be a good way to begin their friendship and see how the support of sponsors, like her, had helped change the lives of one community. |
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Meeting Emaway in Ethiopia
Barbara Wood had worked with many children as a travelling nurse in Southern Africa so when she settled in the UK she decided to sponsor a child with Plan. Having sponsored with Plan since 1999, she decided this year to go, with her husband Chris, and visit her most recent sponsored child, Emaway (13), in Ethiopia. |
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A Fond Farewell in Kenya
Having sponsored Adam (18) since 1996, Zandra Massie decided it was time she went to visit him in Kenya. As Adam was due to leave the sponsorship program, it was a chance to say goodbye and see the difference that Plan had made in his community. |
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An inspiring visit to meet Kimeu
Plan sponsors Owain and Erica Dobson initially planned to travel to Kenya in early 2008 but had to postpone when, post-elections, the political situation worsened. They soon rearranged and, in September, took the opportunity to visit their sponsored child Kimeu. |
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Finding Beauty in Zambia
After many months of planning, Manya Oxtoby set off for Zambia feeling "apprehensive, yet excited". Along with her friend, Ronald Ward, she was set to visit the girl she has been sponsoring for nearly 6 years – 14-year-old Beauty. |
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A day with Daniel in Ghana
Enid Bates from Bromley has been sponsoring 14-year-old Daniel since 2003. In March, she travelled to Ghana to meet him for the first time. |
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From Northern Ireland to Western Africa
In April of 2008, Valerie Addy, her daughter Julie and Julie’s friend, Claire, travelled from Belfast to Senegal to visit Valerie's sponsored child, 12-year-old Ndeye, for the first time |
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A world away from Ambridge
Actor Tom Graham – eco warrior-turned-sausage manufacturer Tom Archer in Radio 4’s ever-popular series - travelled to a farming community in Sierra Leone to meet the boy he has been sponsoring for the past year |
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Chickens for change: a sponsor visits Malawi
Rozi Wightman of Horsham, West Sussex has been a sponsor with Plan for almost 17 years and has sponsored six different children in Malawi, Zimbabwe and Bolivia. In March 2008, Rozi and her husband David traveled to Malawi to visit 11 year-old Christopher for the second time. |
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Seamus adventures to Africa
Seamus Conway has been a sponsor with Plan for the past eight years. In March 2008, he travelled from Glasgow to Guinea to meet his sponsored child, 17 year-old Salemon, for the first time. |
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