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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An emotional trip from Orkney to Albania
Stewart Anderson and his wife Jacky have been involved with Plan since 1992, sponsoring four children in Albania, Bangladesh, and the Philippines. Stewart recently travelled from his home in Orkney, Scotland, to Albania to visit one of these children, fourteen-year-old Olimbie. |
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Tanzania after ten years: A sponsor returns
David Coleman from Bedfordshire has been sponsoring seventeen-year-old Mwanaidi since 1995. In September, David and his friend Clive made the long trip out to Tanzania especially to see Mwanaidi on what was David’s second visit |
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Frances meets Sie in Burkina Faso
After leaving school in 2006, Frances Rose decided to take a gap year before starting her university studies. Whilst working at a hospital in Ghana she made the trip to nearby Burkina Faso to visit her sponsored child, nine-year-old Sie |
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Meeting Mike: a Ugandan adventure
In July 2007, Joy and Andy Catchpole made the journey of a lifetime to Uganda to meet eighteen-year-old Mike, who they have been sponsoring for nearly a decade. As Mike is nearing his graduation from the Plan programme, they were eager to meet him before he moves on.
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An inspirational trip to Ghana
Sponsors Paul and Lynne Brameld had a truly welcoming experience when they visited sponsored child, Christopher, in Ghana. During their trip, they gained a fascinating insight into Plan's work. |
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Meeting Israa in Egypt - a sponsor's story
After almost a decade of sponsoring children through Plan UK, Catherine Gifford fulfilled her wish to meet one in person when she visited Israa, 6, in Egypt in January 2007 |
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