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Here at the Global Vision International Charitable Trust we must be one of the few charities and NGOs to be sad to see the end of 2012.  Despite being a challenging year for fundraising, again, we have seen good growth in donations and accordingly impact. We have seen 5 of the projects we have helped grow establish themselves independently and will now watch them operate independently and hopefully succeed well into the future.

We have launched new projects in Nepal which have seen instant success in assisting Nepalese school children to attend school, and are now ready to help our friends in Kenya not only set up their own school but also purchase the land where it will be, once we find suitable land! In Fiji, we have seen one of the schools we support awarded Blue School status, from the International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance.  Globally, our work and your donations have now helped to secure more than 500,000 million litres of rainwater harvesting capacity.  One example of how this work can make a difference in expanding the opportunities for people can be seen through this recent report from our team in Kenya.

Thank you all for your fundraising efforts and donations and we look forward to reporting continued success in the coming months. For more information, please see our website www.gvi.org

All the very best

Steve

The Global Vision International Charitable Trust has continued to buck recent economic trends and their effects on the third sector with donations swelling to give us our highest ever donations per year to date, over 500,000 USD. Donations increased by 84 % in 2010-2011 and due the excellent work of our ground staff at GVI, running the programs and reporting back on their progress to the fundraisers and donors who have supported the projects, we see support for the Trust continuing to grow. In 2011-2012, we have seen 130 % growth in donations. Earlier this year, we reached the goal of raising over 750,000 GBP for our projects, and aim to have increased that to 1,000,000 GBP by the end of the year. Each penny given helps support the mirade of locally directed projects we work upon and makes a direct difference locally. Our staff who co-ordinate the programs on the ground in partnership with the local organisations are able to report back in real time as to progress with the projects and the difference they are making locally. Please help us to continue the great work and achievements that we have made so far. Thank you

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