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Dear Supporter,

Now we are into the second half of 2015, it's a great time to reflect on how 2015 has been going so far!

This year we launched our Women's Empowerment Programs in Nepal, Fiji, India and South Africa. We have seen a lot of interest in this initiative from our volunteers. Most notably is our Nepal project, where it has gone from strength to strength with English lessons, female business development, and art classes. We were also fortunate enough to have a female Hindi speaking gynecologist join us who did a fantastic job delivering women’s health seminars to local women and mothers of Nepal.

In India, our construction project had recently a substantial donation from the Anna Cross Trust. Anna was a former GVI volunteer who passed away 2 years after volunteering with us in India and her parents set up this trust to donate to a project that affected her very strongly. The donation is going towards building houses and a playground in a local slum - construction has already started so stay tuned!

In February, our Silana. Fiji base was buzzing with excitement when we received a visit from The Minister of Youth and Sports. While speaking to members of the community in Dawasamu, the Minister said:

“It was a pleasure to witness the progress of the youth groups in the area especially in Silana as a direct result of working in partnership with GVI.The relationship between GVI and Silana youth is a unique one and it is good to see the hard work paying off for all stakeholders in the community,”

Fiji also recently had students from Stelly's School, who have been busy assisting with a variety of construction projects at three local schools. Their extensive to-do list includes: building a new kindergarten classroom walkway; repainting classrooms and school buildings; fixing tables and chairs; building a new boat playground for the children as well new composting toilets. It's great to know that thanks to Stelly's hard work, the children at all three schools now have beautiful classrooms and an infrastructure conducive to a positive learning environment.

Thank you all for your fundraising efforts and donations and we look forward to reporting continued success in the coming months.

All the best

GVI Charitable Trust

Links:

• www.gvi.org