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How to make a difference for only £2
With time feeling like it’s speeding up and with only about 4-5 months to go until I leave to cycle across the world, I had to get started on a big part of this trip; raising £10,000 for Action Aid. I love the work of Action Aid and also use their amazing child sponsorship program. Featured below is the girl I am sponsoring. She is called Malai Bo and is from Cambodia. I pay only about 50p a day with this program and it allows Malai Bo to get an education and also helps her small village in Cambodia. I receive regular updates from Malai Bo and her life.
It was because of this program that I wanted to help Action Aid further. So, my goal is to raise £10,000 during my cycling adventure. £10,000 can change people’s lives and is also a realistic target;
- £10,000 could provide a borehole for two schools, providing a clean and safe water supply in Malawi.
- £10,000 would pay for a woman’s empowerment programme in Nepal, which focuses on domestic violence, community support mechanism, awareness of anti-trafficking and seeking alternative income to stop trafficking of children.
While this target is realistic I have to be realistic myself about how I would complete something like this. Anyone who has ever been involved in fundraising will tell you how difficult it can be. I luckily have a few years experience with a couple of different charities about fundraising which is why I decided to opt-out of the more common methods and try something a little more creative and worthwhile.
The bollocks to poverty mosaic
The bollocks to poverty mosaic gives you the chance to be apart of ActionAid’s work at minimal cost. The goal here is to create a huge 5000 photo mosaic of your photos. During collection the mosaic will be continuously updated and the end result will be 5000 photos in the form of the bollocks to poverty logo as seen at the top of this page.
Each photo costs £2 and you can submit more than 1 photo, so 5 photos = £10. The photos can be of anything (no porn etc), preferably though the photos should be of your face. By sending in photos of your face the final result will be a bollocks to poverty image that you will be able to zoom in on and see the individual photos that make this up. The mosaic will be made up of supporters that have contributed to this with one simple message - Bollocks to poverty!
You can get involved in a number of ways:
- If you do not want to be involved financial then you can tweet this or share it on facebook and let people know about it. I want to try and create a real mosaic made up of people from all walks of life.
- You can subscribe to the main website Bollocks to poverty mosaic
- You can donate to the mosaic here and I can upload photos for you from your facebook or something else.
- You can submit your photo via this link and follow instructions to make the donation.
- You can also join the Bollocks to poverty Facebook fan group.
You can see the latest stage of the mosaic over at this link. 5000 photos is a lot of photos but the end result will be worth it. Please share and spread the news and donate to get your photo into the mosaic 
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