Thank you to everyone who contributed to our Global Giving Challenge.  The challenge was to get 50 donors to donate to our project in one month via the Global Giving website.  The reward being a permanent place on the Global Giving site.

We did not make the cut this time.  However:

• we achieved 21 donations, mainly from people who have not previously donated to the project.
• Hands Around the World (HATW) contacted us on seeing our project, with a view to exploring ways that we can work in partnership. 

HATW have already made a difference to us, as they have introduced us to Custom House.  Custom House money transfer system should reduce the cost of money transfers from £20 each to £2.50 each, resulting in a saving of over £200 a year.  As money transfers would then covered by bank interest perhaps we will truly be able to say that 100% of your donations will be spent directly on project work. 

Global Giving invite charities to take part in challenges every six months and so we will take up the challenge again in a year or 18 months time.