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Donegal's gift to World Vision
08.12.11
DONEGAL people donated
102 chickens and other alternative gifts to families
in Africa last Christmas, according to World Vision
Ireland.
People here also bought 40 fruit trees which were
planted at schools throughout the continent and "fed
hundreds of pupils who may have gone hungry". |
"This year €5 will buy
one of these precious fruit trees, providing hungry
children, who may have to walk for miles to get to
and from school, with nutritious fruit to eat. The
school can also sell excess fruit and use the money
from profits made to provide orphans and vulnerable
children at the school with books and uniforms,"
said World Vision chief executive, Helen Keogh.
“While Donegal people have always been exceptionally
generous when it comes to helping those in need, |
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this year many people
simply do not have that much cash to spare. These
stocking filler gifts do not cost much but will go
such a long way towards changing the life of a child
in the developing world." For more information,
visit
www.worldvision.ie . |
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