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16 The Link Magazine • November 1998

SWEAT A FEW POUNDS FOR BANGLADESH
Optimum
, J Charity aerobics hour with Bodies by Design in aid of the
Beauty Aparajeyo street children project
YOUR NEAREST CLASS
Tel: Claire, 01793 872142 Wednesday ii November, rpm, Greendown School Gym,
Monday: 5.45 pm & 8.00pm
St John's Church, Haydon Wick. Waxing/sugaring £3.50 Beginners session. All welcome to work out for a good cause.
Nicole, 613923
Tuesday: 9.30am Toothill Community Manicure/pedicure
Centre, Dunwich Drive. Jenny, 613423
Wedding/evening makeup Doing something to help
Tuesday: 7.00pm Greendown
Community School, Grange Park. Eyelash/brow tinting Abbey Meads resident Yasmin Torr spent three months in Bangladesh
Pat, 741021 this summer working with a street kids project. She has been inspired to
Thursday: 7.00pm St John's Church. Facials raise money for relief supplies before returning in early November. Here
Haydon Wick. Rosie, 871778
I.H.B.C. I C.I.B.T. she describes her experience and appeals for help.
Thursday: 7.00pm Freshbrook
Community Centre, Worsley Rd. (Qualified Therapist' Everyone has seen the recent news provide shelter, meals and show-
Nicole, 613923
.4 reports of extreme floods in Bang- ers to children who live in extreme
Only £2.95 weekly. £6.95 membershm ladesh. Added to the poverty, un- poverty. Medical attention is also
employment and a regressive given when needed.
economy, it is a country in crisis. Aparajeyo's efforts impressed
''7 [AT1F would leave a third of me more than any other
A normal monsoon
project! visited as every
Bangladesh under water; penny received is used
THIS CHRISTMAS AT THE CYCLING CENTRE people prepare for this by to the benefit of around
moving their cattle to 5,000 children. Unlike
* Biggest selection of in-line skates in the area
higher ground and build- others it is free of politi-
* Good stock of in-line, quads, ice skates, roller balls
ing above expected flood cal involvement or reli-
* Large range of wheels, bearings, pucks levels. gious or ethnic bias.
balls, sticks, clothing This year, two thirds of Due to the increase in
* Prices from just £29.99 the country was flooded. illness, Aparajeyo's
The waters are now re- medical supplies have
ceding leaving behind many prob- almost run out, which is why I'm
4Z1hi &ntt New skateboards . No-one beats lems. Homes and belongings have trying to raise £5,000 to buy more.
our prices. 18 years experIence been lost, livestock drowned and I have already approached several
Swindon & Chippenhani the threat of diseases even greater. pharmaceutical companies asking
In skate trade
Stagnant water is perfect breeding for donations of short-dated stock.
233 Ferndale Road, Swindon Tel: (01793) 536657 ground for mosquitoes and ma- Practical help like buying medi-
laria is now prevalent in the big cines will make a real difference to
cities. Aid agencies are predicting a child's life. It costs £2.50 to visit
famine early next year. a doctor in Bangladesh and the
Whilst in the capital Dhaka, I projectmustfind that money them-
LARGE STOCK OF worked at a street kids project selves. Hopefully we can help to
called 'Aparajeyo', meaning 'un- make the children's lives easier.
defeated' in Bangla. It offers care If you'd like to donate to the
ASSORTED FIREWORKS and protection to vulnerable chil- appeal, please make your cheque
dren who live in the slums and on payable to 'Aparajeyo Street Kids
AT MBROS the street through a range of criti- Project' and send it to The Link,
cal services designed to improve Papermakers House, Westlea,
their chances of survival. They Swindon SN5 7BD
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Over
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watches, stationery, disposable only
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