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Art exhibition promotes Paint a picture to help make life

Swindon China business better for orphans in Nepal
A new business venture to encourage trade between the South West and The Link is working with Ian and Rosa Matheson, below, to raise
China was launched at Swindon Museum and Art Gallery on 7 June. money for Angel’s Orphanage in Kathmandu by asking young readers
to design and paint a picture which can be made into a greeting card
to raise awareness and money for the charity.
Angel, a sherpa
guide, and his wife
care for 20 orphans
with help from High-
worth and Swindon
based Friends of An-
gel’s Orphanage.
Set up by Rosa and
Ian Matheson, the
charity has rehoused
the children in a fit
Toasting the link between Swindon and China, Li Zhang and Swindon Council for purpose house,
leader Rod Bluh, with the mayor Ray Ballman and Jeremy Clark of Clark Holt. Im- provided new locally
age: Simon Apps, www.professional-images.com
sourced furniture,
The UK China Business Con- consortium, visited China last au- bedding and clothing,
sortium, which supports Chinese tumn, said, “we strongly believe that and funded the sup-
companies considering investing in the South West has a tremendous ply of electricity and water. there will be an exhibition at West
the UK, and UK companies looking amount to offer new businesses. The children are now also attend- Swindon Library in September so
to trade with or expand into Hong China’s emergence as a major global ing school thanks to the Friends. that the pictures to be used on the
Kong and China, was officially player brings exciting opportunities The fundraising continues and fundraising greetings card can be
launched by Chinese cultural at- for companies in the town.” we’re asking children to paint a chosen by the public.
tache Li Zhang. Art from China, a unique oppor- picture of an angel on a piece of The overall winner will receive a
As he cut the ribbon to open the tunity to see Chinese art owned by plain A4 paper, which must then small silver angel, and the top five
exhibition Mr Zhang said he was private collectors and never before be mounted on card. entries will be used as card designs.
delighted to visit Swindon for the shown in public, is a free exhibition An angel isn’t necessarily one Entry to the competition is free,
first time and welcomed the initia- at the Swindon Museum and Art you see at Christmas. It could be though donations are welcome.
tive to encourage trade between the Gallery, Bath Road, Old Town until anything or anybody who provides Mark the envelope Paint an Angel,
two nations. 13 August. care, support, guidance and love and send it to Swindon Link, ad-
Sue Pycroft of Swindon PR firm See http://bit.ly/artofswindon- for others. dress on page 4.
Vox, who with other members of the china for the full story. The closing date is 30 August and www.angelsorphanage.com

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