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ASE/PL001	GLOBAL EYES Global Eyes is a new initiative working with children and young people in the developing world from 2010. Sarah Gooda will be spending a month in two communities in 2010, working with some of the poorest children, on a range of educational activities through the performing arts, in order to improve their knowledge in areas such as hygiene, disease prevention and locally important issues such as HIV, landmine awareness and community regeneration. The topics for each project have been chosen in consultation with a local leader within the developing country, and will involve the use of local cultural traditions, dance and musical styles, as well as working to give the local people a voice and showing the children that their opinion is important. Another part of the project is cultural exchange, which will be achieved by working with primary school children in the UK, setting up an exchange of letters or drawings, and teaching the children in each country about the culture of their exchange school. In the developing country, the work will lead to a performance by the children at the end of the month, which will be open to the whole community and which will also be filmed to be watched by the UK children, placed on the global-eyes website, and used for archive and future fundraising purposes. The communities Sarah will work with in 2010 are a camp for returnees in the north of Burundi and a children's home in Burma. The sponsor would have their logo prominently displayed on the global-eyes website and on all marketing material and information stands for fundraising events. They would also receive a monthly newsletter informing them of the progress of fundraising and of the project itself, and they would be entitled to presentations on the project for their staff or clients at any time before or after the project. They would also receive a DVD copy of the performance and workshops in the developing country, and would be able to use this project as a case study for their sponsorship work. "This project is designed to be ongoing, working with more communities in the future and building cultural links between children in the developed and developing world. For the first year, I am looking for funding in the range of £4,000, but am also interested in 'in kind' sponsorship - particularly the use of venues for fundraising activities, or donations of equipment such as art materials, toothbrushes, soap, etc. to take to the developing countries. Please see the Global Eyes website for further details or contact me - sarah@global-eyes.co.uk - for a discussion about possible sponsorship". Contact: Sarah Gooda. Tel.: 07942 268190. E-mail: sarah@global-eyes.co.uk. link to website	Ongoing
ASE/PL002	THE MAHMOODIAH TRUST The Mahmoodiah Trust has been set up exclusively to raise funds to establish The Mahmoodiah Academy of Excellence, a secondary school for young females in a deprived area of the Punjab province in Pakistan. The institution will initially cater for a hundred students and provide an exemplary education. This is a grassroots development programme and its success relies on the co-operation and support of dedicated, passionate and committed individuals and organisations willing to share their skills and expertise as well as sacrifice their time. Training centres will be founded to offer teacher training to local females. Whereas it is hoped that the educational establishment will be a beacon which other schools may follow and to which they may aspire, it is also hoped that the entire project will benefit the community and country at large with regard to local investment, business and the economy. In a country which has long neglected the education of its citizens, especially girls, this project may be the only chance for many to gain a quality education and broaden the understanding of the world in which they live - and ultimately enhance their prospects for the future. With a team of dedicated volunteers who have amongst them a background in business, education and international development, The Mahmoodiah Trust is confident that with support and investment from related organisations, this project could eventually broaden its horizons and invest in other educational establishments in other developing countries. Contact: Miss Farzana Akhtar. Address: 76 Stratford Street, Leeds LS11 6E, England, United Kingdom. Tel.: 07807 462121. E-mail: themahmoodiahtrust@hotmail.co.uk.	Ongoing
ASE/0001	BIT LIFE SCIENCES' 2ND ANNUAL WORLD VACCINE CONGRESS 2010 The conference offers exposure to six hundred interested and relevant world class scientists, executives and decision makers at the frontier of the vaccine industry and vaccine R&D, and over eight hundred participants. Sponsors will have opportunities to focus on strategic issues in the vaccine industry, explore ways to further their products and technologies, and make new contacts through several organised networking events. They will also be able to demonstrate and promote new products, introduce new services or solutions and engage in face-to-face contact with their target audience. Contact: Annie Sun. Address: Organizing Committee of The World Congress of Vaccine, 26 Gaoneng Street, Room 405, Dalian High-tech Zone, Dalian, LN 116025, China. Tel.: 0086-411-84799479. Fax: 0086-411-84799629. E-mail: annie@vaccinecon.com link to website	Ongoing
ASE/0002	NATIONAL COUNCIL OF SCIENCE MUSEUMS The National Council of Science Museums (NCSM), an autonomous society under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, was formed on April 4th, 1978. Today it administers twenty-seven science centres/museums/planetariums spread all over India. Institutions from both the public and private sectors have been working with NCSM in achieving the objective of taking the message of science to remote corners of India. Individuals, corporate bodies and government organisations are requested to come forward and sponsor a gallery, an exhibit or a programme. This will help in strengthening the activities and develop bonds with students, teachers and the community. Contact: Sponsorship Department. Address: National Council of Science Museums, Block - GN, Sector - V, Bidhan Nagar, Kolkata 700 091, West Bengal, India. Tel.: (91) (033) 2357 9347, 2357 9348, 2357 0850, 2357 5545. Fax: (91) (033) 2357 6008. E-mail: ncsmin@giascl01.vsnl.net.in link to website	Ongoing