<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-65059369-a689-8270-5592-686072058de0"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(19,19,19);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear friends,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(19,19,19);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(19,19,19);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">On 29 November, we’re joining the international day of generosity, #GivingTuesday, by raising funds to</span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> put new children’s books onto the shelves of public libraries in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda. </span></p><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">So please save the date - 29 November, #GivingTuesday - and as early as possible on the 29th November, click here </span><a href="http://bit.ly/2gGQ3YX" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://bit.ly/2gGQ3YX</span></a><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> to donate to our new project. </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(19,19,19);font-family:arial;font-size:16px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(19,19,19);font-family:arial;font-size:16px;white-space:pre-wrap">Your donations on #GivingTuesday can earn 50% matching funding donated by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation through our online partner, GlobalGiving.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;font-size:16px;white-space:pre-wrap">For poor families in Africa, public libraries are the only places where children have the opportunity to read. But in many libraries the children's shelves are bare or have just a few books, worn out through overuse.</span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(19,19,19);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(19,19,19);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Your support will help </span><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">librarians to buy new children’s books by popular African authors who write stories that embrace the children's real-life experience and culture. They will be able to help the children to read and understand the books, building their reading confidence, giving them a lifelong love of reading, and improving their chances in life.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(19,19,19);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Donate early on 29 November to be sure to increase your donation by a 50% bonus!</b></span></p><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(19,19,19);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please also help us get the word out about our campaign to GIVE A CHILD IN AFRICA THE GIFT OF READING. Be sure to use the hashtag #GivingTuesday and share the link to our project –</span><a href="https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/give-a-child-in-africa-the-gift-of-reading/%23menu" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:arial;color:rgb(19,19,19);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></a><a href="http://bit.ly/2gGQ3YX" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:arial;col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