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Child In Need Institute - helping mothers and children in need

The Child In Need Institute (CINI) helps mothers and children in India break free of the inter-generational cycle of poverty, malnutrition and ill health

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Dine to make a difference!

Fundraising doesn't need to be all about jumping out of airplanes, hiking up cold mountains or swimming in the English Channel! You can entertain your family and friends at home and still help to raise funds for our ongoing projects. CINI has now launched its own 'Dine to Make a Difference' program. All you need to do is invite some people over, provide a meal and refreshments. CINI will provide a special invitation card explaining to your guests that they will be asked to donate whatever they would have spent if they went out for a meal. Holding dinner parties in aid of CINI are an effective way of fundraising because;

there are low costs associated

anyone can do it

self satisfaction of actively raising funds and supporting a charity

having friends and family over is always fun

snowballing effect (you introduce your guest to CINI, they then host a dinner and so on)

Here is CINI volunteer Avril hosting our first 'Dine to Make' a Difference dinner party! Avril (in blue) and friends enjoyed a Spanish-themed array of dishes. If you would like to ask Avril how it went, or ask for tips on how to run your own party, email avriloriordan@ciniuk.org

CYCLONE AILA

Last Monday, Cyclone Aila swept up from the Indian Ocean and struck India and Bangladesh devastating villages as far as 400 miles inland. Alongside the 325 confirmed fatalities and 8,000 still missing, it is now estimated that over a million people have been displaced.

Despite the numbers affected, media coverage of this humanitarian emergency has been sparse at best and we are urgently trying to raise awareness of the need for assistance for those affected

Women with their children carrying belongings they could salvage from the flooding

CINI is working as quickly as possible to meet the needs of those affected, but we need support to provide basic provisions. In Maipith Island 20,000 of the 65,000 inhabitants have sought refuge in schools and community centres after seeing their homes swept away in the floods. They are in urgent need of shelter, food, clean water, bedding, clothes as well as mosquito nets and medicines to fight the increased risk of disease.

To give you an idea of the costs involved:

Protective sheets from which families can build their own shelters cost £11 per family
Family sized mosquito nets cost £4 per family
Food will cost 28p per person per day

Funds are urgently needed for this relief effort. Please donate at www.justgiving.com/cycloneaila-ciniuk

Thanks for your help

Anna Taylor - Director of CINI UK