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When you’re thinking about how much you and your school want to raise for Sport Relief, why not use this handy calculator. It tells you how the money you raise could be spent to change lives.
£1.75
£1.75 could pay for a child living in extreme poverty in Guatemala to get a hot nutritious meal every day for a week.
(RK Guatemala comms trip, Conrado de la cruz, 2005)
£2
£2 could feed a street child in India for a week.
(Railway Children website, 05) (still says that on their website July 2007)
£2.50
Just £2.50 could provide a meal for a family living in extreme poverty in the slums of Brazil – it’s the only decent food they’ll eat all day.
(Passage House project, July 2007)
£5
£5 could buy a whole year’s worth of pencils for five street children in Bangladesh to use when they go to school. Living in extreme poverty, a simple stationery set is often the only possession that a street child owns.
(Dhaka Ashana Mission, July 2007)
£5 could pay for a young carer in Southampton to go ice skating. They will get a much needed break from their caring duties at home and the chance to regain their childhood for a short time with other young carers who understand what they are going through.
(Source: Southampton Young Carers Steps Together project, Feb 06)
£5 could pay for an hour of counselling for a street child, helping them to overcome their traumatic experiences whilst living rough on the streets of Brazil.
(Source: Passage House, Brazil. July 2007).
£10
£10 could pay for a young person in Northern Ireland to attend a gang membership workshop. The sessions bring young people together from across the Protestant-Catholic divide and help break down the barriers between them.
(The Tullochan Trust July 2007)
£10 could pay for a year’s supply of books and pens for 5 children in India who have to work to survive – these materials will help them get the education they need to get better jobs when they are older.
(International Children’s Trust, 2006)
£20
£20 could pay for the hire of a sports hall in Ipswich so that twenty disabled and able-bodied people can play basketball together making sure that disabled people no longer feel excluded from their community.
(Ipswich Sports Club for the Disabled, Feb 06)
£25
£25 could pay to set up and run a support group for orphaned children in South Africa. The group is a lifeline for vulnerable children, many of whom have lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDS, providing them with the care and love that they lost when their parents died.
(Source: orphancare.org.za - Oct 2007)
£25 could pay for a teacher to work for a month in a transition school in India where 30 working children get the support and education they need to move on to mainstream school.
(International Children’s Trust, 2006)
£35
£35 could pay for a family in Peru to be trained to start their own business - removing their need to rely on hazardous work such as illegal mining to earn enough money to feed themselves.
(Source: ChildHope UK, July 2007).
£35 could pay for 20 isolated older people in Flint, North Wales, to attend an exercise class that has the double benefit of improving their mobility and giving them the chance to socialise so they feel less lonely during the week.
(Source: Castle Heights Residents Association, North Wales, Feb 06)
£50
£50 could pay for a young person affected by gang violence in inner-city Glasgow to attend an outward bound activity course. With the right support, taking people out of their disruptive home environments helps them to gain self-confidence and escape the violence they experience at home.
(FARE – July 2007)
£50 could buy chairs, desks and chalk for more than 70 street children in Bangladesh who attend school every evening after they finish work. An education provides children who have nothing, with the chance to build themselves a brighter future.
(Dhaka Ashana Mission, July 2007)
£100
£100 could support a street child in India to go through primary school by paying for their books, uniform, essential medicines and midday meal. With an education they can get good jobs when they are older and overcome the poverty they face.
(Railway Children, 2005) (still says that on their website July 2007)
£100 could pay for 1 hour’s cricket coaching for 90 learning disabled children in London which builds their confidence and gives them the additional support they need to take part so that they feel less excluded.
(source: London Community Cricket Association)
£200
£200 could support two carers in South Africa for a year. The small salary helps to ensure that they can devote their time to looking after local children who have lost their parents to HIV/AIDS without having to worry about where their own next meal is coming from.
(Source: orphancare.org.za - Oct 2007)
£350
£350 could pay for a carpenter’s bench and machinery which can be used to teach disadvantaged young people a useful trade, enabling them to earn a decent living and escape the cycle of poverty they were born into.
(Source: Atteridgeville Jewellery Project, July 2007).
£520
£520 could pay for a qualified sports coach to spend an hour a week for a year with a group of young people from a deprived area of Glasgow. Through this training session, young people get a constructive outlet for their energy in an area where there is precious little else for them to do.
(Scottish Sports Futures July 2007)
£1000
£1,000 could pay for a minibus to run for a whole year which takes vulnerable girls, who are living on the streets of Brazil, to a safe haven where they are protected from the violence they face every day.
(Passage House project, July 2007)