Awty International School
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Thank you Awty!
On this 10th Anniversary of
Making a Difference in
Lives of children of Bolivia.
Medical Bridges
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Debby Chadwick
St. Paul's Methodist Church
www.stpaulshouston.org
Emilie's Charities
Emilie Harris was in her third term at St Catherine’s College in Oxford (Catz), when she was tragically run over by a bus while cycling along Cowley Road in May 2004.
Emilie had previously spent five months in South America in 2002, several of which were spent working in an orphanage in Bolivia. Also, she had just been elected as a Charities Rep for the Catz JCR just a week before the accident.
She was very moved by her experience where she saw first hand the issues of the orphaned children, both when young, but also when making the step of moving away from the institution, when often no further support was available and the girls were particularly vulnerable. She also saw the plight of poor children in Ghana when she visited there two years before.
After Emilie’s accident, Emilie’s parents got together with students from Catz to set up Emilie’s Charities to raise money for causes that Emilie would have supported. (Emilie’s Charities was officially registered in 2005 as Registered Charity 1108537).
Taking this into account, Emilie’s Charities has principally sought to support projects involving under-privileged children and young adults in developing countries. Funds have been raised via activities centred both at Catz and Emilie’s home town of Winchester.
