The residents of South Place Marlow (England) have come up trumps again!

In their street party on 14 July 2007, they raised nearly £5,200 (~US$ 10,400) for AwF. This was about 16% more than they raised in a similar event in 2006, bringing their total contribution to our work so far to £9,600 (~US$ 19,200).

This superb effort shows just what can be done when the general public becomes enthused about our work. However, persuading the general public to contribute requires careful planning, a lot of dedicated work and the organisation of a 'fun' event.

Having a celebrity to open the event also helps, especially one like Paul Ross (for those of you who do not live in England, he is a well-known media presenter) who lives locally and had done impressive homework about AwF! Paul was therefore able to speak authoritatively to local reporters about the value of teaching poor people how to farm fish for food and income.

For all of this we are again very grateful to all the members of the South Place Marlow Street Party Committee, this year led by Suzanne Brown, for adopting AwF as 'their' charity. A few photos of the event are provided below.

The trustees and directors of AwF are very proud of South Place!

South Place Marlow before the public was admitted [right to left: Paul Ross (Media personality), Richard Scott (Marlow Town Mayor), Suzanne Brown (South Place Committee Chair) and Sophie Varley (AwF Trustee)]

Entertainment included a great band, a wonderful DJ from Manchester, a super singer with guitar, and the beautiful Indian dancers shown above

With his wife Laura, Tony Brondbjerg raised over £1,400 for AwF by organising a silent auction. Here he announces the super items contributed for the auction by many Marlow shops, restaurants and other businesses (the little girl just likes having her photo taken!)

Batman (alias Mick Varley) strode purposefully down the street before the party commenced. His disguise in selling raffle tickets helped to raise over £500