RE: Action for Brazil's Children's Trust

[Jean McCarthy <jean.mccarthy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi everyone -

If you've already received this please ignore and forgive - I posted it
yesterday but never got a copy back so I'm not sure what happened to it!! 

Hi Theolyn 

> Subject: Action for Brazil's Children's Trust
> 
> 
> Hey,
> 
> Why don't we show JP our eternal appreciation (for his music)
> by sending a group-size donation from FBO to the Action for 
> Brazil's Children's Trust?
> [Oh Billy, please don't rip me for this one...]
> 
> You know, there's not a lot one can give a guitarist who has 
> everything, 
> but we can give to the charities he cares about and benefit 
> the poor kids in Brazil
> who are taken away from their families due to poverty.

I think that's a really nice idea and personally I'm sure I could spare a
few quid  - if all 547 of us did, we could get together quite a good sized
donation and I could go along personally and present it to him!! 

BTW I was looking on the Task Brazil website and they already have a
building called 'Casa Jimmy' - see attachment - although there is no mention
of his name in the article it must be our Jimmy, surely.  Their website adds
is: user.itl.net/~jaklebas

This is a page from the site telling of the problems the children face 
 

There are more than 11,500,000 street
              children in Brazil, most of whom have
                        been orphaned or abandoned.

                  They are frequently rounded up or
                murdered by death squads engaged in
                     macabre and gruesome campaigns
                              of "social cleansing"

                 The children try and carry on life
                    if that's what it can be called
            amongst the violence and discrimination
                of the streets, where fear pervades
                                   and crime rules.

                           Sexual abuse, rejection,
               psychological torture, child labour,
             drugs and prostitution - these are the
                  daily diet of dangers to be faced

                         Something has to be done..

Come on everyone - dig deep in those pockets and lets see if we can help. 


Jean, the UK one