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THANK YOU to all who donated to the first annual ArtClothTextCares event! Together we have raised $1280 for CARE Canada! All donations made after January 15th are eligible to be matched by the government of Canada for the relief effort in Haiti. Anyone interested in making additional donations may visit CARE Canada’s website.

Haiti emergency distribution Photo credit Evelyn Hockstein CARE

***UPDATE: We have now surpassed $1100! Thank you to everyone who has made a contribution. If you are still planning on making a donation you have seven days left.***

The first annual ArtClothText Cares event has raised $370 so far. It is my personal goal to raise at least $1000, but am hopeful that we can do more than that. Please consider making a donation to Care Canada today – even $5 will make a difference!

The tragic events unfolding in Haiti in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake have motivated me to refocus our fundraising effort and contribute to CARE Canada’e efforts in that country. *** As you may have heard, the Government of Canada will be matching donations made to Care Canada after January 15, 2010 for the relief effort in Haiti.***

Remember, I will personally match every dollar donated (to a maximum of $500) before January 31, 2010, so your donation will be matched twice!. (Companies or organizations interested in increasing the amount of matching dollars may contact me directly at info@mackenziefrere.com)

To make a safe, secure online donation visit my event page HERE. Thank you so very much for your help!

Warmest regards, Mackenzie Frere

Happy New Year! The first annual ArtClothText Cares fundraiser is underway. So far we have raised $230. With your help I think that we can raise much more. If you have not already done so, please consider making a a safe, secure online donation at the HERE. I will match each dollar donated (up to $500) before January 31, 2010.

from the CARE Canada website…

Women are one of the greatest and most untapped resources in the developing world.

Women are at greater risk of violence and poverty– particularly in the developing world. Seven out of ten people living in poverty are women.

According to the World Bank, violence rivals cancer as a cause of morbidity and mortality for women of childbearing age, and at least one in three females on earth has been physically or sexually abused. Even within marriage, women who are dependent on their spouses for income and support may not be able to negotiate when and what type of sex to have or protest their husbands’ multiple sex partners. Poverty and exclusion push some girls and women to engage in sex work and other high-risk activities just to survive. And in the midst of conflict and natural disaster in countries around the world, women’s risk of violence skyrockets. Systematic rape as a weapon of war has left millions of girls and women traumatized, forcibly impregnated, and/or HIV positive.

• Sixty per cent of the 77 million people not attending primary school are girls.
• Of the 876 million adults who cannot read or write in the developing world, two-thirds are women.
• Women produce half of the world’s food, but only own 1 per cent of its farmland.

But there is hope.

• Women spend 90% of their income on their family, while men typically spend 30-40%.
• For every extra year a girl spends in school, she raises her family income by up to 20%.

About 70 per cent of CARE’s beneficiaries around the world are women; our women’s projects run throughout all corners of the globe, including Ethiopia, Zambia, Nepal, Afghanistan and Peru.

Together we can positively impact the lives of hundreds of families around the world as they challenge poverty in their daily lives.

Thank you for your help! Mackenzie

As this year draws to a close you may find yourself in a reflective state of mind. Or maybe, like me you have little choice given how cold it is out there! At any rate I have been thinking lately about the growing number of contributors and readers of ArtClothText and what we may be capable of as a community. What is he getting at? You may be wondering… well simply put, I am asking if you would like to help me with a fundraising project for CARE Canada.

Care Canada recognizes the enormous potential in empowering women to build and heal their own communities. The I am powerful project has been particularly inspiring to me as a pragmatic and effective response to the violence and poverty faced by women and children around the globe.

ArtClothText contributors and readers are asked to consider making a donation to Care Canada – even $5 will make a difference! I will personally match every dollar donated (to a maximum of $500) before January 31, 2010. It is my personal goal to raise at least $1000, but am hopeful that we can do more than that! (Companies or organizations interested in increasing the amount of matching dollars may contact me directly at info@mackenziefrere.com)

Together we can positively impact the lives of hundreds of families around the world as they challenge poverty in their daily lives. To make a safe, secure online donation visit my event page HERE. Thank you so very much for your help!

Yours, Mackenzie Frere

CARE Canada is a leading aid and development agency fighting global poverty.

CARE Canada’s I am powerful project recognizes the enormous potential in empowering women to build and heal their own communities.

Happy New Year everyone! The first annual ArtClothText Cares fundraiser is underway having raised $230 so far for CARE Canada. Thank you to all of you who have already made a contribution!

Please consider making a safe, secure online donation HERE today.

from the CARE Canada website…

Women are one of the greatest and most untapped resources in the developing world.

Women are at greater risk of violence and poverty– particularly in the developing world. Seven out of ten people living in poverty are women.

According to the World Bank, violence rivals cancer as a cause of morbidity and mortality for women of childbearing age, and at least one in three females on earth has been physically or sexually abused. Even within marriage, women who are dependent on their spouses for income and support may not be able to negotiate when and what type of sex to have or protest their husbands’ multiple sex partners. Poverty and exclusion push some girls and women to engage in sex work and other high-risk activities just to survive. And in the midst of conflict and natural disaster in countries around the world, women’s risk of violence skyrockets. Systematic rape as a weapon of war has left millions of girls and women traumatized, forcibly impregnated, and/or HIV positive.

• Sixty per cent of the 77 million people not attending primary school are girls.
• Of the 876 million adults who cannot read or write in the developing world, two-thirds are women.
• Women produce half of the world’s food, but only own 1 per cent of its farmland.

But there is hope.

• Women spend 90% of their income on their family, while men typically spend 30-40%.
• For every extra year a girl spends in school, she raises her family income by up to 20%.

About 70 per cent of CARE’s beneficiaries around the world are women; our women’s projects run throughout all corners of the globe, including Ethiopia, Zambia, Nepal, Afghanistan and Peru.

With your help I am hoping to raise at least $1000. Remember, I will match every dollar donated (to a maximum of $500) before January 31, 2010.

Warmly, Mackenzie Frere