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You're all lovely, you know that?

Look what you did!

You've given £1758.11 so far to help build a library in India...and if you haven't contributed yet, there's still a few hours left to give until the campaign closes.

That means, in the space of only 2 weeks, dozens of total strangers have chipped in enough together to pay the £1,250 needed to build, staff and stock an entire library in India for 2 years...with enough left over for 5 mobile libraries in Africa and/or book grants, woo-hoo! Think of the future you've all helped to create, enabling people to take charge of their own lives through the power of education!

You ALL deserve that warm inner glow of Being Good People!* Really, you're all amazing - nobody who's donated their hard-earned money is getting any sort of commodity back for it: each donation is a selfless investment in the future of strangers. Good People rock!

And remember to keep an eye on the Buy India A Library blog for updates on developments with the library.

*It looks sort of like a Ready Brek Glow, but it's not trademarked.

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Michael said…
Wow... that's great.. And who said love in the blawgosphere was dwindling? ;-)
23 January 2011 at 12:31
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