How to Donate

The simplest way to donate to the Hoja Project is online, at:

justgiving.com/hoja

You can do this with most credit and debit cards, and you can also select for us to claim Gift Aid on your donation. Please remember to specify any specific event you are donating for (eg if you are sponsoring someone).

Also note that justgiving.com will deduct a 5% charge for every donation made through them. Big thanks to COCO for hosting our fundraising page and processing and passing on the money it raises.

Alternatively, you can donate by writing an old-fashioned cheque, payable to "The Hoja Project UK", and sending it through the post. Please email me at philhatchuk@yahoo.co.uk for our postal address.

If you want us to claim Gift Aid on a cheque, please fill out a donation form. These have been kindly hosted by Daniel Wagner-Hall and there a two versions. A pdf file is available at http://danblog.co.uk/host/philh/giftaidform.pdf and a MS Word document is at http://danblog.co.uk/host/philh/giftaidform.doc.

You can print this off and send it with your cheque or you can edit the Word document and email it separately.

Lastly, THANK YOU! All donations, no matter how small, are greatly appreciated.

There will at some point fairly soon (hopefully) be a form to become a regular donor to the Hoja Project.

The Famous February Firewalk, Durham

This is an appeal for sponsorship from Julia, one of the Hoja trustees.

Hello everyone, I hope you’re well and the New Year is good so far!

Basically I’m writing to ask for your help. On Saturday 28th January, I’m due to be walking along a 20 foot (aaargh!) strip of burning embers, to raise money for the Hoja Project. The fire walk is run by an organisation called Blaze and will be in Durham market square. There are so far 52 of us taking part (=520 scorched toes!) – with all the profit going to Hoja…

Hoja is at an exciting stage, as the government has resumed work on an uncompleted secondary school in Mpandangindo Village. This means we can start work far sooner and the money can go where it is most useful rather than disappearing into building construction. Hoja is going to promote HIV/AIDS education, provide sponsorship for those unable to afford fees, provide vocational training and also run evening classes and courses for the whole community.

I would be *really* grateful if you could sponsor me – anything at all, no matter how small. I have to raise at least £120 of which I currently have £80. You can sponsor me at:

justgiving.com/hoja

Just write in the comments section that it’s to sponsor Julia Brownlow for fire walking.

Thank you thank you thank you! :)

Have a great year,

Julia xx

New Donation Page!

Many thanks to the Comrades Of Children Overseas (COCO) who have agreed to pass on to Hoja donations made through justgiving.com. And of course many thanks to Dan who came up with the scheme. Justgiving.com is a great site, but just too expensive for such a small charity as us to be part of, so this is a really great help.

And special thanks to those who seem to be participating in The Famous February Firewalk (gosh) and The Durham 5K Run, raising money for Hoja.

You can find the donation page at justgiving.com/hoja