<div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">MISSION:</span></span></strong></div> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>Objective:</strong> Start in Southampton - Hitch-hike as far North as possible!!</span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>Duration: </strong>24 hours</span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>Date:</strong> June 23rd</span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>Requirement: </strong>Zero extra emissions</span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><strong> Who is Hitch-hiking?</strong> Andy Lester &amp; Holly-Anna Petersen on behalf of Climate Stewards - a climate charity in the A Rocha International Network</span></div> <div><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>Why are we doing this? </strong></span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Climate change is an issue which affects us all. However it has a disproportionate effect on the world&rsquo;s poor. Africa is experiencing drought, floods and famine, which makes daily life even harder for already impoverished people.</span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Climate Stewards passionately cares about reducing this suffering. That is why we plant trees in Africa. We currently have tree planting programmes in Ghana and are planning to launch a project planting mangrove trees in Kenya. </span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Planting trees helps climate change because they capture the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide as they grow. Mangroves are especially suited for carbon capture because they channel sequestered carbon into the ocean, which acts as a carbon sink. Trees have a transforming quality which improves their surrounding environments. Mangrove planting supports biodiversity, especially threatened and endangered Species.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One example of how this is occurs is that Mangroves serve as valuable nursery areas for fish and invertebrates.</span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">All tree planting by Climate Stewards directly transforms the lives of locals, who are involved in planting and managing the scheme from start to finish. This empowers them to have lifelong skills and earn a living to look after their family. </span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> This <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">is a fun and innovative way of raising money for a really worthy cause</span></span></span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We will be making a video to show the ups and downs of our adventure! </span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We hope that you will get involved with our journey, either by donating, praying or spreading the word</span></span></div> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thank you</span></span></div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> <div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div> </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span></span></span></div>