The WWF charity has set up a Spectacled Bear Christmas Raffle, in aid of the creature that lives high in the cloud forests of the Andes in South America.

The Spectacled Bear is under threat of extinction through its forest home being destroyed and being hunted for its meat, skin and claws. Only a quarter of the original population remain in South America, but the WWF are working with local communities to reduce the conflict between bears and humans.

The draw will take place on 16 January 2009 (closing date for entries is 19 December 2008)

Three lucky winners will scoop £5,000, £1,000 or £500 - with five £100 prizes for runners up.

You can support the WWF’s work around the world by ordering your raffle tickets here, and help safeguard the spectacled bear and its cloud forest home from extinction.

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Action Aid’s Child Poverty Day this year is on Friday 17 October, and are asking people help raise money and awareness by holding a Big School Dinner event.

As a nation we spend millions on sandwiches and fast food every day for lunch. On Friday 17th October why not encourage your colleagues to bring their own packed lunch then ask everyone to donate the money they normally spend to ActionAid? 

Every day more than 16,000 children die from hunger, that’s one child every five seconds.

Just £5 will provide breakfast for a child in Malawi every day for a year, whilst just 50p a day will help a whole community access the clean water. So why not put a little fun into your lunchtime with ActionAid’s Big School Dinner, you’ll be amazed the difference your ‘dinner money’ will make. Click here for a registration form.

> > click here to make a donation to Action Aid

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