Video: Challenge Intro

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- Esjae x

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My Challenge: A Poem A Day Keeps The Doctor Away!

I am a keen young poet and I really want to make a difference for those who are affected by Rheumatoid Arthritis  so I have set myself a challenge! From  the 1st January 2012 to the 31st December 2012 (366 Days) I will be writing a poem each and every day, I will post it on to my blog (http://esjaeofficial.blogspot.com/) I will also post a video recording of it on to my YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/theofficialesjae) so you can see exactly what the poem is each day!

I think it will be great to receive some support and to help an amazing charity at the same time so please sponsor me with my little challenge!

How your money will help:

£20 pays for a complex helpline call/email, research and tailored follow up
£50 funds the production of an information toolkit for a volunteer
£120 funds a resource pack for health professionals to provide patient support
£500 funds the setting up of an NRAS group in the UK
£880 pays for an average month's mailing of requested information leaflets
£2,000 pays to run an information day

About NRAS:

NRAS provides support, information and advocacy for people with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, their families, friends and carers. We are also a resource for health professionals with an interest in rheumatology and work closely with rheumatology teams across the UK.
 
Our goal is ‘a better life for people living with rheumatoid arthritis’ and we seek to achieve this by:
 
Providing information, education, support and advocacy
Raising public and government awareness of RA
Campaigning for equity of access to best treatment and care
Facilitating the networking of people with RA and encouraging self-help

To find out more please visit: http://www.nras.org.uk/

My reason for choosing this charity:

This is very simple my Mum who is my Best Friend as well as my Mum has RA so I can see firsthand what this condition does and the difficulties it causes those who have it.

I know that my target is quite large (£1000) but I know that a lot of good can be done with this amount of money and with your help I think I could make a big difference to a charity which is close to my heart.

Take a look at my Just Giving page to donate and support my challenge: http://www.justgiving.com/esjaeofficial

 

Please support me and help me out in my challenge!

- Esjae x

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A little notice!

Hi everyone,

I thought I would try and make you all aware of the new ‘donate’ button in the side bar, I hope that by adding this people stop visiting this blog but there are several reasons as to why I have added this feature and I’ll try and explain them all to you in the post.

The first reason is that I spend a huge amount of time writing poetry and creating the pieces of artwork that I post and I always want to be able to offer my downloads for free however this is becoming harder to do therefore by adding the donate button it will enable me to be able to purchase better software for creating ebooks and videos for my youtube channel which will give you even more content to look at!

I am also hoping to go to university next year and with the rise in fees, living costs and everything thing else the little savings I have aren’t going to be able to cover this, so I hope that my poetry and artwork will be able to help me to increase my savings slightly and make going to university a little bit more of a certainty  (for anyone who is interested I want to study business studies at degree level).

I hope that by adding this little button it stops people from visiting this blog and that you all understand why I have added it.

- Esjae x

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Poem: Dreamer Part 2

Just last night I was laying awake thinking about the dream I should have been dreaming
The people I wish I could stop from screaming
So many lose their lives
Fighting to save you and I
What about their husbands and wives
What about the children with parents in the sky
They say it has to get worse before it gets better
Would you say that to a mother reading that unforgettable letter
The world is filled with so much pain
And  yet we still moan and complain
Our lives are so easy compared to so many others
Like those without sisters and  brothers, fathers and mothers
Would you want someone to forget to donate?
If you didn't have any food on your plate?
If you were a soldier contemplating your fate?
The world is a horrible place sometimes
So many people fall on hard times
But all I can do I pray they find a miracle so that can survive
And live another day in their lives
You see they're fighting for you and me
So that we can be whatever we want to be
They're giving their lives
So spend a minute, think about those who didn't survive
Cause they're doing it for us
Not for some sort of a buzz
They are our pride
We shouldn't have anything to hide
It's time we gave a thought to all the families
And forgot about all of the controversies
Let's support them in what they need to do
Remember it's for me and you

What do you think?

- Esjae x

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