I've been doing a sponsored silence for the last 5 days at school and it's finally over!  We've raised far more than I ever expected but, as one last plea, I'm asking for yet more.

The White Ribbon Alliance ([link]) is a fantastic charity which prevents maternal mortality (i.e. women dying in childbirth) mainly in the poorest countries.  These women are dying because:
- There are inadequate resources - too few medicines which we take for granted and even too few beds to go through labour on
- Such hospitals as there are are inaccessible.  Heavily pregnant women are expected to walk across muddy/dusty roads for days to give birth
- Too few healthworkers
- and many more reasons and complications

If you can, a donation to the White Ribbon Alliance via their website would be much appreciated.  If you do, send me a note with the amount so I can add it to my total.  My silence was unbelievably hard but it was worth it for the money raised.

If anyone ever wants a really interesting week, do a sponsored silence.  You learn so much about communication and friends and stuff.  I must have burnt a shedload of calories too by my extravagant sign language and waving to get people's attention...