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Travelex Global Business Payments donates funds to Childreach International, helping to fund healthcare projects in Nepal

Travelex Global Business Payments (TGBP), one of Childreach International’s corporate business partners, has demonstrated its support for the charity’s international development work. Travelex has donated £750, which will enable the charity and one of its project partners, Dhulikhel Hospital, to fund the provision of First Aid Kits for primary schools in remote rural districts of Nepal, as part of the Dhulikhel Hospital Outreach Project.

Travelex’s donation will directly provide 40 First Aid Kits and provide necessary training to school staff; ensuring over 10,000 children have access to basic medical treatment and first aid.

Childreach International works directly with communities striving for positive change.  By working hand in hand with children and their families the charity provides sustainable solutions, leading to self sufficiency.  Through starting small, and then scaling up the most successful programmes into region-wide, or national initiatives, they ensure that their programme expenditure is about as efficient and effective as can be found in the sector.

TGBP is Childreach International’s chosen partner for all of their foreign exchange needs. The charity uses Travelex’s international payments network as a timely and cost-effective way to ensure their funds reach project partners and international offices.

Travelex’s generous donation has been made in honour of Childreach International’s first Fundraising Ball, “To Children, With Love”, which raised thousands of pounds for the charity’s programmes and projects and celebrated the help it is providing to over 25,000 children worldwide.

The ball, which was held at the Camden Centre London, boasts a Bollywood theme in keeping with the opening of international offices in India, Nepal and Pakistan. Guests experienced exotic Asian culture; while raising thousands of pounds for our projects and programmes, giving children worldwide the opportunity to unlock their full potential.

Notes to editor

1. Childreach International is an international development organisation established in 2003 becoming a registered charity in 2004.  Its aim is provide sustainable solutions to help disadvantaged communities pull themselves out of poverty.  Childreach International works with children and their communities to provide basic education and healthcare infrastructures which are currently absent.  In doing so, Childreach International aims to empower children through education, and support them with vital healthcare.  CRI operates in Tanzania, Ghana, India, Nepal and Pakistan, working with project partners to implement sustainable development programmes, providing children with the opportunity to unlock their full potential.
2. ‘To Children, With Love’, the fundraising ball took place on Saturday 13^th February from 7pm till midnight. It took place at the Camden Centre, Euston Road, London WC1H 9JE and cost £35 a ticket.

About Travelex

1. Founded in 1976, Travelex is the world’s largest non-bank foreign exchange and payments specialist; with operations across four continents and 6,000 employees worldwide.
2. Travelex holds key positions in its three main areas of activity: Global Business Payments (TGBP), Currency Services and Card and Mobile Payments. Every year, more than 35,000 corporate clients and 30 million customers trust Travelex to manage their foreign exchange requirements.
3. Recently recognised by TowerGroup research as Industry Leader for payments innovation for SMEs, Travelex currently handles international payments worth £40 billion annually for over 750 large corporate and financial institutions.
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