ThePromise

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=147 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <B>ThePromise</B></div> <div> <A HREF="history.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our History"><U><B>Our History</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="mission.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="What we do"><U><B>What we do</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="portage.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="What is Portage?"><U><B>What is Portage?</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="fundraising.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fundraising"><U><B>Fundraising</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="angels.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Angels"><U><B>Our Angels</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="help.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="How to Help"><U><B>How to Help</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="video.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Videos"><U><B>Our Videos</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="work.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Work Updates"><U><B>Our Work 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height="46" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2cc2d2e0.jpg" border=0 width="45" height="46" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2cd302e0.jpg" border=0 width="48" height="46" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2ce2e2e0.jpg" border=0 width="46" height="46" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2cf2f2e0.jpg" border=0 width="47" height="46" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2d02d2e0.jpg" border=0 width="45" height="46" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2d12f2e0.jpg" border=0 width="47" height="46" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="2d7ab5c0.jpg" border=0 width="171" height="92" ALT="ThePromise Home Page" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>ThePromise</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>ThePromise</B><B> was set up in 2003 to support children with disabilities in Russia,</B></div> <div> <B>both in the community and within the current orphanage system.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="2" WIDTH="661" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 514 ><NOBR><bR> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="169" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 215 WIDTH="157"><div> <B>Over 240 guests</B></div> <div> <B>enjoyed a fabulous</B></div> <div> <B>evening</B></div> <div> <B>at</B></div> <div> <B>The Promise Crystal Ball</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="fundraising_thepromise_charity_ball.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fundraising"><U><B>Click here for more</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="crystalspeech.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chrystal Ball Speech Video"><U><B>Click here to watch </B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="crystalspeech.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chrystal Ball Speech Video"><U><B>Sarah Settelen's speech </B></U></A><B>showing the recent work at Yelatma Orphanage</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="168" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 190 WIDTH="156"><div> <A HREF="thism.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="This Morning"><U><B><IMG SRC="34c8d220.jpg" border=0 width="141" height="34" ALT="This-Morning Fern and Philip" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>This Morning </B></div> <div> <B>ITV</B></div> <div> <B>If you missed</B></div> <div> <B>Sarah Settelen</B></div> <div> <B>our founder, talking about ThePromise  </B><A HREF="thismv.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="This Morning Video"><U><B>Please click here</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="thismv.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="This Morning Video"><U><B>to watch</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="291"><div> <B>Promising Children a Future <IMG SRC="2a8201d0.jpg" border=0 width="32" height="29" ALT="Ellie's hand" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2bb332f0.jpg" border=0 width="51" height="47" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2bc332f0.jpg" border=0 width="51" height="47" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2bd2e2f0.jpg" border=0 width="46" height="47" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2be312f0.jpg" border=0 width="49" height="47" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2bf2f2f0.jpg" border=0 width="47" height="47" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="2c02b2f0.jpg" border=0 width="43" height="47" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Our pioneering work focusses on training and supporting a team of Portage workers in two orphanages in the Ryazan region of Russia and another team that works with families with disabled children in their own homes in Ryazan city.</div> <bR> <div> Portage is a system of one to one early childhood education used successfully with disabled children in many parts of the world.  </div> <bR> <div> The success of this model of early intervention in Ryazan has been breathtaking. </div> <bR> <div> <I><B>ThePromise's </B></I><I>primary function is to act as a catalyst for change, by setting standards in good practice, raising awareness of the rights and needs of disabled children and creating sustainable models of development. </I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="2a8201d0.jpg" border=0 width="32" height="29" ALT="Ellie's hand" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><bR> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="172" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 179 WIDTH="160"><div> <B>It costs</B></div> <div> <B>just £20/$40</B></div> <div> <B>a month</B></div> <div> <B>to give a child Portage.</B></div> <div> <B>If you feel</B></div> <div> <B>you can help</B></div> <div> <B>by making a donation,</B></div> <div> <B>however large or small</B></div> <div> <A HREF="help.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="How to Help"><U><B>Please click here</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="171" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 138 ><NOBR><div> <B>Our New Video</B></div> <div> <A HREF="video.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Videos"><U><B><IMG SRC="37c44260.jpg" border=0 width="68" height="38" ALT="Promising Children a Future" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="video.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Videos"><U><B>'Promising Children</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="video.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Videos"><U><B>a Future'</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Narrator Barbara Flynn</B></div> <div> <B>Director Mary Sprent</B></div> <div> <A HREF="video.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Videos"><U><B>Click here to watch</B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="172" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 137 WIDTH="160"><div> <A HREF="newsletters.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Newsletters"><U><B>Click here for our Summer 2008</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="newsletters.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Newsletters"><U><B>Newsletter</B></U></A></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="2a8201d0.jpg" border=0 width="32" height="29" ALT="Ellie's hand" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <A HREF="work.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Work Updates"><U><B>Click here for our latest Work Update</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Registered Office: 181 Jersey Road, Isleworth, Middlesex TW7 4QJ  UK  Tel: +44 (0) 20 8737 2987</B></div> <div> <B>Registered Charity No:1098771    Registered Company No: 4751873</B></div> <div> <B>Email: post@thepromise.org.uk</B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>