Ok so this is a shameless plea for you to sponsor Alpin to get rid of the dreads, but it is for a VERY good cause.

At the 24-7 prayer ILG in 2005 Markus was the victim of a very nasty haircut, he was awarded over 1000 euros in compensation which went to Alek, Alpin and the Glasnost community in Skopje Macedonia.

They say what goes around comes around...
 
Alpin was struck by the testimony of a girl on the Stop the Traffik website, this girl was so impacted by the stories that she had all her beautiful hair chopped to raise money for the charity. Alpin has been convinced that this is a good idea.

Alpin has had his dreads for over 2 years and loves them very much but is prepared to part with them if we can raise a substantial sum for his chosen charity.
We are supporting the StT campaign here in Skopje and will be pulling out all the stops for freedom day, however as much as Alpin loves the fantastic work done by organisations such as StT, he would prefer to give relationally and so all money raised will be passed on to Kelly in Boystown, The women that Kelly works with may not be slaves but they certainly aren't free either.  

So there it is; if we can raise a minimum of 1000 Euros Alpins dreads will be chopped off and the money sent to a very worthy cause.
Raising large sums of money in Macedonia isn't easy, they are a generous people and give from what they have which often isn't much. So we are appealing to our wider network of friends and family to help make this happen. Please consider sponsoring Alpin, if your donation is high enough you may even get a 'dread' to use at home, maybe as a doorbell pull or toilet chain you could even use one as a huge book mark for a great big bible... ok now i'm getting silly! but please do sponsor Alpin. 

Money can now be paid through our paypal account (mork.mindy@lineone.net) just go to paypal.com and follow the instructions to send money.