Fundraising letter

I have emailed this letter to friends and thought if anyone is following my blog and would like to donate, that would be great.
To date, $1400 has been raised, thankyou kindly for your generous donations and efforts. A little bit of money goes such a long way in the proud schools I work with in the rural Lower River Region (LRR) in The Gambia.
Since my last letter I have continued to work closely and form partnerships with principals and school communities in the LRR, particularly the 16 schools involved in the implementation of Whole School Development (WSD) process. WSD is a new Gambian initiative, funded by Department for International Development (DFID) and is being rolled out to all schools in The Gambia. It is an exciting time to be working here and assisting school communities in the implementation of WSD. These schools and their respective communities have been involved in intensive training in setting up committees, involving the community and students in decision making, finance training, school reviews, action plan writing and identifying school based issues. Together we have written one year development plans addressing the prioritised needs of the school. These actions will begin implementation at the commencement of the new school year, beginning on September 22nd.
As mentioned in the previous letter, I will use your financial contributions to purchase African story books and work with cluster trainers to deliver and fund teacher training in literacy. Some of the money will also be used to support identified needs of the WSD schools, as written on their one year plans.
Due to schools holidays and the upcoming religious celebration of Koriteh in October, I will begin school based workshops in November/December. All work being organised with schools will be captured on my blog .
I will gratefully accept further donations until end of January to further fund school based initiatives. Please forward on this email to schools or organisations that may be willing to assist, thanks.
Some facts:
l School fees for one child/ year is $1.00 AUS and not all families can afford this.
l A primary schools only source of income is student school fees. The Government does not supply additional funding.
l Stationery materials for teachers are donated by the Red Cross and other donors, but resources are limited.
l Generally, the only books found in schools are Gambian text books.
l Most schools do not have enough furniture for all students to sit on.
l Water supply to some schools does not exist due to damaged water pumps.
l No Primary school in the Lower River Region has electricity.
l Schools in my region have 40% of teachers who are Unqualified.
l The Lower River Region has 52 schools. It is the poorest region and has the lowest academic results in The Gambia.
To revisit ways you can be involved:-
l Use me as an initial link to a Gambian school and I can provide their address and set up communication. How and what you would like to do is up to you and the Gambian school. I can support for the time I'm in The Gambia.
l Fundraise or donate money for new books and local school initiatives. I'll provide evidence of this process on my blog through photos and written text.
l Learn about the Gambia. For example, students may come up with a list of questions and I can interview students or teachers and email back the responses with questions for you.
If you are willing to be involved in some way, please email me explaining your intentions and any questions you may have.
I will respond when I have email access, usually every 2 weeks.
If you would like to fund raise, THANKYOU! Just one donation of $15.00 can purchase a book.

Thankyou for your support and the donations raised already, it will truly make a difference.