Charity skydive – Please sponsor Matthew to save a Rhino

July 16, 2014 Leave a comment

In the last years we supported also our middleware business in Africa. We had an excellent SOA Blackbelt training there with attendees all over the world. Hospitality was wonderful and we also enjoyed the nature. This year I event back for a private holiday and I saw how Rhinos got poached. Therefore we would to publish this private message from Alistair sun and ask you to support him:

My son, Matthew, and I are doing a sponsored skydive for the Save the Rhino foundation charity – from 2 miles up! I must be mad…………
clip_image001As you may know, Rhino poaching is at an all time high in Africa. In 2013, there were recorded to be 1004 Rhino poached in South Africa alone. However by the end of June 2014, that figure is already at 596. That is one Rhino being poached a staggering every 8 hours!! Unfortunately this wonderful, prehistoric animal is now critically endangered and runs the risk of being extinct! We’re passionate about conservation (Matthew is off to South Africa to work on a game reserve next year) so we’re doing a skydive for charity in mid August in Oxfordshire. A £5 donation can help to raise state of the art equipment to fight the poachers. But most importantly it helps to raise funds to teach locals that it is so much better to save these animals, rather than harvest them! If you can find the smallest amount of money, even 50p, to donate, then your help will be gratefully appreciated by us and the Rhino! Photos etc will be posted of the skydive to prove we have done it, and for everyone to have a right laugh at us! You can donate quickly and easily here https://www.justgiving.com/Matthew-Hopkins6/
Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity. So it’s the most efficient way to donate – saving time and cutting costs for the charity. Thanks everyone! Alistair Hopkins

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Unknown's avatarAbout Jürgen Kress
As a middleware expert Jürgen works at Oracle EMEA Alliances and Channels, responsible for Oracle’s EMEA Fusion Middleware partner business. He is the founder of the Oracle SOA & BPM and the WebLogic Partner Communities and the global Oracle Partner Advisory Councils. With more than 5000 members from all over the world the Middleware Partner Community is the most successful and active community at Oracle. Jürgen manages the community with monthly newsletters, webcasts and conferences. He hosts his annual Fusion Middleware Partner Community Forums and the Fusion Middleware Summer Camps, where more than 200 partners get product updates, roadmap insights and hands-on trainings. Supplemented by many web 2.0 tools like twitter, discussion forums, online communities, blogs and wikis. For the SOA & Cloud Symposium by Thomas Erl, Jürgen is a member of the steering board. He is also a frequent speaker at conferences like the SOA & BPM Integration Days, JAX, UKOUG, OUGN, or OOP.

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