Hi, i'd like to tell you about my 17 year old son Ioan who has been chosen to go with the Urdd charity to Patagonia in October to help underprivileged Welsh-speaking children. He's a hard worker and achieved remarkable results in his GCSE's gaining 10 A' stars and 3 A's at Welsh medium school in Barry although we, his parents, are non Welsh speakers from Cardiff. He doesn't know what to study in Uni' and me and my wife are at a loss to advise him as we did not attend Uni' ourselves.

He has to raise 2100 to travel to S America and is about halfway there. He sent letters to the top 30 most profitable Welsh Companies and got no sponsorship support. He has put adverts in shop windows offering his services such as dog-walking, babysitting, odd jobs, etc but money is scarce I suppose; we've raised a lot from Quiz nights, and school functions We have also written to local Councils but no backing from them yet either. If anyone out there in the USA feels that they can help in some small way to help him reach his goal he would be most appreciative. He is working this week at the Eisteddfod and will continue to work hard to raise the amount required.

Regards, Chris Williams