<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div>Dear RNLD Community, </div><div><br></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); ">Watch the Penan Children’s Book Crowdfunding trailer here: </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://pozi.be/penan"><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(7, 57, 200); font-size: 18px; ">http://pozi.be/penan</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); ">My name is Blake Paul Kendall, and last year I had the honor of spending time in the Jungles of Borneo with Penan communities. The Penan are the indigenous people of the jungles in Borneo and like many indigenous groups around the world they face the loss of their language and culture from outside threats.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); ">Shocked and moved by my experiences in the jungle, I decided to - with members from the Penan community - <b>workshop, write and illustrate a</b> <b>children's book</b>. This will be one of the first educational resources in language for the Penan and one small step in allowing for the Penan language and culture to be taught to the next generation.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); "><o:p> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><img src="http://www.pozible.com/uploads/04-2014/1396961553.JPG"></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); "><o:p><br></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); ">This crowd-funding campaign will fund the costs to <b>print<span> the book</span></b><span> </span>as well as cover the costs for myself and trusted Penan Elders to travel around the jungle and hand deliver <b>a copy of the book to every Penan child</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); ">To be part of the story and donate, go to the campaign page:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://pozi.be/penan"><span style="font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(7, 57, 200); font-size: 18px; ">http://pozi.be/penan</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); ">You can also show your support by sharing the crowd-funding link with your networks - friends, family, members of the community and colleagues. It only takes 2 minutes to send it out. You can also support by sharing on social media- on TWITTER and Facebook. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); ">To find out more about the project visit the campaign page. Donations will be accepted <b>until May 11th</b>, 2014. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); ">A huge thank you,<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#1a1a1a" face="Calibri"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px; "><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); "></span></p><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; "><div style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; "><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">Blake-Paul Kendall- </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; "><i>Storyteller, Artist & Explorer </i></span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; ">TABLETOP STUDIO COLLECTIVE </div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; ">+61 416 954 859 </div><div style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; "><a href="mailto:blakekendall@hotmail.com">blakekendall@hotmail.com</a></div><div style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; ">ABN: 42 897 754 205 </p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; "><br></p></div></span></div><div style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><p style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; "><font class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; "><a href="http://www.blakepaulkendall.com/">www.blakepaulkendall.com</a>/</font></p><p style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; "><br></p></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div style="font-size: 14px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; ">Crowd Funding for the Penan Children's Book: </div></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><a href="http://pozi.be/penan" style="font-size: 20px; ">http://pozi.be/penan</a> </span></div></div></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><br></div></div></body></html>