Dear Customers,

Many thanks for booking with Hostelworld.com. In doing so, you have also done your part in supporting UNICEF's work for children. For each booking made on www.hostelworld.com, a donation is made to UNICEF in order to support our programmes for children in over 155 countries around the world.

Since 2004, over $465,000 has been donated to UNICEF - a staggering achievement by all those involved. How has your donation helped?

What has your donation provided in 2007?

For 6 cents - the price of 1 sachet of oral rehydration salts, mixed with safe water to save a child's life.

For 60 cents - can buy 50 water purification tablets, each treating 4-5 litres of water, enabling children to drink and wash safely.

For $12 - provides 2 long-lasting insecticidal mosquito nets, protecting families from malaria that kills an African child every 30 seconds.

For $20 - is the cost of a double-sided chalkboard, 2 chalkboard dusters, 100 white chalk sticks and 100 coloured chalk sticks, providing a teacher with basic tools to teach a class.

For $100 - can provide 700 doses of measles vaccine, protecting children from this deadly disease.

For $1000 - the cost of providing a child with paediatric antiretroviral treatment in capsule form for 5 years.

For updates on UNICEF's work please visit www.unicef.org for up to date information and stories. On behalf of UNICEF and the world's poorest children thank you for your support.

Best regards

Maura Quinn
Executive Director
UNICEF Ireland