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If you donate £15, we'll thank you by putting an Angel on the top of your page, & include your name in our Honors List. (You can also stay anonymous if you'd like to.)
Please help keep iSLCollective alive!
Personal appeal from iSLCollective co-founder Peter Laszlo
Dear iSLCollective Members!
iSLCollective has run out of money! We need to collect £30,000 to survive until Christmas. Please help keep iSLCollective alive, make a small donation now!
iSLCollective has grown big. Our membership and visits have doubled over the last couple months with over 410,000 users and 40,000 daily visits! This is why we had to hire our first paid employee, a programmer working full-time (see photos here), without whom we wouldn't be able to maintain and develop the site. We also have to pay our office rent, the bills of 6 servers and a server expert. As a result, the site now costs many times more to operate than last year. We need £30,000 to survive the next half year.
As you know, this site is financed by donations from its members. If you have been helped out by iSLCollective, please help iSLCollective and make a small donation now (by clicking any of the green buttons on the right)! Only with your help can we keep iSLCollective going and growing!
What your contribution will pay for:1. Hosting (internet-related costs)
The number of daily visits grew to such an extent that we have to rent 6 servers, instead of 1. We also have to keep buying more and more powerful computing resources to keep the site speed fast.
2. Server expert
To make sure that in case of technical problems we can quickly intervene and fix it, we hired a part-time expert server assistant, Mark. He regularly monitors the servers, installs necessary software updates, looks after our backup mechanism, etc.
3. Full-time programmer & office
The enormity of the programming tasks required us to hire a full-time programmer, Balint, to take care of the website, fix potential bugs, and help us improve the service. We are renting a small, shared office space to accommodate him.
GiftsWe would like to thank you for supporting us with a gift. As a small token of our gratitude, we'll be sending you a gift with your chosen package, as listed on the right. These clothing accessories have been generously offered by a fashion brand sponsor that we teamed up with. Shipping is included in the amount displayed, you won't have to pay anything extra for it. (FAQ: Is it obligatory to accept a gift? -No, you can also choose to just donate and receive no gifts.)
We will also gladly include our donors' names in our Honors List (optional).
Besides, each donor will get an Angel icon on the top of their page (only visible to the donor and the admins) as a reminder that they are our Angels.
How to donate
Donation takes place on PayPal's secure site. You don't need a Paypal account; you can also donate with a bank card. (We have a GBP account so your currency will be automatically exchanged by our bank to GBP. /Your original currency can be anything./)
Steps:
- Select an option from the right (a package or select your own amount), then click on the green button below the amount.
- After clicking, you'll be taken to the next page. (If you chose a gift., please fill in your REAL NAME and shipping data.) Then click Continue.
- On the next page, click on the orange Donate button to finish the transaction on Paypal's secure site.
Donating via bank transfer or Western Union (without a credit card):
Just send an email to laszload [at] gmail [com] and we'll help you with that.
About Tátika fashion
Tátika is a craft company founded in 2007 by Andrea Parodi and Szilvia Mahr, conceived initially as a small workshop for the production of women’s handbags, now present at various fairs like Mipel and Macef in Milan, Premiere Classe in Paris and Pure in London, which are the main venues for seasonal Tátika collections. The success of Tátika accessories is its lively yet harmonious style that captures a broad audience who appreciate hand-crafted beauty.
The personality of Tátika is defined by the quality of its components and its carefully crafted manual production.
Creative and production department
The Tátika style is the result of the creativity, originality and passion of the designer Szilvia Máhr, who studied at the University of Applied Arts in Budapest and later in Helsinki (Finland) and in Italy, and has collaborated with several designers and fashion studies before founding Tátika.
Click on the slideshow below to see more photos.
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Gifts
(Offered by our sponsor, Tátika)Be our Angel!
If you donate £15, we'll thank you by putting an Angel on the top of your page, & include your name in our Honors List. (You can also stay anonymous if you'd like to.)
Keyholder, necklace & pencilcase/make-up purse
If you donate £20 you can choose your 2 favorites from these 3 gifts. They come in a variety of colors, which will be a surprise. Plus your Angel.
Scarf5 out of 80 claimed
Donate £30, and we will thank you by sending you this hand-crafted scarf. 23x25 cm in size & available in 3 colors: gray, red and cyan. +Angel
Mini purse3 out of 30 claimed
If you donate £50, we will thank you by sending you this handy mini purse. 25x22 cm in size & available in 2 colors: pink & blue. Plus an Angel, of course!
Large purse1 out of 15 claimed
Donate £100, and we will thank you by sending you this large, hand-crafted purse. 42x35 cm in size & available in 4 colors: yellow / green, purple / blue, brown / beige & pink / blue. +Angel
Your own amount (e.g £10, £12)
You can also donate any amount of your choice. To show our gratitude, we will put an angel on the top of your page, and include your name in our Honors List of donors. (Of course, you can also choose to stay anonymous.)
2 days ago
#132
Starting tomorrow I'll be off for our traditional "Forest School" week with my school, and I'll be difficult to reach. If you have any questions or you'd like to donate via bank transfer or Western Union (without a bank card or credit card), please send an email to Adam to laszload [at] gmail [com] and he'll help you with that. Bless up, Peter
14 hours ago
#144
reply to prej's post #139
Hi Mathew!
Essentially, that's what we've been doing in the past two years. A fundraiser every six months. (In the first two years, while we could, we paid everything from our own pockets). I know it must be annoying or tiring, but that's the best idea we have for now. We've tried countless potential advertisers after our first advertiser (Astroloquiz), but most won't even respond. We will keep contacting them - ones that offer some relevant service to teachers - but even if we succeed, it's still pocket money to keep a busy webportal like ours running.
I know what you feel, because I feel the same thing, and I wish we didn't have to do fundraisers twice a year. (Wikipedia's model is very elegant with a once-a-year fundraiser, but virtually the whole world is a user of Wikipedia, so this is what affords them this kind of luxury.) Yes, it's a fine line we're balancing on, but I'd like to believe that our members will vote with their spare change to keep the site going, like they had done so before.
As for the future, we'd like to have a lot more security, too. We have some ideas as to how to keep the materials freely accessible, since that's our core mission, and have some other revenue stream other than donations. However, before we can come up with anything, we have to stabilize our finances, the new staff and the new work processes.
Thanks for caring and supporting us!
To those who feel they would miss iSLCollective, but have been hesitant so far to join our efforts:
Only 18 days to go, and 75% of our budget still needed!
Bless up,
Peter
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reply to Kisdobos's post #1
Peter,I like your page, could you send me a bank account to send you money, please. I do not have a credit card.
blancapatty@yahoo.com.mx
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Hi Peter, thanks for the site and I would like to donate. But when I clicked the button there was no further response, what should I do ? (Could it be because my IP is from a China (Shanghai) location ?) Thanks.
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Hello Peter,
I'm Midah from Algeria I would like to donate, but I do not have a creadit card. Could you please send me your bank account to send money?
7amidaumedd0ur@gmail.com
I'm Midah from Algeria I would like to donate, but I do not have a creadit card. Could you please send me your bank account to send money?
7amidaumedd0ur@gmail.com
2 weeks ago
#35
reply to laszload's post #14
Hi thereyou have no idea how much i'd love to help you, but unfortunately i have no idea how to do it.
i'm from Iran and as you know we've got lots of difficulties for transfering money to the other countries.
do not hesitate to let me konw if there's any way for me to do it.
GOOD LUCK
2 weeks ago
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reply to Kisdobos's post #3
hi peter ,I just want to help but how , if you can send me the name of the bank and the branch address with your banck account number, I would be honored to help as much as i can. you can Email me via this address, yasseralnamaky@yahoo.com this is my private email
thanks alot for you great effort look forward to hearing from you,
YASSER
2 weeks ago
#38
What about a pre-paid bank card? They're available worldwide for a few dollars/euros. With a pre-paid card you can make payments with PayPal, shop everywhere on the Internet and in the real world, donate to the sites you frequent, pay for airlines tickets, hotels you name it. The card looks exactly like a Mastercard or Visa card. When you want to shop or donate, you deposit money in the card at your local bank. It's safe and so convenient.
2 weeks ago
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I think people are just trying to be nice.If I weren't be unemployed ,I would donate through a bank transfer too.I don't believe that there are any mean people in this friendly community
2 weeks ago
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reply to laszload's post #14
Dear Adam,Of course I will donate money to help you with your fantastic web page, my boyfriend will do it via bank transfer and I pay him in cash because we is used to paying via pay pal. Provide me the details to do it correctly, please.
A big hug,
shamroch from Chile (Lorena Barrientos)
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Thank you, and the others, too! It means a lot to us! I hope more and more colleagues will realize that we're making this website possible together. It is free, but it's not a major corporation that is making it free, but its caring users! This is what makes iSLCollective a special place. So, why wait any longer to make a small donation?
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I love this site but unfortunately I stopped downloading WS and powerpoints some time ago. I contribute by posting PowerPoints that utilize logic never seen before. I believe that is the way I contribute to this site and it is not monetary. What I would suggest is to set a page where teachers can sell their work to students that are learning English and have Islcollectives receive a percentage to maintain the current site. Android, Windows, Apple and other programs could be sold to students who want to learn English. Teachers on this site could benefit greatly. Maybe they could donate their proceeds to ISL or a higher percentage. Sorry, I am only trying to help. Keep in mind that there are other users besides teachers who download from this site.
John
John
1 week ago
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reply to kifissia's post #38
Kifisia,Please tell me where I can buy a prepaid bank card here in Thailand? I can find them on the internet but then again I can only use a prepaid card to get it. I have been looking for the last two years so that I can buy a program online from the US and I cannot find an answer.
John
1 week ago
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your site is great! I'd like to help. Please send me a bank account number so that I could help you.
ermelindapereira1@gmail.com
ermelindapereira1@gmail.com
1 week ago
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This site is fantastic and zI hope very much that it continues. I tried to make a donation online, but when I pressed 'continue" as the 2nd step of the dontae process, nothing happened. Please assist so I can make a contribution. coleanita@sbcglobal.net
1 week ago
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reply to laszload's post #14
Dear LazloI just wanted to donate by clicking on the donate, no present option but it won't continue on to the next page. Any clue why this is?
Will definitely donate...great work you're doing!!
airlinerac
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Hi, could I make a little suggestion? Since ISLCollective is used by so many people, I think in terms of funding would not be a problem if we could charge each downloaded worksheet as LITTLE as five pence (or whatever). The amount would be negligible for one person but significant for the website considering the number of people using the site. I think the success of ISLCollective is due to so many contributors and I think we all need to take part in maintaining it. (Not just certain individuals who really care about giving)
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This site should seriously consider making some changes. There are too many leechers who don't even bother to contribute back. They neither donate nor do they contibute with their worksheets. I guess there are only a limited number of donators among thousands of members,right? Some solution should be on the horizon? You can't live on donations forever, do you?
1 week ago
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Hello!My name is Roberta and I have already made a donation some time ago.I would just like to know if you keep a record of people who have already donated some money to the site. Thanks.
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reply to Kisdobos's post #3
Hi:I really like and use your worksheets because they are very helpful. I do not have a credit card but I'd like to help. How can I do it?
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reply to laszload's post #14
Dear ISL. I have loved your site for several years and sad to see you are having financial issues.
The answer is simple. Yeah for many people they don't like to see advertisements on their websites and feel they are selling their souls, but this can be the only way if costs are so high. You said yourself that there are 40,000 visits a day, tell that to companies and they'll be jumping at the chance to advertise on your site.
Even if you manage to raise 30,000, this money will last until Xmas and then what? Same again? Can't always rely on the users to raise the capital needed to run the site. Start looking into advertising. It makes sense!
Regards,
A worried friend.
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reply to serzt's post #61
There is a paradox in your saying... you talk about "free worksheets" and at the same time you "force" those who download to donate (DON'T JUST USE US BUT IT'S TIME TO HELP US). Don't judge the "leechers" visiting your site, have you ever thought they are in worse situation but you, if you are doing a NOBLE thing than do it with all of your heart and rely in despair moments on God's help.... happy are those who believe in His help...
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reply to laszload's post #14
Dear Adam,I have already made a contribution this year - I donated through my home email but download my worksheets at work. I still got the email with the "Please, don't just use us, but this time, help us!" which I think is unfair.
Speaking for myself, I would rather there is a yearly fee, like a lot of sites do, than receiving emails like this.
I like the site a lot - although I'm no expert in computers and know nothing about site maintenance surely there must be something that can be done to keep the site costs low?
Kind regards
Isilda
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reply to laszload's post #14
HiI've just donated but I see that your request says that this money will keep you in business for another 6 months. Please consider moving over to a subblockedion-based system. I would happily pay £30 a year to have access to this incredible resource and if all your other members did that as well, it puts you on a stable basis for the future with the system growing along with the number of users.
Good luck
Melissa
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Sorry about that - trying to say that a subblockedion-based system should read subblockedion. I don't know what happened.
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reply to laszload's post #14
Dear Adam,I've just sent my donation. I have to mention that I love the site and it assists me greatly.
I agree with other members saying that they would prefer paying an annual membership fee. I think this would solve the problem in the long run, so the survival of this incredible site wouldn't be depended on donations.
Yours,
Sharon.
1 week ago
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reply to adelka78's post #84
there certainly is a paradox in saying ''free ws made by teachers for teachers'' if we get mails saying ' dont use us but help us''. There are a lot of members here who create rather quality works. The works which are far better than those in some paid websites. And if the creators of these printables don't feel used, (and obviously we don't bc we share them voluntarily) I am sorry but you shouldn't be feel used at all. I am not against donation but I also think there are other ways to maintain this site. If the donations are compulsory or imposed, I think the definition of isl collective should be changed and the members should be informed.
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reply to mobscene123's post #86
Dear Mobscene!We have always taken every opportunity to thank our authors for contributing their teaching resources selflessly. Without their contribution, this site would be nothing. You and the others who share your work, are the heart and soul of this place!
However, there are those who take away many hundreds or thousands of worksheets, yet they do not share anything with the community. We wrote them, and only them, the line "please don't just use us, but this time also help us". I'm sorry if it sounded too harsh for some, we didn't mean to be judgmental or offensive. The more people use the site, the happier we are. That's why I've always declined suggestions, and will decline in the future, to charge members a fee to get access to the materials. We want every teacher to benefit from the site, without any conditions! This is why we have never asked anyone: why haven't you uploaded anything, or why haven't you made a small donation? iSLCollective is free for everyone.
At the same time, we would like to make more and more of our users take responsibility for the site. Many people don't understand that this is not YouTube, or Gmail or Picasa, whose free service is provided by a major corporation. iSLCollective is financed by us. No one else will do it for us, not Google, not Yahoo, nor anybody else.
The authors have done their part when they enriched the site with their work, and for this we're eternally grateful. But I believe those who have downloaded many hundreds of worksheets and not shared their own should feel a greater responsibility for the financial sustenance of the site.
And once again, it's not an obligation. It's a choice. A choice that I'm kindly asking them to consider.
Thanks for all the authors and donors for showing your love!
Bless up,
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reply to Kisdobos's post #90
Dear Peter, first of all thank you for considering my message and replying in a very respectful and friendly way. As I said in my message, I am not against making donations. This is a wonderful site and if financial support is needed at some point, as a member I am ready to do it. However, charging members a fee to use the materials or imposing people to donate just felt wrong because I love contributing to this site and sharing my work with others without expecting anything in return. That is why I felt a little heart-broken. Reading your reply made me feel better bc now I see your point and I see that you are right. I just didn't consider those who don't contribute as much as others. As I said many times before, thank you very much for maintaning this great site. have a nice week!
1 week ago
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Can you send me your bank account number, for me it is much easer to send money for you this way. Thank you!
1 week ago
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Can you send me your bank account number, for me it is much easer to send money for you this way. Thank you!
1 week ago
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Can you send me your bank account number, for me it is much easer to send money for you this way. Thank you!
1 week ago
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reply to Kisdobos's post #90
Thank you for your wonderful site collecting fantastic resources.I have not contributed any resources yet but have contributed finacially on two occasions and plan to do it again. Therefore, I do not understand why I receive "reminders" which more or less tell me that I am taking advantange of the system.
Good luck with the fund raising and best wishes to all of you, working hard to make this site so outstanding.
Muriel Offord (Poune)
1 week ago
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reply to Kisdobos's post #90
can you send me a bank accont number to send you money.It is much easer for me.
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reply to Kisdobos's post #55
Just tried again to donate without the gift, now it works. Thanks !
1 week ago
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reply to lilianleung's post #104
Hi,We would like you to receive your choosen gifts, even if you didn't manage to click on it. Please write an email to me at laszload (at) gmail (dot) com with the following info:
donation email, full real name, country, full address and choosen gifts.
Thank you for donating!
adam
1 week ago
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Hi! kindly send in you bank account details to help me donate to our useful islcollective site.
Thank you very much, indeed!
Thank you very much, indeed!
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Hello!! First of all I'd like to say "THANK YOU" for this wonderful site of so useful resources . I also want to help, so could you give the number of your bank card? One more thing - I'm from Ukraine, could I send money in UAH or I have to convert hryvnias into dollars? Thank you for the reply)
1 week ago
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reply to kseniia89's post #108
Thank you for all the wonderful prints. I really appreciate this site. As I can't contribute so manyprints I hope to support financially more regularly from now on . Good luck with reaching the goal!
1 week ago
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reply to kathleenume's post #109
hi, I do love ur site, pls send me ur bank account and I will send money...justin1979@interia.pl
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I tried twice to donate but there was a virus twice when the page to enter my bank details opened. So I didn't do it. I couldn't get rid of the warning message, it kept on appearing again and again each time I tried to fill in the form. Can you check it is safe? I will try again tomorrow. I really want to support this wonderful website.
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Hello!
I've just made my donation. I couldn't keep using your site without helping you.
I absolutely LOVE your site. You guys are doing a wonderful job!
Congratulations!!
Cristina
I've just made my donation. I couldn't keep using your site without helping you.
I absolutely LOVE your site. You guys are doing a wonderful job!
Congratulations!!
Cristina
7 days ago
#119
reply to nathalief's post #114
Dear Nathalief,I read your post about the virus you've encountered. I can assure you the donate pages are free from viruses! Let me give you some help to solve your problem.
The virus you've seen on Paypal's site has 2 main types: one of them attacks from a server (i.e. from the internet) and will copy a so-called "trojan" or "malware" onto your computer, while the other one is already on the user's computer and will try to gather all sorts of personal data, for example your bank account number, pin, etc. The first type will "install" the 2nd type of virus.
Our server is well defended against the first type, and does not host any trojans or malware that will attack our users. There have been no attacks against our server, nor are there any infected pages on iSLCollective. It is very important to us to keep our code safe and clean, so we are always on the lookout to avoid virus threats.
The virus you've seen is on your computer, so I highly recommend you to make a deep scan with a virus scanner. The one I recommend is: Avast, which you can download from http://www.avast.com/. There are both Mac and Windows versions.
I hope this will help you solve the problem.
Best regards,
Balint
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reply to golbanolga's post #72
I rarely visit ilscollective. Though, I dowloaded limited number of worksheets I have dontaed before and I contributed with my worksheet. I hate leechers so I won't be donating. Everybody can have something to contribute. Nobody has any right to be leechers.
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reply to serzt's post #123
if you don't have something nice to say then don't say anything Sertz
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reply to Kisdobos's post #132
Hello, I would like to know how can I donate via bank transfer.
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would you please send me your bank account? I really hope we can take this site back to life~
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Dear Peter,
I will definitely donate some cash to keep the site running, but there's one thing that keeps bugging me.
You say, that this fundraiser will give you some breathing room for six months, until December. So my question is, what is going to happen after December? Will you have a fundraiser every six months to keep the service going?
Cheers
Mathew
I will definitely donate some cash to keep the site running, but there's one thing that keeps bugging me.
You say, that this fundraiser will give you some breathing room for six months, until December. So my question is, what is going to happen after December? Will you have a fundraiser every six months to keep the service going?
Cheers
Mathew
21 hours ago
#140
reply to Kisdobos's post #132
Hi Peter,
Please let me know your bank account number. I also would like to donate to isl collective site.
Thank you very much, indeed!
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reply to Kisdobos's post #132
MY NAME IS JOSE GREGORIO RAMIREZ IAM FROM VENEZUELAN I WOULD LIKE CONTRIBUTE TO THE ISLCOLLETIVES BUT, Herewith in our country called venezuelan; we have much problem for get money dollars to make anything negotiation but; I AM NOT DENYING IN HELP TO THIS PAGE SO WONDERFUL FOR THE TEACHERS OF ENGLISH PLEASE KEEP GOING ON LINE. UNTIL I CAN GET DOLLAR FOR SENDING TOTHE OFFICE MANAGER ISCOLLITIVES
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reply to Kisdobos's post #132
Hi, I´m so embarassed with this situation, and I understand, but at this moment I can`t donate money, because my salary is not so good, I appreciate so much the great work you have done with all people who are on this beautiful site. Anyway God Blesses you for all your work.
8 hours ago
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reply to Kisdobos's post #132
peter I would like to answer all these questions that I have first we must keep a close brotherhood in sharing our knowledge and improve pedagogical all the days for the benefit of our students. also to the extent of our possibilities to collaborate in the portal sharing pedagogical experiences to strengthen progress in teaching a second language this is my humble advice thank for sharing with all teachers over the world
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