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KATE and Gerry McCann’s war chest to help find missing daughter
Madeleine dwindled to £125,000 last year.
The amount the couple raised for Madeleine’s Fund dropped from £233,099
in 2009-10 to £177,534 in 2010-11.
But the McCanns, both 43, from Rothley, Leics, hope that Kate’s book
about
Maddie’s
disappearance will boost the fund this year.
In newly-published accounts, the fund’s directors write: “Over the past
financial year, as with the previous one, the costs of the search
continued to be higher than the fund’s annual income.
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It became
apparent to the directors that without a significant
financial boost the fund would be empty by the end of spring
2011. |
“Income, particularly donations, has been lower than in previous years.
“It became apparent to the directors that without a significant
financial boost the fund would be empty by the end of spring 2011.
“In view of this, Kate made the decision to write a book about
Madeleine’s disappearance.”
Madeleine’s Fund was launched after the little girl, then aged three,
vanished from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, on May 3,
2007.
In 2007-08 it received £1.8million. |
