12 friends and a massage... that's all it takes to give a girl an education in Vietnam.

We like to keep things easy, and this couldn't be simpler. Ripple has set up its 12 Friends Project where you can take part simply by sending this onto your friends or by booking a massage.

The 12 Friends Project is where Ripple will donate $10 from every 2 or 3 hour massage package towards a girls education in Hoi An, Vietnam.

It only costs AUD $120 to cover the school fees, additional tuition, uniforms, insurance, text books, stationery and a new bicycle for a girl to go to school for a year.

12 friends, a massage each, $10 from each donated by Ripple = an education for a Vietnamese girl.

Currently, through you booking massages, Ripple sponsors 10 girls through Childrens Hope In Action and by the end of the year we are aiming for at least 20.

One of these girls is Sy, pictured right with her father and her new bike, puchased from money raised from guests like you booking a massage. Full details on Sy are below.

So to take part all you need to do is send this through to 12 friends (see our tell a friend button above right), its that easy.

If you would then like to book a massage or gift certificate that is fantastic - call today on 0438 567 906 or info@ripplemassage.com.au

So start your own ripple effect today!

Full details on Ripple are at www.ripplemassage.com.au or phone 567 906 or email at info@ripplemassage.com.au

Kindest Regards - Alison

Sy, 11, is the youngest of three children from an extremely poor family. Her father is a casually employed farmer and her mother works in a fish company. The family is one of the poorest in their village earning $1 a day.

The family live in a very basic house built from bamboo and
corrugated iron outside Hoi An. Their possessions are minimal and
include one plastic table, six plastic chairs, one old bicycle, a bed,
a fan and an old television.

Sy had cleft lip and palate surgery at 3 years of age and again when
she was 9 years old.

Sy attends school regularly and has been doing well. Until now she
has walked 10 kilometres to and from school, 6 days a week as the
family only has one bicycle which her mother uses to go to work. We
have now purchased a new bike.

Unfortunately in the 2007/08 school year she was only able to attend
one extra class for two months of the year as she did not have a
sponsor and extra classes are expensive.

In Vietnam, due to the education system structure, children must
attend extra classes during the school year and the summer holidays.
For the majority of cases, this is the only way they will learn all
the information required to pass examinations.

In 2008/09 a donation from the massages booked at Ripple has ensured
Sy stays in school and has the opportunity to attend extra classes in
Mathematics, Physics and English.

This sponsorship will meet the costs of her school fees, additional
tuition, uniforms, insurance, text books, stationery and a new
bicycle.