You live in an English speaking country and you want to do some voluntary, unpaid work in a developing country. Write a letter to a company called Cultural Expeditions, which organizes such trips. In your letter: Explain why you want to do the voluntary work. State what your skills and experience are. Indicate where you would like to volunteer and for how long.

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very good at cooking,
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graduated from Leiths, one of the best cooking
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in London,
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a very strong guy,
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can easily lift 250 pounds and
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very good with
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know some magic tricks and some football skill that
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can teach them, basically all
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do is give hope and smiles to the kids. I want you to know that I worked before for different volunteering company
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Salesforce or Deloitte,
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not new in
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have to go, is the same for me as long
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can bring some hope for someone is fine, but there's a problem
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can work just for 5 months because
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participate for another voluntary company. I look forward to hearing from you
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The Greeting

Depending on the style and aim of the letter, you will need to adapt your greeting.

Always start an informal letter in the ways:

  • Dear + name
  • Hi / Hello + name

‘Dear...’ is more appropriate, so stick with this.

For a formal letter there are two options for the greeting:

  • Use Dear Sir or Madam if you don’t know the name of the person you are writing to.
  • Use Dear + surname if you do know their name, e.g. Dear Mr Smith or Dear Mrs Jones.

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