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Over the last couple of years I have been helping DV lottery selectees around the world. I have spent countless hours (typically at least 10 to 20 hours\u00a0each week)\u00a0learning about the process, answering questions from selectees, creating this website and extracting\/publishing the CEAC data. I hope and know that this knowledge\u00a0has helped many people, and have been thanked many times – for which I am truly grateful.Some people have asked if they can extend the “thank you” and donate something to\u00a0contribute to the costs of running the website and my time – which is very kind of them.I have been working on a book to guide people through the process step by step and I am almost ready to make that available through Amazon.\u00a0I planned to use\u00a0any income from that book to\u00a0pay for something I could enjoy with\u00a0my daughter (almost 7 years old) who sees me working on DV lottery forums and BritSimonSays as my “second job”. She,\u00a0frankly, misses out from the time I spend, but I feel that helping people through this process is important work. So – she would like me to build a “secret” treehouse (shhh – don’t say the secret out loud),\u00a0so she and I could spend some quality<\/em> time together.<\/p>\n

However, I didn’t start doing\u00a0this for money,\u00a0and I want to continue providing information to those that need it, free of charge. So – in order to keep this as a public resource, I would prefer to publish the new information (guides to the process) on my webpage instead<\/em> of the book –\u00a0I\u00a0would feel better about that idea.<\/p>\n

So perhaps you want to help with the treehouse project. It shouldn’t be much –\u00a0just a few dollars – and only<\/strong> if\/when you can afford it.\u00a0You can click the link below to donate and leave a comment.<\/p>\n

I also would love to see a few comments on this page that I could read to my daughter to explain why Daddy likes to help all his “friends\u00a0who want to live in America”. Her name is Sofia…<\/p>\n

Thank you all and good luck!<\/p>\n

*** Update November 2020 ***<\/p>\n

Well, Sofia is 12 now, so its about time I updated this page. Sadly, the treehouse project never happened (although I did build a treehouse for a friend, we never built the one I planned for Sofia. We had bought some land and planned to build a house there, but in the end we decided not to build and instead we bought a home. There is no tree suitable for a treehouse. BUT on the upside we have a nice swimming pool, which Sofia enjoys, and just recently I completed a makeover of her bedroom including building a window bench, drawers and shelving unit. That has lighting built in and the bench has some “secret” compartments. So she loves it! I did all the work myself (building the cabinets, decorating and so on), but donations paid for all the materials etc.\u00a0 She also got a nice phone from donations and I do make time with her to enjoy together with donations – so it is much appreciated and well used.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Here is a photo of the her shelving unit..<\/p>\n

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