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It only took a week for Spray Painters Australia (SPA) Facebook community to raise in excess of the $5,000 needed to bring Samuel Appiah from Ghana  to Australia for the study tour of a lifetime later this year.

Russ Hill who is organising the trip said: "I'm absolutely rapt that SPA members got behind this initiative and exceeded the budget. Now we're grappling with the logistics of arranging a tourist visa for him - which is no picnic if you're from West Africa."

Appiah posted on the SPA page (we've taken the liberty of correcting his English which is actually extemely impressive): " I am very very very much appreciating for what all of you have done for me. I haven't think about this opportunity before in my life. When I was a kid, it was my dream that I should take the pictures with white man and also shake hands and I think my dream is coming true thanks to the great SPA team. A very big thanks to you all who made this reality and spent their money and their time. It is in my prayers that may you get it in double and triple back to you and never lack anything in life. Bless you and bless you and continue to bless you all. "

 

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