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**SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM GAV **

 

Hi all & welcome to my website!!

I must be going mad in my 'old' age :-)

Somehow I've managed to get myself onto a team of a dozen people from my church who will be attempting to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in October 2009. This effort is in aid of a childrens' hospice in Nyeri, Kenya, which was built by, and is run by, the church.

Each month as many as 600 children aged between one month and 17 years, many of whom are disabled, are treated by trained doctors and nurses at the hospice. Their illnesses include HIV, tuberculosis, cerebral palsy, rickets, jiggers and cases of sexual abuse. Nyeri is located approximately 100 miles north of Nairobi and has a population of over 350000. Here is a link to the Kenya page on the church website: http://www.whitewell.com/outreach/kenya.php (opens new window).

In addition to the climb, we will also be visiting the childrens' hospice during the trip and helping to distribute aid from 2 x 40ft containers which we hope to fill :-).

 

So the purpose of this message, aside from raising awareness of the event, is to ask if you would be willing to sponsor me (OK I guess you knew that was coming :-). I know that most visitors to my website won't know me personally but this is a really worthy cause!

 

If you'd like to sponsor me you can do so online via JUSTGIVING using the link at the bottom of the page. If you donate using JUSTGIVING, and you are a UK taxpayer, gift aid can be reclaimed and for every £1 donated the childrens' hospice will benefit by approximately £1.20. (IN WHICH CASE DON'T FORGET TO CHECK THE GIFT AID OPTION ON THE JUSTGIVING PAGES!).

Please note that I will be paying *all* of my own travel expenses for the trip and *all* of the money donated will go directly to the childrens' hospice.

 

Finally, although the climb will undoubtedly be a big effort, please (please!) don't feel that any donation is too small. I would be *really* grateful for *any* donations no matter how small!

 

Thanks for reading this & thanks in advance for your help!!!

 

  Fundraising progress:

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20/06/09: Pics from first training day here!

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