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<p>In 2011 I was priviledged to be part of a team of UK RAP volunteers going out to Romania to take a group of 34 orphans on a holiday from their orphanage in Bucharest to a beach resort on Romania's Black Sea coast.</p>
<p>To say it was a life changing event is an understatement. My 'normal' work is a whole universe away from the help I was able to give for these 8 days, and I came away with the feeling that I had got more from the trip than <em>I</em> had given to the youngsters I was there to help. This challenge is a chance for me to try and pay some of that back.</p>
<p>The work RAP does is utterly invaluable to helping the well being and quality of life experienced by these children and young adults, the great majority of them being put in that position through no fault of their own.</p>
<p>I know that every £ I raise here will be put to real use directly on the ground, whether it contributes to this year's holiday trip, or to paying for a filling in a tooth, or nappies for a 30yr old 'child'.</p>
<p>If you'd like to find out more about the RAP Foundation please visit their website at www.rapfoundation.com</p>
<p>I've now added a video style slideshow of photos I took on last years trip, please have a look at it and hopefully the happy faces will let you see why I'm doing this. Click the link in my Gallery below or go directly to here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbt882OOTYQ where you'll get a larger version.</p>
<p>If you would like to see the current route - we may change it to extend it, come by YOUR door (if the price is right!) or on Police advice. I've added a couple of pics to the Photo section. I've had to split it at the Forth Rd Bridge as the mapping software refused to let me cross it! But we are doing it in ONE go, no stopping in Edinburgh for a night out :)</p>
<p>I'm doing this with a colleague, Joe Moon, from work who has chosen to support the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Charity. Because of the way the just Giving site works we both have to have our own pages and we have linked these by creating a 'Team', so please click on the 'Team Link' below to get more details on what we are doing.</p>
<p>Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</p>
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