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Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page. Yesterday I read a story that broke my heart.  Today, along with my friend Helen Lord, we are committing ourselves to several months of pain in order to raise £2,000 (or hopefully more) to help the International Animal Rescue Organisation continue its life-saving work in protected the wonderful Orang-utans of Borneo. Both Helen and I admit we are not the most ‘sporty’ of people...in fact our daily exercise routine consists of ‘front door to car and back again several hours later!’  We both have a penchant for coke (full fat all the way!), pizza (ummm) and anything sweet and chocolaty!  Hence the magnitude of what we are about to do... In August Helen, her husband Danny, myself and my husband Nick (the men are purely there for motivation, eye candy (!!!) and hopefully piggy backs!) will walk 24.6 miles over the Three Peaks in Yorkshire, taking in over 5000 ft of climbing in order to raise £2,000 for the IAR to build their new and much needed Orang-utan Sanctuary in Borneo whilst continuing their truly amazing work of saving and rehabilitating injured or orphaned Orang-utans. FACT:  Orang-utans are one of the most endangered species in the world so we need to act NOW to save this truly special animal.  There are reportedly only 60,000 left in the world. FACT:  Orang-utans have around 97% identical genetic make-up to humans. We are asking you to help protect this wonderful animal by giving generously to this urgent and worthwhile cause.  We humans are singlehandedly destroying this wonderful planet and its animal inhabitants due to all consuming greed and unimaginable cruelty and we must protect what we have left. This is the story that broke our hearts and I hope once reading it you will understand why we all have to help in whatever way, large or small, we can. The rainforests of Borneo are slowly being destroyed by humans and along with it the habitats of the Orang-utans.  This is a story, as reported in yesterday’s News of the World, about a little family struggling to survive. With limited food sources in the rainforest, a family of Orang-utans left the safety of the rainforest to go to a small village that were growing fruit.  The humans saw the Orang-utans trying to get food and they set about trying to catch them.  The father Orang-utan tried to no avail to protect his little family but he got chased off.  They did, however, manage to catch the mother and her baby.  The pair were tied down with heavy ropes and beaten with sticks whilst having rocks thrown at them.  The animals were terrified and the mother did everything she could to protect her precious baby from the unimaginable cruelty they were experiencing.  With very little energy left, the mother was then dragged away from her screaming baby and thrown into a pool of water and held under the water until she passed out.  She was then thrown into a cage unconscious where her baby clung to her with fear.  Once she regained consciousness, the bored humans started up their unrelenting beating of the Orang-utans yet with the little energy the amazing mother had left, she continued to protect her baby from this evil as best she could. Eventually, a vet from the IAR arrived and sedated the distressed and badly injured Orang-utans and rushed them back to the temporary Orang-utan Sanctuary for emergency treatment.  Unfortunately, due to the horrendous injuries the mother sustained, she died 15 minutes later.  However, due to what I believe to be the dedication of her mummy and the protection she gave her baby to the end, the baby girl has survived and is now known as Peni. This little baby Orang-utan (which has 97% of the genetic makeup of you or I) is now a scared and frightened orphan that desperately needs our help. No doubt this story will touch your heart like it did ours so please, please, please give generously to prevent this tragedy from happening again as we cannot even begin to comprehend what this little family went through all for a piece of fruit to feed their hungry baby. Thank you so much for all your generosity and for caring.  We will keep you updated throughout the trials and tribulations of our training schedule and also about the amazing work undertaken by the IAR for the Orang-utans of Borneo. xxxx Please click on the below link to read the full and harrowing story about Peni and her brave mother. <a href="http://www.internationalanimalrescue.org/news/2010/403/Our+team+witnesses+unspeakable+cruelty+towards+orangutans+in+Borneo.html">http://www.internationalanimalrescue.org/news/2010/403/Our+team+witnesses+unspeakable+cruelty+towards+orangutans+in+Borneo.html</a> Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. 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