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<p>I made it!!</p>
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<p>The race day was very hot and especially gruelling towards the end however, I finished in one piece in 4hrs 38, phew! </p>
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<p>Thank you so so much to everyone for your support on the day and through your very kind donations!!! This was without a doubt what powered me through to that 26.2 mile finish!</p>
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<p>My donations page is still open - my target is to reach £2k to help fund the projects Oxfam delivers in Africa and other deprived parts of the world! </p>
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<p>THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT!!!! </p>
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<p><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="color: #000000;">Shocking</span> as it sounds, this April 17th I will attempt to complete the <strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">London Marathon</span></strong> on behalf of <strong><span style="color: #00ff00;">Oxfam</span></strong>. </span></p>
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<p>Why??? </p>
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<p>Here are just some snippets:</p>
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<p><span style="color: #00ff00;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">2010</span></span></strong></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">* <strong>Haiti</strong> -</span> more than 2,200 latrines provided for 160,000 people after the earthquake struck in January 2010. </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; color: #000000;"><strong>* Afgha</strong><strong>nistan</strong> - clean drink water and sanitation provided for more than 100,000 people.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; color: #000000;"><strong>* Gaza</strong></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; color: #000000;"> - </span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; color: #000000;">damaged school buildings repaired and classrooms refurbished. </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; color: #000000;"><strong>* Southern Sudan</strong> - new seeds and tools provided to help 10,000 women cope with drought. </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; color: #000000;"><strong>* Honduras</strong> - 800 families helped to grow more crops so they can feed themselves and increase their incomes. </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; color: #000000;"><strong>* Bolivia</strong> - helping 1,600 families to use ancient farming techniques to protect their crops from drought and floods. </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; color: #000000;"><strong>* Nepal</strong> - flood and drought resilient seeds given to 638 families to help communities cope with climate change.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"> </span>From HIV prevention work in Thailand to providing life-saving clean water to thousands of families in Haiti, the list goes on! With your support Oxfam really can change lives!!</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">F</span></span></strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">i</span>nal facts:</strong></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">* £5 </span></strong></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">can buy 24 buckets which can be used to keep water clean</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"> </span><span style="color: #000000;">* <strong>£10 </strong></span>can buy 36 textbooks giving children a brighter future.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #000000;">* <strong>£50 </strong></span>can pay a trainee teacher's salary in Kenya.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #000000;">* <strong>£250 </strong></span>can pay for a cow for a dairy farmer in Malawi.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><strong>* £500 </strong>could pay for the care of 10 orphans or vulnerable children.</p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><strong>* £1,700 </strong>can pay for a whole classroom.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;">...So for that, what’s a little 26.2 miles of pain?!<span style="color: #000000;"><strong> ;)</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong> </strong></span></span></p>
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