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Sheffield Half Marathon 2011 · 8 May 2011 ·

Kick4Life uses the power of sport to transform the lives of orphans and vulnerable children in Lesotho. Using sport to engage and inspire, we deliver health education, HIV testing, life skills development, mentoring and support towards education and employment. Thanks for helping us to change lives!

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<p><span style="font-family: 'Gill Sans'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 19px;">Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #1c1c1c; line-height: 14px;"> </span></p> <p style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: black; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="font-family: 'Gill Sans'; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">I am running the Sheffield Half Marathon along with about 30 other members of Polsoc FC. We are trying raise money and awareness for 'Kick4life' and 'Afrikit-Giving Your Shirts a New Life'.</span></span></span></p> <p style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Gill Sans'; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Not only this but I will be running it in my infamous and half ripped spiderman costume! Its going to get sweaty.</span></span></p> <p style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Gill Sans'; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: black; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="font-family: 'Gill Sans'; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Kick 4 Life's mission is to engage youth in the world's poorest countries through the power of football, empowering them with the skills to adopt healthy behaviours and to live HIV free.</span></span></span></p> <p style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: black; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="font-family: 'Gill Sans'; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span></p> <p style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: black; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="font-family: 'Gill Sans'; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Afrikit is a charity that was set up by 4 of the politics boys in October 2009 with a mission to collect old/disused/unwanted football&nbsp;kits and send them to some of the poorest areas in Africa. Since then the charity has grown rapidly providing a good home for nearly 5,000 kits distributing to Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Malawi,The Gambia, Lesotho, South Africa, Uganda, Ghana in doing so putting a smile on the faces of many African communities and hopefully inspiring communities to use football as a means to break down barriers and promote development.</span></span></span></p> <p style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px initial initial;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Gill Sans'; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18px; line-height: normal;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">So please, any contributions will massively appreciated!</span></span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

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