<div class="frp-message-body" style="height: auto;"> <p>In February 2012 I am planning to visit the Saharawi refugee camps in Algeria to <strong>run a marathon</strong> through the Sahara Desert...</p> <p>This may seem like slightly strange behaviour given that I have never run a marathon before let alone between refugee camps in one of the worlds dryest and hottest climes.&nbsp; BUT!&nbsp; This madness is for an exciting and extremely worthwhile project that I am very passionate about:</p> <p>The money raised will allow a team of drama and movement therapists (myself included) to run a research project&nbsp;within the landmine victim centre, the prison and the special needs schools on the refugee camps.&nbsp; This research will&nbsp;then enable&nbsp;Olive Branch Theatre (my good friend Becky's theatre company)&nbsp;and the charity Sandblast to plan and raise further funds to return to the camps and deliver training and run future creative therapeutic projects.&nbsp;</p> <p>The Saharawi Refugees are the forgotten people of the Western Sahara who have been living in exile in the harsh Algerian desert since 1975. For more information about the Saharawi plight please watch the attached video of&nbsp;the theatre projects and check out Sandblast's website.</p> </div> <p>Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</p> <p>Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving &ndash; they&rsquo;ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they&rsquo;ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it&rsquo;s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.</p> <p>So please dig deep and donate now.</p>