Dear Friends.
If I make it round the Glasgow half marathon in the dreach Glasgow weather I will be so, so, so happy and willing to forget my sore feet, joggers nipples, chaffed thighs and Scottish September tan. However, if I make it around AND make some money for this organisation then I'll be ecstatic.
It helps Ethiopian women who've suffered trauma during childbirth that would otherwise go untreated. It offers surgery and rehabilitation helping women to go on and live meaningful lives again. One story brought this home to me powerfully: a woman was discovered by the organisation's outreach team who had spent several years in an outhouse - living in her own excrement and urine because of the 'disabilities' her injuries had left her with. She was only minimally maintained by her family as she was no longer able to have children or play an economic role in the family and felt ashamed to enter back into her community as she was doubly incontinent with no hope of any future. The organisation were able to help her physically and support her journey back into society.
So that's why I chose it.
I know that times are tough and there's not much money to go round but even if it's only £1 your donation will help make a difference. And what's more help me keep plodding when the Glasgow skies well and truly open and a cold breeze hits my goosebumpy thighs off the Clyde!
Thanks.
Helen
Raised:
100%
Raised so far: £500.00
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...hopefully this will just help you reach your target. What a brilliant cause....of course. Well done you. Ex Donation by Emma Rea on 03/11/09 |
£70.00 + £19.74 Gift Aid |
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You made me do this- just like you made me run! on pain of death Donation by Jinal Shah on 14/09/09 |
£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid |
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Hi Helen, As I have left it so late I can say 'Well done you!' for finishing the run in such a fantastic time. Love Sally XX Donation by Sally Trevaskis on 14/09/09 |
£60.00 + £16.92 Gift Aid |
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Good for you Helen. You're a better and fitter man than me!! Donation by Mark Simmonds on 11/09/09 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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When it gets tough - remember our night in Rajasthan! Donation by Liam Black on 10/09/09 |
£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid |
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The world is a better place with Helen T in it... will be thinking of you! Much love pxx Donation by Pen Flude on 08/09/09 |
£10.00 |
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Donation by Aunty Mary on 31/08/09 |
£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid |
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Run HT run! Good luck! little P'luker and family xxxxx Donation by Irene Jeffrey on 28/08/09 |
£50.00 |
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Run like the wind! Donation by Peter Walter on 26/08/09 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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I've never experienced jogger's nipples. Donation by Alison King on 24/08/09 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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Baby Trevasl! Dear lil maid! Wish I could be there to see you do it! Donation by Kim Eddy on 21/08/09 |
£10.00 |
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Donation by Ann Greenstreet on 20/08/09 |
£20.00 |
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Goooo you good thing !!! Donation by Jen and James on 20/08/09 |
£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid |
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Woo hoo! Go woman! (and the others too of course!) Donation by Danielle Oldacre on 20/08/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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Run, Forrest, Run! Good luck, 'Hen', we'll be thinking of you x Donation by The Duffstars on 19/08/09 |
£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid |
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it will be a breeze... Donation by Harriet on 19/08/09 |
£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid |
| * Total raised online: | £500.00 |
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| Offline donations: | £0.00 |
| Mobile donations: | £0.00 |
| Total Raised: | £500.00 |
| Gift Aid plus supplement: | £115.64 |
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