Lenka's page
I'm running for Dr Hadwen Trust because I feel very passionate about their work.
Event: Virgin London Marathon 2012 on 22/04/2012
£1,184.00 raised of £2,500.00 target
21 donations
My Target:
£2,500.00
£1,184.00 raised so far
How to make a donation
Donate online at - www.justgiving.com/Lenka
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My story
Dear all,
Thank you for visiting my JustGiving page and supporting me in my effort to complete London Marathon 2012 and help to raise funds for a wonderful work of the Dr Hadwen Trust for Humane Research.
The Dr Hadwen Trust is the UK's leading medical research charity funding exclusively non-animal techniques to replace animal experiments, benefiting people and animals. For more than 40 years, the DHT has funded over 140 research projects in some of the most advanced and successful human-relevant techniques in medical research including cancer, cystic fibrosis, multiple sclerosis, breast cancer, brain damage, Alzheimer's disease, asthma and more, all advancing cutting-edge science without animal experiments.
While some people claim vivisection is vital to medical progress, research shows the reality - animal experiments are misleading, can hold up medical progress and can harm human health. They are cruel, unreliable and unnecessary.
We all want modern science to succeed in finding cures and treatments for devastating health problems, yet in over 100 years of cruel and unnecessary animal experiments, we still don't have a cure for many diseases.
The reason why is that many human diseases do not exist in animals and the way an animal's body deals with disease is very different to the way our bodies do. The fundamental flaw of animal based research is 'species differences'. Using animals to study human conditions is not only unreliable but a terrible waste of an animal's life.
Some of the differences in the drug tollerance between humans and animals:
1) Paracetamol is toxic to cats.
2) Chimpanzees are essentially immune to HIV, common malaria and hepatitis B.
3) Penicilin is toxic to guinea pigs.
4) Aspirin causes birth defects in most animals, but not in people.
Yet every year in the UK alone staggering around 3 million terrified animals suffer and die in unreliable experiments, this is roughly one animal every 10 seconds! Animals such as dogs, cats, rabbits, monkeys, horses, rats and mice are poisoned, brain-damaged and given lethal diseases in a bid to find a cure to diseases we and only we as humans suffer.
Inside laboratories, terrified and suffering animals have their hearts and other vital organs deliberately damaged with toxic chemicals, causing severe disability, heart attacks are triggered in dogs by tying off their hearts' main blood supply and mice are given cancers by having human tumour cells transplanted under their skin, being genetically manipulated and they are being tormented in water mazes. Brain-damaged monkeys are forced to perform repetitive tasks in order to gain a 'reward' of food or water. Animals are shot and exposed to nerve gases and given addictive drugs. Those who do not die during the experiment itself are invariably killed so that their bodies can be examined. But this is not how we humans get ill in the first place!
The drugs passed as 'safe' in animal tests have caused side effects in people - ranging from skin rashes, nausea and diarrhoea, to blindness, birth defects, stroke and fatal liver failure.
Just a couple of examples include:
1) The first 5-year trial of an HIV vaccine 'Aidsvax' was declared a successs after tests on monkeys, but failed to protect 8,000 volunteers in the human trial from HIV infection.
2) In lab tests, the blockbuster painkiller Vioxx was shown to be protective of animals' hearts, yet when it was administered to human patients, 88-140,000 extra heart attacks ma have been caused by Vioxx in the five years since its introduction.
So why does animal research continue?
It has become a deeply-rooted habit, and scientists who oppose animal experiments may be unwilling to speak out publicly, for fear of damaging their reputation and carreer prospects. Pharmaceutical industry is run by huge corporations and as we all know money is a powerful commodity.
The good news is that advanced research methods are already replacing animal expriments with successful result which are more human-relevant. The Dr Hadwen Trust has been the driving force in funding these.The number of projects they are able to support is totally dependent on the donations they receive.
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. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.
Please support invaluable work of the DHT and ask the medical charity you regularly support about their involvement in animal testing and withdraw your contributions until they stop using animals. We can make a change and by saving lives today to save lives tomorrow.
Thank you very much from the bottom of my heart.
Lenka xxx
My gallery 9
My updates 1
Thank you very much to you all for your support and generous donations to the DHT charity. Running the London Marathon was a fantastic experience worth the pain, effort and the blisters afterwards! :) The atmosphere and crowds were amazing and it will stay with me forever. :) xxx
My charity
Dr Hadwen Trust
Charity Registration No. 261096
The Dr Hadwen Trust is the UK's leading medical research charity funding exclusively non-animal techniques to replace animal experiments, benefiting people and animals. Our projects have included research into cystic fibrosis, multiple sclerosis, breast cancer, brain damage, Alzheimer's disease, asthma and more, all advancing cutting-edge science without animal experiments.
Donations 21
You'll be fine! :)
Donation by Anonymous Stranger on 20/04/12
£64.00
+ £16.00 Gift Aid
Go Lenka, we all think your amazing & will be looking out for you on the telly. Good luck.xxx
Donation by Tracey Knowles on 18/04/12
£50.00
+ £12.50 Gift Aid
Good luck lenka! :) :) :) :) :) :) :) Bilal, Sabah, Monela & Pumpkin xx
Donation by bilal arzouni on 14/04/12
good luck lenka , if you dont win i want my money back
Donation by wissam cherri on 12/04/12
£100.00
+ £25.00 Gift Aid
Best of luck!!
Donation by Tim and Margaret Keenan on 11/04/12
£20.00
Lenka, very best of luck! So proud of you to be doing such a wonderful thing. Huggs xx
Donation by Lubi and Pali on 01/04/12
£100.00
+ £25.00 Gift Aid
Good luck Lenka!! We'll be thinking of you! Lots of love, Victoria, David, Molly & Sophie xxxx
Donation by The Legge Family on 30/03/12
£25.00
+ £6.25 Gift Aid
Good luck Lenka! The girls are very proud of you. xx
Donation by Anonymous on 21/03/12
£25.00
+ £6.25 Gift Aid
Thumbs Up!!!!! Maam Your Bravery will be rewared; this selfless gesture is a reflection of your personality; very thoughtfull. good work
Donation by Joshua on 14/03/12
£100.00
+ £25.00 Gift Aid
I am so proud of you Lenka. You are amazing!! It is such an amazing cause. We believe you'll do really well in April.
Donation by Ania Brzdak on 06/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Brilliant cause, good luck, you can do it !!
Donation by Mark Scott on 06/03/12
£50.00
+ £12.50 Gift Aid
Good luck, Lenka! I know you can do it! A x
Donation by Alena Dolinska on 06/03/12
Wishing you MASSES of Luck Lenka! You will be fabulous!
Donation by Laura, Charlie and Harry rowan xxx on 05/03/12
£50.00
+ £12.50 Gift Aid
Wish you good luck dear,me and my nurse are very proud of you.
Donation by Mehdi Nekoui on 05/03/12
Good Luck Lenka!!! Will be thinking of you:-) x
Donation by Daniela Jones on 05/03/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Good luck. Ps. I still think you should wear some form of comedy outfit! How about a chicken costume? :)
Donation by Nick Scott on 03/02/12
£50.00
+ £12.50 Gift Aid
good luck with the marathon..we'll be cheering you on.
Donation by john o'meara on 02/12/11
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
well done my dear cuz! I know you will make it looking and feeling good because you are one fit lady :) will be thinking of you. your cuz heike xxxx
Donation by henrieta jakubikova on 30/11/11
£40.00
+ £10.00 Gift Aid
Well done Lenka, good luck, will be cheering you on!!
Donation by Bea xx on 27/11/11
£30.00
+ £7.50 Gift Aid
well done Lenka! With love, James, Melissa, Sky, Hope and Gabriel
Donation by melissa healy on 21/11/11
£50.00
+ £12.50 Gift Aid
Hello Lenka :), Im so very proud of You! This is a deeply beautiful cause. GOOD LUCK sestricka :) XXX!
Donation by Eva Zivcakova on 19/11/11
£200.00
+ £50.00 Gift Aid
Donation summary
- * Online donations£1,184.00
- Offline donations£0.00
- Text donations£0.00
- Total raised£1,184.00
- Gift Aid£291.00
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