<p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">UPDATE: If i get to the target of &pound;500 pounds i will run the marathon as Ivan Drago. Bleach blonde flat top and all!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">In April 2012 i will be running the Virgin London Marathon, I'm going to be running for World Emergency Relief (Emerge Poverty Free).</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Specifically i will be raising money for the&nbsp;Hope Community Centre near Naivasha in central Kenya. The Hope Community Centre&nbsp;is home for over 200 children, some of whom are just a few months old. Many of the children have lost their parents to HIV/AIDS and were rescued from a life of struggling to survive on the streets of Kenya&rsquo;s cities.<br> <a href="http://www.wer-uk.org/our-work/africa/kenya/care-for-orphans-street-children"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.wer-uk.org/our-work/africa/kenya/care-for-orphans-street-children</span></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Here are some<span style="background: white;">&nbsp;examples of how specific amounts of money will be spent at the centre:</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 2.05pt; line-height: 10.2pt; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">It costs &pound;300 to feed 22 infants for a month.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 2.05pt; line-height: 10.2pt; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">It costs &pound;90 per month to pay for a person to manage the unit.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 2.05pt; line-height: 10.2pt; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">It costs &pound;55 per month to hire each &ldquo;mother&rdquo; to look after the babies.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 2.05pt; line-height: 10.2pt; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Clothing costs around &pound;50 per year.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 2.05pt; line-height: 10.2pt; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Healthcare costs &pound;170 annually.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 2.05pt; line-height: 10.2pt; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;amp;amp;amp; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Toys cost &pound;10 per year.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Please give as much as you can to this cause, for the cost of a few pints you could give a child toys to play with for a year.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Cheers you generous souls</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Rick Payne</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>