Dear Friend,
Thank you for coming to my JustGiving page for the London Marathon in April 2010.
I hit 50 years old, just 9 days before the London Marathon. This will be my first long distance run having plodded around the Bath Half a few times in varying degrees of pain.
I'm running on behalf of Lepra Health in Action http://www.leprahealthinaction.org/. There are about 3 million people in the world currently living with permanent disability due to leprosy. Yet it is a completely curable disease providing it's caught early enough.
LEPRA Health in Action works in some of the most deprived areas around the world, covering nine countries and a population of approximately 300 million. They work with world's poorest people - not only with leprosy but with other diseases of poverty including tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, malaria and filariasis.
I had the opportunity to work in India as a medical student, then 2 years in Zimbabwe as a Senior Registrar. I currently visit Uganda to teach postgraduate doctors. I also spent 3 years in a lab in the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine working on TB vaccine design.
I feel passionate about supporting this work in poorer countries. Leprosy and TB are eminently treatable. Other diseases of poverty are controlable. Your support will help provide a step towards this.
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 and will raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.
So please donate now.
Many thanks,
Vajrin
