Another chance for dressing up, another chance to crawl up that big hill at 11 miles, another chance to help some of the poorest folk in the world.

Last year it was education, this year's theme is health.

It has always seemed mad to me that every 30 seconds a child should die from this easily preventable disease, when there are so many simple measures that can be taken.

Christian Aid work on this across the world: for example, in Nigeria, where 300,000 children die of malaria every year, their partners working on HIV are also distributing long-lasting insecticide-treated mosquito nets.

They have made a cartoon to get the message across in the DR Congo: http://www.christianaid.org.uk/whatwedo/eyewitness/africa/malaria-music-animation.aspx

"We believe in life before death" - it's a good catch-phrase, so please help me to help them turn into reality...

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So please give what you can - and photos of this year's costume will be shared!.

Many thanks

Alistair