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On the 25th April I will be competing in the UTMF - a single stage 100 mile (162km) race around Japan's Mount Fuji. This race will take in a cumulative elevation gain of 9,000m and will push my mind and body to its very limit. My goal is to finish the race in 34 hours.

I have decided to dedicate this race to a cause that is very close to my heart, and raise money for the Tibet Relief Fund. This is a charity that works with Tibetan refugees, and with Tibetans inside occupied Tibet, providing healthcare, education and self-sufficiency programmes.

100% of the money I raise will be used to sponsor Tibetan children in order to provide them with an education. Tibetan parents often make the traumatic decision to send their children on a perilous and sometimes fatal journey across the Himalayas so they can have an education, be taught in their own language and learn about their culture – something that is not possible inside Tibet. These children arrive in India or Nepal exhausted and homeless; many never see their families again. Education provides these refugee children with hope for the future, for themselves and for the future of Tibet.

Here are links to some of the educational projects that Tibet Relief Fund help to fund:

http://www.tibetrelieffund.co.uk/ngoenga-school/

http://www.tibetrelieffund.co.uk/tibetan-teachers-for-tsagam-and-bagam-schools/

http://www.tibetrelieffund.co.uk/tenzingang-creche/

 

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