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Hi Everyone!!

Well, I have now completed my Cycle Tanzania challenge, arriving home last Thursday after the most amazing trip - and what a challenge it was!!  

The heat and the terrain were particularly challenging - some days cycling in temperatures of 100 degrees for 7/8 hours.  The landscape was mostly hilly as we headed inland away from the coast of Tanzania towards the destination in the Uluguru Mountains with very tough terrain - dirt/sand/stony tracks - over the 5 days we covered approximately 400km in total! It was pretty gruelling, but at the same time an experience of a life time!

We spent the last day with The Faraja Trust Fund which works  in partnership with the ICT Charity  - the three projects that they are working on are:  an education centre for street children, a monthly day centre and testing clinic for children with HIV/AIDS and finally the incredible and uplifting Naema Yamtoto Project in the slum areas of Morogroro that aims to teach 150 children on a daily basis - which we were privileged to visit.

The whole trip was a very humbling experience and words cannot really describe the sights and encounters  that we experienced along the way, but suffice it to say that your money is most definitely needed and appreciated by the Trust and makes a HUGE difference to the quality of life of these kids in many ways.  These children, who have nothing and want for everything in life, are an inspiration to us all with their huge smiles, curious eyes and ready affection to give to everyone!  Their cries of JAMBO JAMBO, "Hi" in Swahili, as we cycled through the many shanty towns and villages will stay with me for always.

So on an end note, thank you from the bottom of my heart for your support and helping me towards my sponsorship target for ICT - who are on course for raising £200,00 from this event alone - and for experiencing this amazing country and its wonderful people!!

If you still haven't sponsored me but would like to, then do not hesitate, as every amount, no matter how small or large - makes a massive difference to these kids, believe me!

If you want more information on sponsorship, just click on the link below,


Best Wishes

Caroline 


The ICT exists for the purpose of relieving child poverty and sickness and helping some of the world's poorest children in Africa and Asia to have a chance to build a better future by providing education and healthcare. This year ICT are focusing on the plight of the children of Tanzania, in particular those living with HIV/AIDS and suffering the effects of poverty.

£5 will pay for tetanus vaccinations for 20 kids

£15 will provide 2 street children with healthcare for one month

£20 will cover the cost of school uniform and annual school fee for 1 child for a year

£100 will offer care and support to a child worker/orphan and their family for two months.


Thanks for visiting my fundraising page, http://www.justgiving.com/carolinerabaiotti. Donating through Justgiving is quick, easy and totally secure. It's also the most efficient way to sponsor me: International Childcare Trust gets your money faster and, if you're a UK taxpayer, Justgiving makes sure 25% in Gift Aid, plus a 3% supplement, are added to your donation.

Well done Caroline - what an amazing acheivement!! Sorry this comes so late...! Ellie xx Donation by elise taylor 15/11/09  

£10.00

Donation by Steven McClafferty 27/10/09  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

sorry it's late... we all very proud of you and the cause you've cycled for Donation by brewoldale 25/10/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Well done Caroline! A very good cause! All the best. Donation by Lorraine Adams 22/10/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Well done Caroline!! Next time we'll do one together in South Africa! Donation by Lindi & Daniel Venter 22/10/09  

£40.00 + £11.28 Gift Aid

Well done Caroline - fantastic achievement. Best wishes John & Hester. Donation by Hester Cribb 22/10/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Well done Caroline - a massive achievement! From Risa, Sydney & Jasmine. Donation by Risa Moody 21/10/09  

£40.00

Best of luck Caroline from Toughees School Shoes - Made Strong to Last Long! Visit us at www.tougheesshoes.co.uk Donation by Sharon New 02/10/09  

£20.00

Go girlfriend! A great challenge.We know you can do it.We'd love to come too but we've got to fill our tax returns in that weekend ! Good Luck. Donation by Haydn and Teresa Martin 03/09/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Great cause, huge challenge - we're sure you'll do brilliantly! Donation by Clive, Fiona, Lottie & Rocco xxxx 31/08/09  

£40.00 + £11.28 Gift Aid

Great way to celebrate your 40th. Can't believe that's possible! Good luck and don't forget the vaseline. Donation by Paul Ireland 22/06/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Keep pedalling Donation by Lynda & David 08/06/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Go for it Caroline! A great cause and a great challenge - good luck Donation by Lesley and Peter Nobles 22/05/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

You go girl !! Donation by Jeff & Mel Hall 20/05/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Good luck with the bike ride. We hope you enjoy it. Donation by Mark and Rebecca Wayte and family 19/05/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Great way to celebrate 40 enjoy the experience xxxx Donation by Terry & Jenny 19/05/09  

£500.00

Well done on the run ... Good luck with the bike ride - The Claytons X Donation by Ali, Ian and Louis 18/05/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Good cycling Donation by Brian & Marlene Lewis 16/05/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Good luck,, and keep safe out there xxx Donation by Alex & Val Gill 12/05/09  

£25.00

Good luck and just remember to keep peddling! Donation by Mike and Rebecca Sweeney 02/05/09  

£40.00 + £11.28 Gift Aid

i know iam your favourite because i am the only one xxx Donation by your favourite fatherinlaw 29/04/09  

£200.00 + £56.41 Gift Aid

Brave girl! You will waltz it . Donation by Paul&Margaret Sullivan 27/04/09  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

The lenegths you go to fo a few days without Chris and the kids! Donation by Martyn S Cozens 27/04/09  

£300.00

Good luck, must be mad xx Donation by Paul Williams 23/04/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Well done Caz! Good luck x Donation by Dawn Rowe 22/04/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Glad I'm not bloody doing it!!! Donation by Jo F-B 21/04/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Good luck Caz - sounds fantastic - you'll do it no problem ! x Donation by Nick & Lou 20/04/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Best of luck Caroline! (Claire's friend) Donation by Debbie Pike 18/04/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good on you Caroline! Go girl and Enjoy!! Make sure you grease up any vulnerable bits ( and thats just for your 40th)!!! Love Julie x Donation by Julie Ford 16/04/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Nice one. The lengths people will go to get away from Chris Rab!! Donation by James & Leanne Bewley 15/04/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid
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