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GREAT ETHIOPIAN RUN - Chaz did it!!!!!!!

Charles Hickman is raising money for HOPE International Development Agency
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Great Ethiopia Run · 27 May 2008

HOPE International Development Agency is continuing our work in Bonke, a region in southern Ethiopia. When we first started our work there in 2009, only 14% of the 199,739 people had access to safe water. Now it is 48%. Our goal to bring this to 100% in the Bonke region by 2018.

Story

On 23rd November, Chaz ran the 10km Great Ethiopia Run in Addis Ababa.  He completed it in 1 hour and 35 minutes! He did this to raise money for Hope International's vital water projects in Southern Ethiopia. Chaz is spending the week following the race visiting the various projects that Hope is involved with. In Chaz's words... "Those that know me will appreciate that a) me running and b) me running in a hot country are two factors that should encourage digging deep into pockets. Photographic evidence of my state at the finishing line will be provided..." . HOPE International works in the Derashe Woreda district in Southern Ethiopia where only 11% of the local population has reliable access to safe drinking water.  One year after HOPE established water projects there, the incidence of diseases such as Malaria in the local communities surrounding the water projects were all cut in half or more. Your sponsorship will allow HOPE International to help even more people in Southern Ethiopia.  Chaz has funded his own travel and costs for the trip so everything you give will go directly towards HOPE's work. Thank you so much for your support. Your donation really will make a difference.

Donation summary

Total
£3,621.55
+ £533.08 Gift Aid
Online
£1,962.00
Offline
£1,659.55

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