Not 26 miles admittedly, but my own personal Marathon involving an arduous climb, serious blisters, altitude sickness and freezing cold nights, followed by a week of manual labour in sauna-like humidity resulting in backache, sweat, sunburn and more blisters in different places!
In August I will be heading to Tanzania with a small group of friends for a dual challenge. During the first week we will be climbing Mt Meru in Arusha National Park - at 15,000ft the 4th highest mountain in Africa. The second week we will be helping build a primary school in the remote village of Choba on the Tanzanian coast.
Last year another group completed a nursery school in the village which now boasts 53 very proud little 3-6 year olds (see image). They now desperately need a primary school for the children to move up to, and we will be working alongside the experts from Community Projects Africa and the local builders and craftsmen to help with the physical build with the aim of completing a classroom and toilets.
Fitness training underway; hard hat, steel toe cap boots, dust masks and builders gloves are packed, and climbing boots are being broken in on the streets of Hove. All I now need is some serious encouragement, so any contributions (however small) would be very gratefully received. I am funding the cost of the trip myself, so all donations will go directly to the charity.
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Thank you in anticipation!
Lucy x
