Welcome to the MEAK Three Peak Challenge 2009.
MEAK made history, on the 19th of May by carrying out a rare and complicated open heart procedure on a 6-month old boy, the first operation of its kind to take place in all of East Africa. Some of the money raised from this page went towards that Heart Mission.
We are now home and safe after our successful attempt at the Three Peaks. It was a fantastic experience with many challenges, one of which was the travelling for hours in a mini bus with a sat nav directing us the long way around the country. the lack of sleep for over 24 hours but the hardest and most scary part was hiking up Scarfell Pike in the driving rain, high winds and in the dark. We only had head torsches to see where we were going. We must have been crazy!
Thank you from the challenge team, MEAK and of course the children.
Please keep giving we need more money.
We are attempting the National (UK) Three Peak Challenge on June 11th-13th 2009 in aid of MEAK.
Medical and Educational Aid to Kenya was founded 14 years ago by a dynamic British couple, Mike and Dee Belliere, after they fell in love with Kenya and its people. Their mission and passion is to establish and execute medical and educational based programs across Kenya and bring a positive awareness about this extraordinary country. New Yorker Jess Atkins discovered MEAK on the web and after one Mission found that she had to help MEAK and joined the team. Their renowned international medical teams lend their time and expertise, without charge, to save Kenyan lives, and provide a better quality of life for thousands, with an additional focus on sharing knowledge and training with the local staffs. MEAK donates large quantities of medical consumables to our many affiliate partners in Kenya.
MEAK HEART MISSION SEEKS TO work in tandem with the local medics, share knowledge and training, and execute free screening clinics for children with pediatric heart conditions. They then operate on those patients that are in a critical condition.
It is said that MEAK is now responsible for about 25% of all of East Africa’s annual pediatric heart operations. To date, MEAK has completed 10 heart missions, screened 1,741 patients, and performed 196 operations.The charity also carries out eye missions to remote parts of Kenya.
The MEAK Three Peak Challenge team as been organised by Graham Sewell, Trevor Harrison-Phipps and Serge Janssens.
The people involved and who are looking for sponsorship as a joint event are as follows:
| 1 | Alistair Sinclair | Hiker |
| 2 | Andy Woodard | Hiker |
| 3 | Bill Tebbitts | Team Leader |
| 4 | Carl Dalton | Hiker |
| 5 | Chris Christopher | Hiker |
| 6 | Christopher Nichols | Hiker |
| 7 | Damien Sainte-Cluque | Hiker |
| 8 | Darren Smith | Hiker |
| 9 | Gary Roberts | Hiker |
| 10 | Graham Sewell | Organiser / Driver |
| 11 | Ian Rhodes | Hiker |
| 12 | John Rogers | Hiker |
| 13 | Joyce Sewell | Catering |
| 14 | Lee McCready | Hiker |
| 15 | Michael Dunbar | Hiker |
| 16 | Michael Sewell | Backup Driver |
| 17 | Mike Fels | Charity Ambassador / Driver |
| 18 | Neil Newing | Driver |
| 19 | Richard Knight | Hiker |
| 20 | Ryan Duane | Hiker |
| 21 | Sam Young | Hiker |
| 22 | Serge Janssens | Project Manager / Hiker |
| 23 | Tony Blyth | Team Leader |
| 24 | Trevor Harrison-Phipps | Filmmaker / Hiker |
| 25 | Yogi Foottit | Hiker |
We are aiming to walk up Ben Nevis and Scafell Pike in one day to then rest over night before attempting Snowdon on the second day. We are not attempting this challenge over 24 hours because of safety issues, the money we raise is for MEAK not for Mountain helicopter rescue. This challenge will be of endurance, hardship and probably quite a bit of pain but if we can fund a heart mission then it will be well worth it.
Thanks for visiting our fundraising page.
Donating through Justgiving is quick, easy and totally secure. It’s also the most efficient way to sponsor us: Medical And Educational Aid To Kenya 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.
Please be as generous as you can because for 20,000 pounds sterling we could fund a heart mission to Kenya and save childrens lives, please sponsor us now!
Trevor Harrison-Phipps will be filmming the challenge as he is currently making a documentary about MEAK. For more information about MEAK please visit : www.meak.org
Thank you in advance.
The MEAK Three Peak Challenge.
