Raised: 234%
Target: £1,200.00
Raised so far: £2,811.02
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My story

 

Thanks for visiting my fundraising page. After watching Dispatches I looked at a five year old girl alone on the streets in Nigeria blamed for the death of her mother after being branded a witch by a local Pastor. I wondered how my own five year old daughter would manage left alone without money, shelter or food. So in response I will be cycling the three hundred miles from London to Paris to try and help her and others children like her.

Stepping Stones Nigeria is a small charity which has been established to protect children who have been abandoned. They have been accused of being "witches" and are often  forced out of their village , tortured or in many cases killed. Some of the children are as young as three years old and are left to fend for themselves.  The charity homes, feeds and allows the children to have the luxury of going to school. It also campaigns against the cruel treatment of children and the organisations that profit from "exorcisms" of the children - which can often cost up to a years wages.  This is the worst form of child abuse. Innocent children are effectively murdered for profit.

By making a donation you are helping to say that harming children for financial gain is wrong.

I have now returned from Paris and thankfully managed to make it! With temperatures at times over 40 degrees it was not the most pleasant of trips at times. I wanted to add my  thanks again for the support that everyone has given to me but most importantly to Jane without whom I would not have been able to go at all.

Donating through Justgiving is quick, easy and totally secure. It’s also the most efficient way to sponsor me: Stepping Stones Nigeria 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.

So please sponsor me now!  Thank you .....

Donation by Michael Murray 27/08/09  

£825.00 + £232.69 Gift Aid

Hi Michael, well done for completing the cycle and for raising so much money. Sorry this is so late. Michelle, Mark & Matidla x Donation by Michelle Howell 24/08/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Well Done, from John, Lyndsay, Bethan, Maria and Grace Donation by John Malley 19/08/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Donation by Michael Murray third world group 06/08/09  

£400.00 + £112.82 Gift Aid

A small reward for your effort Donation by Michael Callaghan 09/07/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Well done Michael Michael, Yvonne, Shannon and Sean Donation by Yvonne Donnelly 09/07/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Well done Michael! Great achievement. Bob & Mary-Anne Donation by Bob Funnekotter 08/07/09  

£25.00

Well done Michael! George & Lesley Donation by George Hay 08/07/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Hi Michael Well done! A fantastic achievement for a really good cause. Best Wishes Donation by Marianne & Ross Murdoch 08/07/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

I saw the programme and think it's such a deserving cause. Well done .........Jo Donation by Josephine McGettigan 08/07/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Fee from BMA Voicebox column Donation by Michael Murray 07/07/09  

£70.00 + £19.74 Gift Aid

Congratulations. Great effort. Donation by brian digby 07/07/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Best wishes Mike Donation by justin crean 07/07/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

hope the wind was behind you and that you made it to Paris safely! Donation by christine goodall 07/07/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous 06/07/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous 06/07/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Well done. Donation by Anne Marie Scott 06/07/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Hope it was fun! Donation by Rose McRobert 05/07/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good Luck Michael........and in anticpation of your completion of the cycle - WELL DONE.....Rita Donation by Rita Ciccu Moore 30/06/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good Luck Michael, love David, Ann Marie & girls x Donation by Ann Marie Weber 29/06/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Sorry it's so late! Hope all went well. Donation by Kirsten Bokas 06/06/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

we'll give you an extra tenner if you shave your legs! ;) Donation by Suzie and Paul 28/05/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Good luck Michael Donation by Ann McDaid 16/05/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

We want to see a picture of you in your "bike" shorts! Donation by Karen and Domingos Goncalves 28/04/09  

£10.00

You'd better finish! Donation by Jane Colgan 09/04/09  

£250.00 + £70.51 Gift Aid

childrens photography Donation by Michael Murray 08/04/09  

£390.00 + £110.00 Gift Aid

Proceeds from photography - thank you Donation by Mark Devlin and Elaine Boyd 08/04/09  

£140.00 + £39.49 Gift Aid

Best of luck, I'd suggest you take a nice, plump, soft cushion with you. Donation by Derek McGill 26/03/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Sorry this is late - just keeping up with the Murray tradition :) Best of luck! Donation by Mark Murray 17/02/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

donation on behalf of geraldine - many thanks Donation by geraldine dodd 10/02/09  

£61.02 + £17.21 Gift Aid
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* Total raised online: £2,811.02
  Offline donations: £0.00
  Gift Aid plus supplement: £782.98

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