Katie and I are running the British 10km run in aid of a charity called Casa Alianza (www.casa-alianza.org.uk) which does some great work helping children who have been abandoned both emotionally, physically and who have suffered considerably, including issues such as human trafficing, sexually exploitation, drug addiciton etc...

Anything you can give here would be a real bonus - The charity does some very good, grass roots level work, so you can be assured your donations will go to where it counts, and it is amazing how far your genorosity goes.

Thank you!

The small print
Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor me: Casa Alianza Charitable Company will receive your money faster and, if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you.

Some credentials of the charity:

In 2000 Casa Alianza was awarded the Conrad N Hilton Humanitarian Award. The award begun by the Conrad N Hilton Foundation in 1996 is the largest humanitarian award in the world and recognises “extraordinary contributions towards the alleviation of human suffering". This was the first time that the prize had gone to a Latin American organisation. The prize money was used to expand our services in Nicaragua.

In 1996 Casa Alianza received the Swedish Olaf Palme Award for the organisations “dedicated work to help street children in Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico" and “for the courageous defence of the rights of these children". This was followed by the International Award for Children’s Rights in 1999 from the International Bureau for Children’s Rights in Montreal, Canada. The award was for Casa Alianza’s “outstanding contribution in the defence of children’s rights“ and was awarded by the Honourable Andree Ruffo and Pierre Dionne, the President and Director General respectively.