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TIME FOR ME TO GIVE SOMETHING BACK

 

Please take a few minutes to read the attached. If you can find your way to sponsoring me and assisting me to give something back to our world and to assist those who are truly less fortunate it would be hugely appreciated. No amount is too small (or too large!!)

 

I will shortly (13 – 23 Oct) be undertaking a 10 day trek in the Himalayas and Darjeeling in North India. The trek is a ‘present’ from my wife Helen, who last year organised a very successful fund raising ball for a charity called Sense International, which is the only UK based charity that seeks to provide a better future for probably some of the most disadvantaged children in the developing world. The children are both deaf and blind.

 

One of the most common causes for deaf blindness is premature birth, as links between the senses and brain are virtually the last development in the womb. Other causes include maternal rubella and "Ushers syndrome" where babies are born deaf due to a genetic disorder, and with a 40% probability of going blind at puberty.

 

Sense International is the only charity committed to this cause – if they didn’t do this then no-one would and the children would have a life in complete isolation whilst still having all their human and emotional capabilities.

 

To date, Sense International has now set up over 30 programmes in India, where there are 400,000 deaf blind people as well as programmes for mothers in Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Bangladesh, Peru, Brazil, Chile, and Romania.

 

I had the ‘privilege’ of spending a few moments with one of these children and his carer at the charity ball last year, just after he had earlier appeared on stage and conducted a most moving and intelligent Q&A session with the audience of 350+. His only means of communicating was by touching his carer’s hand.

 

Together with a group of 25, I will be trekking in the Himalayas and sleeping under canvas. Categorised as a hard trek, we ascend various ridges and will be over 3000 metres for the whole duration.

 

Every penny raised by myself and the other guys will go to Sense International and each pound will make a difference. I have set a target which is tough but I am sure with your help can be achieved.

 

Your donation is so important to these children.

 

Please sponsor me ………….. Thank you.

 

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Sense International

Sense International

Charity Registration No. 1076497

Sense International's mission is to ensure that deafblind people throughout the world receive the education and services they need to develop their talents and play a valued role in society.

Donations 72

Donation by Paul Jennings on 11/10/11

£50.00

Good luck

Donation by Peter Akroyd on 10/10/11

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

Bon courage!

Donation by Maud Passieux on 06/10/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Enjoy !

Donation by Tomomi Otsu on 06/10/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Great thing to do. I know you'll enjoy it despite all the hard effort.

Donation by Chris Strang on 06/10/11

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

All the best !!!

Donation by Prasad Somwanshi(Piyus Kanugo's friend) on 05/10/11

£10.00

Good for you - a bit different from the average mid-life crisis!!

Donation by Deborah Cohen on 05/10/11

£30.00

+ £7.50 Gift Aid

Good luck!

Donation by Maria Panayi on 04/10/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Great stuff Stewart

Donation by Peter Yeates on 04/10/11

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

10 days of peace and quiet and you will have a good time as well. everyone wins

Donation by stephen faldo on 04/10/11

£30.00

+ £7.50 Gift Aid

Donation by Jill Carter on 04/10/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Excellent work Stewart !!! Best wishes !!

Donation by Piyus on 04/10/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Donation by Edith Xuan on 04/10/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Donation by Stefan Rose on 03/10/11

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Donation by Konosuke Mizuta on 03/10/11

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

Good Luck and all the best Stewart. A very worthy cause indeed.

Donation by Jack Ung on 03/10/11

£100.00

+ £25.00 Gift Aid

Good luck Stewart!!

Donation by Dawn Moss on 01/10/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Pole Pole. The slower the pace, the lower the mountain. Ancient Trott saying. Enjoy. x

Donation by Linky Trott on 30/09/11

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

Stewart, just fantastic that you are doing this, look forward to hearing all about it.

Donation by The Hoblyn Family on 30/09/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Enjoy the yak soup - look forward to hearing all about it. Best of luck matey!

Donation by Phil Ashbrook on 30/09/11

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

Good luck!

Donation by JEREMY THOMAS on 29/09/11

£100.00

+ £25.00 Gift Aid

Good Luck with the Trek - at the end you'll be fabulously fit for fifty!!! - Not that you aren't already :) Jill & Rob xx

Donation by Jill McMath on 28/09/11

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

I suppose you need to do a little bit more exercise now you are 50+. Have a great trip. John & Debs

Donation by John Meehan on 22/09/11

£25.00

+ £6.25 Gift Aid

Good luck Stewart. You will be seriously fit at the end of all this! Simon

Donation by Simon Penniston on 20/09/11

£100.00

+ £25.00 Gift Aid

Donation by David Roxby on 19/09/11

£30.00

+ £7.50 Gift Aid

Donation summary

  • * Online donations$8,086.00
  • Offline donations$152.48
  • Text donations$0.00
  • Total raised$8,238.48
  • Gift Aid$1,785.16

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