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We are climbing Mt. Pisco
Event: James Murray's fundraising
£2,129.74 raised of £1,500.00 target
115 donations
My Target:
£1,500.00
£2,129.74 raised so far
How to make a donation
Donate online at - www.justgiving.com/the-fat-man-and-the-mountain
By mobile internet Scan this code on your smartphone to go straight to James Murray's page.
By text message to donate £10 Text ADBN89 £10
to 70070
My story
What We Are Doing
On July 19th Jeremy Green, Simon Davis, Janine Clark and I (James Murray) fly to Peru to climb Mt. Pisco. To say we are not athletes is an understatement. Pisco is 3.5 miles high, that's 5752m or 18,871ft. Miles, metres or feet that's bloody high. It will take 4 days of trekking and sleeping at different altitudes to acclimatise before we can even start at the foot of the mountain. It will take 2.5 days to reach the summit and 1.5 days to get down. We will need crampons, ropes, helmets, ice picks and a miracle. I found out earlier this week that it includes a 100m crawl up a 60degree ice slope....joy! Temperatures will fall below -10degrees Celsius!
This page is called the fat man and the mountain because I set it up but the other guys thought it was such a good cause they wanted to raise money for Project Peru as well.
We are the most unlikely group of mountaineers; an overweight recruitment consultant, a woman who lives in the desert, a video game designer who smokes and a very skinny HR Advisor for a fashion business.......what could go wrong?
Who We Are Doing It For
Originally we were not doing this for charity, we just wanted the challenge. All costs of the trip are being paid for by us guys. Any sponsorship will go straight to the charity.
Peru suffers from massive inequality and the most disadvantaged members of their society live in poverty. Project Peru are a registered UK charity that runs a refuge for over 30 children from the shanty towns of Lima, including those who have been abandoned or placed in danger by the poverty that surrounds them. The UK staff are all volunteers.
Project 's main requirements:
Periodic capital costs for our own buildings and garden.
Development of outreach projects in the local community .
Specific external building projects in other parts of .
Their core running costs- as an indication, this includes the monthly revenue costs of running the project, including wages, food, health, education, psychological support, extra-curricular activities, transport, services, building maintenance, legal and administrative costs, educational visits
What will it take to fund this?
A £60 donation plus Giftaid* will pay for one child to live for a month in their refuge
A £30 donation plus Giftaid* will pay for one child for two weeksA £15 donation plus Giftaid* will pay for one child for a week
Actual cost per day for one child is £2. 50 ...we normally have 36 children.
[* Giftaid currently gives us an additional 28% from personal donations by taxpayers]
Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor me: Project Peru 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.
For more information about Project Peru go to http://www.projectperu.org.uk
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My charity
Project Peru
Charity Registration No. 1049413
Project Peru, a small, lively, totally voluntary UK-based charity running a children's refuge in the shanty towns near Lima, offers food, clothes, education, shelter and fun to those in need in Peru where nearly half the population exists below the national poverty line. www.projectperu.org.uk
Donations 115
Thanks for helping with our phones....Good luck again! Nicola & Maddy
Donation by Nicola Beach on 23/06/10
£7.00
+ £1.97 Gift Aid
And this is just for allowing us to wear something sensible in this boiling office!
Donation by Andrew Pickersgill on 23/06/10
£2.00
+ £0.56 Gift Aid
This is for looking after our phones....
Donation by Andrew Pickersgill on 23/06/10
£2.00
+ £0.56 Gift Aid
Get up there!
Donation by Caroline Smith on 23/06/10
£2.00
+ £0.56 Gift Aid
Good luck again! Thanks for looking after the phones :0)
Donation by Elise kay on 23/06/10
£2.00
+ £0.56 Gift Aid
From East Yorkshire!
Donation by Lucy Needham on 23/06/10
£12.00
+ £3.38 Gift Aid
Good luck :)
Donation by Chris Stuart on 23/06/10
£5.00
+ £1.41 Gift Aid
Good Luck James.
Donation by Liam O'Flaherty on 23/06/10
£5.00
+ £1.41 Gift Aid
Go for it dude.....
Donation by Markus Dow on 21/06/10
£20.00
Good Luck "team fuzzy" !! p.s. take care of 'Ma Wean'!! xxxx
Donation by Moomin Clark on 20/06/10
£50.00
+ £14.10 Gift Aid
Go for it Janine. It's nice that somebody's doing something stupid for charity and it doesn't have to be me (although I wish I was coming)! Good luck!
Donation by Chris Marshall on 19/06/10
£20.00
+ £5.64 Gift Aid
Well done Janine for taking this on. I'm sure your Yorkshire grit will see you through. Best of luck!
Donation by Christopher Greaves on 17/06/10
£50.00
Good Luck, all the best!
Donation by Nicola Henry on 17/06/10
£20.00
Donation by Eoin Gallagher on 17/06/10
£20.00
Good luck Team JanJam, look forward to hearing all the crazy stories that will no doubt be generated by Ms Clark x
Donation by Vanessa Mason on 17/06/10
£20.00
Good luck team... your gonna need it to carry Janine and her matching Louis V luggage bags up that mountain
Donation by Grant Roffe on 16/06/10
£20.00
Donation by Stephen Bruce on 09/06/10
£5.00
+ £1.41 Gift Aid
I hope your taking sledges up for the trip down! Good luck chaps, have fun : )
Donation by Chris Roberts on 07/06/10
£40.00
+ £11.28 Gift Aid
Jez went over the mountain, Jez went over the mountain, Jez went over the mountain....... We hope you make it back! Good luck,You can do it. xx
Donation by Fiona & Pete on 04/06/10
£20.00
+ £5.64 Gift Aid
Best of luck with your climb James. Enjoy the view when you reach the top and the beer when you get back down again!!
Donation by Andrew Mondon on 03/06/10
£20.00
+ £5.64 Gift Aid
Best of luck Big Boy!!!xx
Donation by Charlotte Morgan-Smith on 01/06/10
£10.00
+ £2.82 Gift Aid
Good luck boys! x x x
Donation by Laura Beckett on 27/05/10
£10.00
+ £2.82 Gift Aid
cheers everyone - this is from Friday!
Donation by James Murray on 25/05/10
£125.00
+ £35.26 Gift Aid
James, Jez and Savage go up a mountain - sounds like the beginning of a joke, haha. Best of luck dudes, what an amazing opportunity. x
Donation by Mel on 25/05/10
£10.00
+ £2.82 Gift Aid
Raffle tickets, good luck James x x
Donation by Gillian McBride on 21/05/10
£5.00
+ £1.41 Gift Aid
Donation summary
- * Online donations£2,129.74
- Offline donations£0.00
- Text donations£0.00
- Total raised£2,129.74
- Gift Aid£330.96
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