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The Odyssey Expedition
I'm visiting EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WITHOUT FLYING for WaterAid because I'm the only one mad enough to attempt it.
Event: Graham Hughes's Fundraising Page
£8,595.11 raised of £20,000.00 target
214 donations
My Target:
£20,000.00
£8,595.11 raised so far
How to make a donation
Donate online at - www.justgiving.com/theodysseyexpedition
By mobile internet Scan this code on your smartphone to go straight to Graham Hughes's page.
By text message to donate £10 Text £10
to 70070
My story
My name is Graham Hughes. I'm an adventurer, filmmaker, travel blogger and TV presenter from Liverpool, England. On January 1 2009 I crossed the River Plate into Uruguay and began The Odyssey Expedition: The first official Guinness World Record™attempt to visit every soveign state on Planet Earth without flying.
On November 26 2012, after almost four years on the road, I crossed the border into South Sudan - the newest country on Earth - and completed the first surface journey to every country in the world.
That's the 193 member states of the UN plus Taiwan, Vatican City, Palestine, Kosovo, Western Sahara and the four home nations of The United Kingdom. A staggering 201 international borders crossed by foot, bus, taxi, train, ship or canoe. No planes, no helicopters and no hot-air balloons.
Along the way I shot and present the TV show Graham's World for the National Geographic Adventure channel and raise funds for the registered charity WaterAid.
I travel alone, without any back-up and on a shoestring budget of less than $100 a week. I keep costs down by CouchSurfing and hitching rides on cargo ships whenever possible. It doesn't get any more real than this.
But it's not over yet!! Having completed the main journey, I am now racing back to my hometown of Liverpool.
I'm raising money for the charity WaterAid, a UK-based registered charity fighting to alleviate the disease, misery and death caused by open sewers, contaminated drinking water and lousy sanitation in developing countries around the world.
It's shocking that in 2012 children are still dying unnecessarily from diarrhoea - one of the most preventable and cheaply treated diseases in the world. A donation of just one dollar would pay for a simple sugar-salt solution which could genuinely save a child's life.
If you've enjoyed following The Odyssey Expedition, please, give a little back.
Thank You.
My gallery 10
My charity
WaterAid
Charity Registration No. 288701 (England and Wales) and SC039479 (Scotland)
WaterAid is an international charity. Our mission is to transform lives by improving access to safe water, hygiene and sanitation in the world's poorest communities. For more information please visit http://www.wateraid.org/uk - Thanks so much for your support!
Donations 214
Cheer the f--k up.
Donation by Gavinmac on 07/03/13
$100.00
So sorry it's taken so long to do this! Incredible feat, fantastic cause :) From the girl on the 'Ferry across the Mersey'
Donation by Leah McFadden on 06/03/13
£30.00
+ £7.50 Gift Aid
Donation by Anonymous on 15/02/13
£3.00
+ £0.75 Gift Aid
Donation by Jonathan Menary on 14/02/13
£5.00
Well done mate. Very inspiring
Donation by Remy Haggard on 02/01/13
£5.00
Great effort!
Donation by Viv on 31/12/12
£100.00
+ £25.00 Gift Aid
Donation by Anonymous on 30/12/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
Donation by Anonymous on 30/12/12
£5.00
thanks for the past couple of years, you've really inspired me to want to do the same!
Donation by elliot king on 30/12/12
£10.00
Great story about your adventure. Current TV ads about WaterAid reinforced the desire to donate to this charity through your effort.
Donation by Chris Ward on 30/12/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Donation by Ann on 30/12/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Donation by Susan Bennett on 30/12/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Glad you liked The Gambia, it's a great country! Congrats on an amazing achievment.
Donation by Alex Davies on 30/12/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Donation by Anonymous on 30/12/12
£5.00
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
A very worthy cause - well done!
Donation by Noonah71 on 30/12/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Nice one !!!
Donation by John Hopkins on 30/12/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
What a great adventure! Really hope you reach your target for Water Aid.
Donation by Kelly Jones on 30/12/12
£40.00
+ £10.00 Gift Aid
Donation by Sarah Lawson on 30/12/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Wondered what happened to Mandy! Keep on fundraising and keep that bar rising!
Donation by Anon on 30/12/12
£100.00
+ £25.00 Gift Aid
I hope that the publicity generates a lot more donations for Water Aid - what you achieved certainly deserves it.
Donation by Dee Halpin on 30/12/12
£100.00
+ £25.00 Gift Aid
Inspiring story, amazing challenge, fantastic achievement. Hope the BBC broadcast the prog. Look forward to the book. Donate button working.
Donation by Anon on 30/12/12
£100.00
+ £25.00 Gift Aid
Donation by Anonymous on 30/12/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Great - enjoyed this, hope you reach your target. (Don't know if you know but the Donate Now link on your website seems to be broken).
Donation by C J Brown on 30/12/12
£20.00
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Saw this on Breakfast TV, well done, you're an inspiration to us all
Donation by Patricia Peters on 30/12/12
also just saw this on TV. very inspiring. shame the BBC didn't make a bit more of such a worthwhile charity.
Donation by Anonymous on 30/12/12
£10.00
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Donation summary
- * Online donations£7,945.11
- Offline donations£650.00
- Text donations£0.00
- Total raised£8,595.11
- Gift Aid£1,302.30
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