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In September this year I will be joining a group of riders trying to cycle 969 miles in 9 days. In preparation for this I expect to ride in the region of 6000 miles this calendar year. That's the hard part - The good part is that I will burn 260,000k calories, or the equilivant to 1000 Mars bars - that's 4 a day between now and John O'Groats!

As an added incentive, I pledge to personally match any donation made, up to a total value of £1500. If you are eligible, please follow the instructions to add an additional 25% to your donation through Gift Aid. That's £2.25 going to the charity for every £1 you donate. Mars bars not accepted!

Lesotho is a country facing an HIV / AIDS challenge and where there are currently 80,000 adults receiving antiretroviral drugs but only 4,000 children, despite ARVs being available through globally funded programmes.  We want all 41,000 children living with HIV to have access to treatment by 2017.  The Vodafone Foundation is working with in-country partners to increase the number of children accessing treatment and the first step is to get the children to clinics. Via M-pesa, sending money via the network has become a reality. Our technology will enable children to receive their bus fare to ensure they can attend treatment. It will cost the equivalent of just $65 per child to access treatment over the 3 years of the programme.  We need to raise $8 million to reach our 2017 target and the challenge for Vodafone employees is to raise $1 million of that. 

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