My main purpose is to raise funds to support vulnerable women and children in Sri Lanka. My target is to raise £10,000 for Stage 1 of my trek (now achieved), and then a further £10,000 for Stage 2 (now achieved)  and then another £10,000 for Stage 3 in 2024.

My primary objective is relatively simple i.e. to travel, in under 10 weeks in total, from Galle in the south of Sri Lanka to Jaffna in the north. I’ll do this by walking, cycling and by tuk tuk, with a train journey to get around some of the mountains. Total distance to travel will be around 1500km.

My trip is a culmination of 10 years spent volunteering in Sri Lanka. I completed Stage 1 during Easter 2022, Stage 2 during Easter 2023 and the final stage I've planned for Easter 2024. I fund my own flights, leave from work as well as all expenses. Therefore, 100% of funds I raise goes to help those who really need it and I'm fully involved in how it's distributed.

Get
involved!

If you’d like to support in any way please refer to my ‘Advocacy and Fundraising’ page on my blog/website http://www.marciatrekssrilanka.com/fundraising-advocacy/.

In summary though, these are some of the ways you could get involved:

1. Follow my blog and comment on it - www.marciatrekssrilanka.com

2. Attend a fundraising event – previous events this year have been Open Gardens - 4th June 2023 and then another on 23 June for Pre-loved clothes sale and another on 28th July with Hampton Court Paddle Sports. Next one is a Pre-loved clothes event including art sale and raffle on Friday 24th November 2023 5-9pm.

On 15th July 2022 Hampton Court Paddle Sports raised £780 by offering free use of all equipment, tuition where required, and followed by Sri Lankan Curry.

Other events included pre-loved clothes sale in Sept 2022 where which raised just over £1,000, an Open Garden event in June 2022 which raised £1,000, a pre-loved Jewellery sale in February which raised over £1500, a Vedic chanting session raised £185.00, embroidery sessions which have raised a few hundred pounds etc

3. Check out my Ebay page - all proceeds go to Sri Lanka.- Summ0112

4. Host an event of your choice and donate the proceeds.

5. Volunteer your skills and time in Sri Lanka or remotely via Zoom - teachers to deliver online learning, especially English,  are greatly needed.

6. Donate through this JustGiving site.

7. Sponsor a Sri Lankan girl’s education post aged 14 to give her a better chance of reaching her potential and helping her to lift her community out of poverty.

http://www.marciatrekssrilanka.com/2021/02/19/the-magic-multiplier-educate-a-woman-educate-a-community-and-a-generation-from-an-almost-forgotten-village-in-the-tea-plantation-hills/

If interested in the background on how I became involved head over too my article

 http://www.marciatrekssrilanka.com/about/the-holiday-that-changed-me

Thank you for reading Xx