Hi! My name is Martha and in August I will be walking Hadrian's Wall with my brother to raise money for the Orangutan Foundation UK. That's 84 miles carrying all of our kit on our backs, staying at nearby campsites along the way. It will be tiring but the sore shoulders and blisters are worth it for what it's for.

I have chosen the Orangutan Foundation because the work they do is incredible. They actively conserve over 500,000 acres of tropical rainforest, rescue and rehabilitate orangutans and promote sustainable use of the forest to the locals. Rainforests are also the living place of thousands of other species, all whose extinction would be imminent if their home was taken away. Sadly, it is too late for some. 

We lose 25 orangutans every day to deforestation. The biggest threats to their survival are palm oil plantations, forest fires and illegal logging/mining. Palm oil is used in most everyday household items, requiring large areas of forest to be cleared which has left orangutans a critically endangered species.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this. I would be very grateful for any donation, as it is going towards such a great cause. I don't want to live in a world where creatures that share 97% of the same DNA as us become a thing of the past and I don't think you do either. 

“I have seen first-hand what wonderful work the Foundation is doing, and I am sure that the situation today is better than it would have been without it.”— Sir David Attenborough