Our French friend Helene inspired Martha with her challenge: to climb the summit of du Grand Paradis, at 4061m, to raise funds to rebuild educational structures for the displaced children of Syria. Martha is running her first race (5k) at the Newstead Abbey Dash on 13th July to raise funds for the same charity as Helene: Baroudeurs De L'Espoir, in solidarity with Helene and her amazing feat. It's a small charity doing brilliant work with local partners. See www.bdle.org for more info (in French). Unfortunately it's not registered with JustGiving...yet!

The charity supports:

- Assistance in refugee camps

- Rebuilding educational structures and frameworks for children

- Sustainability of medical emergency actions in Syria

- Acting for the displaced populations in France.