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Closed 08/10/2018
Weʼve raised £200 to help a refugee get a laptop and work towards creating her own business
- Oxford, UK
- Funded on Monday, 8th October 2018
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I will (rota-swap permitting!) be running the Oxford Half Marathon again in October, and am hoping to use any sponsorship towards this to help a truly inspiring lady - lets call her P. I had the pleasure of meeting her while volunteering in Lamu, Kenya in May.
P is a South Sudanese refugee, who is currently in Kenya, in the process of getting all her paperwork finalised, aiming to become fully self-sufficient and support her family. Her grit and determination have got her as far as she has got today, and I am honoured to have met her. She is a qualified yoga instructor, having been sponsored through a number of programmes, but is also hoping to study further in order to gain knowledge in small business/start-up. Any money people would be willing to donate will go towards buying P a new laptop so that she can start taking the steps towards developing her business skills and hopefully her own business in the future. I was hoping people might be able to donate anything - be it cup-of-coffee-amount (I know most of us hardly have lots sloshing around) - in order to help P reach this dream (it's a lot bigger than I'm making out, but hard to put into words). Anything, big or small, would be so appreciated.
Please do send me a message if you'd like some more information about this.
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- 6 years ago
Jo Collins
6 years agoSo, the traded weekend nights have happened, and I am still here the other side and more or less awake. The runs are gradually increasing in length, albeit a little slowly... So, all is a-go, although unlikely to be record smashing, I should manage to limp my way round..! Thanks so much for your support. I'm so happy to say that P has just been granted a 3 month special permit for Kenya, so little by little things are getting there.
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Anonymous
Oct 7, 2018
£30.00
M and D
Oct 6, 2018
Hope you enjoy the run, pop. We'll be there to cheer your return.
£30.00
Anonymous
Oct 3, 2018
Good luck Jo! xx
£10.00
Georgia Fish
Oct 1, 2018
Good luck Jo! And what a lovely cause 🙂 x
£10.00
Anonymous
Sep 19, 2018
£5.00
Jeremy Flann
Sep 18, 2018
well done
£20.00
Rachel Blakey
Aug 21, 2018
You got dis!
£20.00
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Jo Collins
Oxford, UK
I'm a junior doctor working in Oxforshire, like running, sleeping and eating!