My name is Kelly Jackson and I am a second year student paediatric nurse. As part of my studies I have been given the opportunity to travel to Tanzania for an elective placement. Whilst I am there I will work in a variety of settings, varying from busy hospitals to community clinics. I will also spend a week living in a traditional village with the Maasai tribe working alongside local health care practitioners.
This opportunity is huge and I am so excited by the prospect of working with children and families in this wonderful part of the world.
However, the cost is great, final figures are still not in but I know it is going to cost in the region of £2000-£2500.
So the challenge of fundraising lies before me! The main event that I doing to raise money is the London Marathon. Now I am no athlete, I am currently WALKING 4-5 miles every other day, I am hoping to be walk/jogging by mid November.
Now everyone knows that the London Marathon is an epic challenge, so is fundraising, and come to think of it studying to be a nurse isn't a walk in the park either! But I will do this, I will carry on working hard at university so that I can achieve my dream of getting a first class degree. I will get the miles in so that I can walk/run the London marathon. I can control those two things, but the third thing? Well I need your help to achieve that
Maybe you are reading this because you know me, or you are a friend of a friend? Perhaps you just stumbled onto this page? Regardless of how you ended up here, please, please would you donate to my cause. Every single penny will be gratefully received.
Thank you for reading, if you would like updates of how my training is going please check out mytanzanianjourney.wordpress.com

Kelly x