My name is Abel and I am 3. I have agreed to walk 10 miles to help raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust (CF Trust). I can count to 10 and I know that the word 'mile' starts with 'm' but other than that I have no real idea how far it is. But when Mummy and Daddy asked if I would do a long walk to raise money for the CF Trust I said yes. And that is because my little sister Eva has Cystic Fibrosis.

Eva was born last June with Cystic Fibrosis. We didn't know she had it and we wish she didn't but we can't do much about that. CF means that Eva cannot properly digest her food and put on weight and it means she can get poorly lungs and cough a lot. I don't like my sister being poorly so I help her do lots of exercise and I help Mummy and Daddy make sure she takes all her medicine and does her physio without crying.

One day I hope the CF Trust will find a cure for Eva's CF or find a therapy that will take the life threatening aspect out of it. At the moment the average life expectancy for someone with CF is just 31. I don't think thats fair so I help to raise funds for the CF Trust so they can help change that for my lovely sister Eva. Please support me by sponsoring me to walk 10 miles around Lymm and Sale on 22 June 2008. 

Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is the UK's most common life-threatening inherited disease. It affects over 8,000 people in the UK. Over two million people in the UK carry the faulty gene that causes Cystic Fibrosis - around 1 in 25 of the population. Cystic Fibrosis affects the internal organs, especially the lungs and digestive system, by clogging them with thick sticky mucus. This makes it hard to breathe and digest food.

Each week, five babies are born with Cystic Fibrosis. Each week, three young lives are lost to Cystic Fibrosis. Average life expectancy is around 31 years, although improvements in treatments mean a baby born today could expect to live for longer.

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