Thank you for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

The challenge I am undertaking is to Trek 100km across the South Downs in under 30 hours (throughout the day and night) and help end poverty with every step and put my mind and body to its biggest test yet. To see more on the challenge click the link https://youtu.be/r8oHA2x45Dg

I am doing this for two great charities:

• The Gurkha Welfare Trust

The Gurkha Welfare Trust was founded in 1969, when it was realised that a great number of Gurkha soldiers and their families in Nepal faced destitution in their old age. Many of these soldiers had served alongside Britain in the Second World War and other conflicts; however they had not served the 15 years needed to qualify for an army pension.

For almost 50 years the Trust has provided welfare to enable these Gurkha veterans, their dependants and their communities to live their lives with dignity. The core of the Trust's work has always been the Welfare Pension, which is currently distributed to over 5,500 brave Gurkha veterans and widows.·     

• Oxfam
  

Oxfam works with others to overcome poverty, injustice and suffering around the world. You'll be helping to make that work possible. Our work breaks down into three overlapping areas, all of which are vital to achieving our aims.

Humanitarian response: They respond quickly to emergencies like the Ebola crisis - providing life-saving essentials like safe water and hygiene kits.

Development: They fund long-term work that allows local people to use their own ideas and skills to fight poverty in their communities.

Campaigning: Poverty isn't just about lack of resources; it's about bad decisions made by powerful people. Oxfam campaigns hard for real lasting change.