Co-running Deckchair.com, a company in the Travel Industry, I became inspired by the work that Fiona Jeffrey and her team at Just a Drop and many travel industry partners, have been doing to ensure whole communities in 3rd world countries have access to clean water. 

The fact that every 20 seconds a child will die from unsafe water is a harrowing but utterly preventable statistic.

As a father I can not imagine having to ask one of my children to walk 6 km's per day to fill up a jerry can with dirty water. All this with no guarantee of a safe return as many children are killed on the journey by wildlife including by the waterside by crocodiles.

I didn't know all this did you?

• Dirty water is the biggest killer of children under the age of 5
• 768 Million People do not have access to clean water
• 2.5 billion with no acces to adequate sanitation
• 443 million school days are lost each year to water-related illness
• More people in the world own mobile phones than have access to a toilet!

The good news. Only £1 Delivers clean water for a child for up to 10 years. 

With your help, I will be attempting to run 3 marathons in 3 days, on a treadmill at the World Travel Market (7-9th of November 2016). The official partner of Just a Drop. My goal is to raise £10,000. 

I appreciate there are many amazing charities doing fantastic work across the world. Just a Drop has saved so many lives and with your help we can save many more. If you have time please watch this short vid and you will understand the urgency. https://vimeo.com/21296750

Donations of £2500 or more secure a sponsorship position in the central forecourt of the World Travel Market where the Marathons will be taking place.

To Donate via Text please Text my Unique Code THIR52 and an amount of  £1, £2, £3, £4, £5 or £10 to 70070.