Channel Swim

Christopher Burr is raising money for Farmers Overseas Action Group - FOAG

Participants: Chris Burr, Dan Williams, Jamie Blakely-Glover, Alex Blakely Glover, Lucy Parker, Stuart Smith, Goerge Gerring

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Channel Swim · 24 July 2006

The Farmers Overseas Action Group, FOAG, is an independent charity whose mission is to aid social and economic development in Uganda’s rural communities. FOAG provides support to 12 projects in four key sectors; health, education, economic empowerment and the environment, with the overall goal of alleviating poverty. FOAG concentrates on small scale constructive action for community development through the funding of innovative projects that are often too small for the objectives of larger international charities. FOAG was founded in 1981 by a nucleus of Worcestershire farming families to practically address the needs of Uganda’s agricultural development. The core group has expanded over the years and is now supported by an ever increasing number of Associate Members and organisations. FOAG works in a direct and personal way and ensures that all projects are monitored on a regular basis. (www.foag.co.uk)

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Thank you for visiting my fundraising page.

I will be taking on the English Channel as a member of Team Baywatch Kamurasi on either the 26th or 27th August. In doing this, we will be going head to head with the more than cold and less than clean water, not to mention jellyfish, basking sharks and raw sewage.

The swim is in aid to the Kamurasi Primary School Project in Uganda. This is one of many fundraising initiatives we will be running over the next year, which we are hoping will allow us to raise £25,000 to build a boarding house / learning skills cente for physically handicapped children.

This is a great cause and and is targeted at the physically disabled population of Africa, who have in many cases been overlooked by international aid.

Please please please support me in this in any way you can, It is all greatly appreciated!!!!!

Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor me: Farmers Overseas Action Group will receive your money faster and, if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you.

Many thanks in advance for your support.

(n.b. - Please note quote from Marine Biologist Dr Vicki Howe on recent sightings of Great White Sharks on the coast of UK mainland http://www.24dash.com/content/news/viewNews.php?navID=58&newsID=8657it was unlikely that predatory sharks would stray into shallower waters, unless they were following food sources”)

 

 

 

Kind Regards

 

 

 

Chris ‘food source’ Burr

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