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I am running the Henley Half Marathon on Sunday 11th October. As this is my first half marathon I have been in training for 3 months and hope to complete it in 1hour 45-50 minutes. This will be quite a challenge!  

More importantly, I have decided to run on behalf of SOS Children's Villages. SOS Children's Villages is the world's largest orphans and abandoned children's charity. Their aim is to give children who have lost their parents through war, famine, disease or poverty a family, home, and community in a purpose built village. I have chosen this charity following my experience in India seeing and meeting similar children to those SOS Villages help. So far they have managed to help 78,000 children in 490 unique Children's Villages in 124 countries. Supporters of their work in the UK include Richard Attenborough, Stephen Hawking and Wayne Rooney. They do fantastic work for children who are in great need. Please find out more about what they do at their website. 

http://www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/children-charity.htm

If you are able to sponsor me for this event your donation will go to a worthy cause and will improve the lives of children who need help. 

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

So please dig deep and donate now.

Chris