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In February 2013 I will be climbing Mt Kilimanjaro (yes you heard right) to raise money to support victims of domestic violence for the charity Victim Support. I work for Victim Support as a Hate Crime Caseworker and can vouch for the incredible work they do.

Domestic violence is both criminal and socially unacceptable. It ruins lives, breaks up families, affects society and has a lasting impact:

• - Women experience an average of 35 incidents of domestic abuse before reporting an incident to the police (Yearnshaw 1997)
  
  
• - One in four women and one in six men experience domestic violence in their lifetime.
  
  
• - At least 750,000 children a year witness Domestic violence (Doh – 2002 – Womens Mental Health).
   

I have always wanted to climb Kilimanjaro having been inspired by my Granddad who climbed it 52 years ago and now I have my reason to get to the top...please help us raise awareness and the funds to continue to provide this support..dig deep and donate now.
 

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Thank you :)

Heena