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In June 2010 I will be joining 40 others in cycling around the island of Zanzibar - we will be cycling up to 70km a day in the heat, which as those who know me well will testify is a little more than I am used to!

We are raising money for the Makunduchi project - this small charity has taken over the running of a community hospital in Zanzibar - an island that has a average life expectancy of only 47 years & where 1 in 6 children die below the age of 7 - read more on the website www.makunduchiproject.com

The money we raise is intended to fund our plan to commence maternity services at the hospital - this is desperately needed as there is currently no facility for caesarian section etc without a long journey to the capital - many women delvier unassisted at home and many women are dying in labour - we hope to make a dramatic difference to this community.

I have started to do some training - 21 mile round trip to work seems far enough especially with Bristol hills. In the meantime please feel free to donate generously - I believe this is a really important worthwhile cause. I will be paying the costs of the trip myself, so all money raised is going direct to the charity.

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So please dig deep and donate now.