As some of you may know, in April I joined 2 other Schroder colleagues in running the Marathon des Sables. The event is a multi-day stage race running/walking/crawling 240km through the Sahara desert over the course of a week.

http://marathondessables.com/en/marathon-des-sables-maroc

Sadly my preparations and general disorganisation meant I did not manage to get a sponsorship request out ahead of the event. However, I have been overwhelmed by how many people have asked if they could sponsor me and I didn’t want my charity to miss out on the generosity of these offers, particularly given it’s such a worthy cause….

Foundation Human Nature (FHN) is a grass roots charity working to provide health and development projects in Ecuador, Ghana and Nepal. It was co-founded by an ex Schroder alumnus, Nick Trueman, and operates on a tiny budget doing incredible work with local communities. It is still supported in large part by volunteers and a generous allocation of the founder’s annual holiday allowance. This is a business with almost no overhead, where every pound makes a difference and larger donations can be life changing.

http://f-h-n.org/

Any money you could spare would be extremely gratefully received by Nick and the team, so please give as generously as you can.