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SGUL Wild Medics SGUL Wild Medics is raising money for Medical And Educational Aid To Kenya
“London --> Paris cycle in <24hrs”

on 12 March 2012

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MEAK works in Kenya in the fields of ophthalmology, dentistry, orthopaedic & paediatric cardiac surgery, with the overarching goal of "reaching the unreached". To date, MEAK has completed over 110 missions & carried out over 13,000 operations to people in need, all of them completely for free.

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<p><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">What did we do?<br><br></span><strong>Fifteen </strong>members of <strong>St. George's University of London Wild Medics Society</strong> are <strong>cycled&nbsp;</strong>from <strong>London </strong>to <strong>Paris </strong>in <strong>less than 24 hours!<br><br></strong></span><span style="color: #003366;">We left London on Saturday 5th May 2012 at 3pm and cycled <strong>60&nbsp;miles to Newhaven</strong> in order to catch the 11pm ferry to Dieppe.<br><br></span><span style="color: #003366;">Arriving at 4am French time on 6th May 2012 we then had until 4pm to cycle <strong>over&nbsp;110 miles to the Eiffel Tower!<br><br></strong>After three punctures, a few wrong turns and the life-saving bacon sarnies and porridge (thank you Hannah Crofton &amp; Ellie Dodson) all three teams made it to Paris before 4pm!<br><br></span><span style="color: #000000;">The students who made their way from London to Paris against the clock are:<br><br>Team 1:<br><span style="color: #008000;">Patrick Reynolds</span><br><span style="color: #008000;">Sophie Westland</span><br><span style="color: #008000;">Matthew Owen<br></span><span style="color: #008000;">Ismail Vokshi<br></span></span><span style="color: #008000;">Simon Dockrell</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;">Team 2:</span><br><span style="color: #008000;">Daniel Cooper<br></span><span style="color: #008000;">John Willis<br></span><span style="color: #008000;">Joe Clarke<br></span><span style="color: #008000;">Toby Nelson<br></span><span style="color: #008000;">Chris James</span></p> <p><span style="color: #008000;"><span style="color: #000000;">Team 3:</span><br></span><span style="color: #008000;">John Norsworthy</span><br><span style="color: #008000;">Hannah Kirk</span><span style="color: #008000;"><br></span><span style="color: #008000;">Rob Gregory</span><br><span style="color: #008000;">Oliver Hannington</span><br><span style="color: #008000;">Ned Tapley<br><br></span><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Why did we do it?<br><br></span>To raise money for&nbsp;<strong>Medical &amp; Educational Aid to Kenya (MEAK).<br><br></strong><a style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: &#39;Segoe UI&#39;, Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;" title="MEAK" href="http://www.meak.org">www.meak.org</a></span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;"><a style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: &#39;Segoe UI&#39;, Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;" title="MEAK" href="http://www.meak.org"></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br>What can you do?<br><br></span>Any <strong>donation </strong>no matter how small would be <strong>much appreciated</strong>.</span><br><br><span style="color: #000000;">Contributing through JustGiving is <strong>completely secure</strong> and your donation will be <strong>sent straight to MEAK</strong>.</span><br><br><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Gift Aid</strong> is reclaimed on every donation by a UK taxpayer, allowing our charity to benfit even further from your generous act.</span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000;"><strong><span style="color: #000000;">Thank you very much!</span><br>&nbsp;</strong></span></p>

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