I’m about to run a very slow marathon for Team Red Cross and I’m very excited about it!

Some of you may know my friends and I who worked in humanitarian response were impacted by the major foreign aid cuts. As hard has this has been for humanitarians, it has been immeasurably worse for the people we used to provide support for. I’m trying to stay connected with humanitarian missions in the ways I can right now, and one way I’m doing so is by fundraising for the British Red Cross to ensure that they can help anyone around the world get the support they need if crisis strikes.

Here are some of the ways your donations will be used:

£5 could provide a community in Bangladesh with training on water sanitation and hygiene, helping people keep themselves healthy after a disaster.

£12 could buy a hygiene pack for a refugee or person seeking asylum in the UK, giving them access to some of the basics no one should go without.

£20 could give a parent in the UK the essential items they need to care for a newborn baby, when they have lost everything due to flooding.

£50 could help a family in Nigeria prepare for when severe flooding hits again.

£75 could keep 150 survivors of a fire at a block of flats in the UK warm, while we support them to find emergency accommodation for the night.

Thank you again for your support! Much love!