I am raising money for the Garden Route Children's Trust (GRCT) which feeds South African pre-school children in need with a breakfast of nutritious e'Pap porridge every school day. Poverty and hunger are rife in South Africa, and the situation is, if anything, getting worse. Pre-school children suffer most as poor nutrition affects both their mental and their physical development. A daily breakfast of e'Pap can make all the difference.

Please sponsor me as I walk 20 miles a day for 10 consecutive days as part of the Great Garden Route Trek, a celebration of the 20th anniversary of the charity with a virtual trek visiting all of the feeding projects from Wellington in the west to Port Elizabeth in the east - see www.grct.org.uk. All the money I raise will go directly to the point of need.