WaterAid is an international not-for-profit, determined to make clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone, everywhere within a generation. Only by tackling these three essentials in ways that last can people change their lives for good.

Clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene should be a normal part of everyone’s daily life. Without all three, people can’t live dignified, healthy lives. With all three, they can unlock their potential, break free from poverty and change their lives for good.

The Berlin Marathon has long been a dream of mine. The enjoyment and freedom that I get from running would be enough to sign up in itself, add in the location, but more importantly the presence of mind of why I'm running, makes it all the more worthwhile.

I live a very privileged life. I can walk up to a tap for a drink and I've got cold, clean running water. I can wash my hands with soap and sanitiser and I have access to a toilet just about anywhere I go. This, sadly, isn't the case for everyone. It should be.

I've had many fantastic travel experiences, something I'm extremely grateful for. But many, if not all, have been for my own personal experience. Being able to run a marathon while raising money for people who are less fortunate, to help them improve the quality of their everyday life, excites me massively.

If you choose to donate, thank you, you're a legend! You've helped better someone's life!

All the proceeds will be going to WaterAid in order to help better everyone's daily lives with clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene. All things that I certainly take for granted.

Why donate?

1 in 10 people (771 million) still don't have clean water close to home

>1 in 5 people (1.7 billion) still don't have a decent toilet of their own

1 child dies every 2 minutes from a lack of clean water and poor toilets

From every $2, $1.50 is spent helping provide people with safe water, toiles and hygiene essentials, and $0.50 is spent on fundraising.

$24 buys a squat toilet slab

$30 pays for a 25mm water supply distribution pipe in Zambia

$36 buys a school hand washing station

$60 pays for a hand washing facility for one family in Mali

$100 pays for one person to be trained to maintain a water pump in Nepal

$120 buys a school class on period hygiene by a specialist

$240 installs a new well

$1,000 helps to renovate a school toilet

$2,000 buys a rainwater harvesting system for a family

If you'd like to, feel free to share my page, the more people the better!

Thank you so much,

Tim