It is my birthday soon, and it's not one of the "usual" ones, but one with a 0 and a 4. And as I can't celebrate I instead decided to put my ageing body to the test and run to raise funds for charity.

Every day this January, apart from my birthday, I will be running 5k to raise money for causes that are important to me.

To quote Matthias:

I am running to raise funds for 4 charities, one for each decade I have made it through on this planet.

Please consider donating here - I have linked 3 individual fundraisers here - unfortunately, the system is rather clunky so you'll need to click through each one to see which I am raising funds for.

Or please consider donating directly to:

Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors without borders: https://www.msf.org/

Elephants without borders: https://elephantswithoutborders.org/

Malala Fund (for girls education): https://malala.org/

Surfers agains Sewage: https://www.sas.org.uk/

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Unfortunately, one of my chosen Charities, Elephants without borders, is not on Just Giving, but you can find the crowd funder page here: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/moni-rommel

Alternatively, please donate directly to them: https://elephantswithoutborders.org/