I will be travelling to Namibia in June with the Bobby Moore Fund for Cancer Research UK to help build and renovate a school, and raise money for research into the prevention and treatment of bowel cancer.

Bowel cancer is the third most common cancer in the UK after breast and lung cancer. Almost 100 people in this country are diagnosed with the disease every day.  

 It is a cause particularly close to my heart as I lost my grandmother to bowel cancer two years ago. I am undertaking this project partly in her memory, and partly as a personal challenge so I will one day be able to look back and know I did something amazing.

I am well on my way towards achieving the fund raising target of £4,000 but I want to raise as much money for the charity as possible! More than half of the money I raise will go directly to the Bobby Moore Fund for their important research into cancer, and the remainder will go towards the project costs.

 We will be working in the Damaraland region of Namibia and will spend 11 days renovating the Tubusis Primary School, which has 275 pupils. The classrooms and library are in poor condition and the school sorely lacks furniture and books. The lavatories need to be repaired and replaced and the Project team also intends to build new sports facilities, including a football field.

  

 

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Thank you for reading this and thank you so much for your support!

 Caroline

Please scroll down for a description of funds raised offline...

 

June 2010

£193.50 World Cup sweepstake competition at work

£23.90 mini one-woman bake sale at work

£9.20 in collection tin from classmates on DIY course (in return for some chocolate brownies!)

£27 Guess how many sweets in the jar competition at work

 

July 2010

£10.34 going round pub with collection tin after World Cup match

£27 Guess how many sweets in the jar competition at school fete

£20 going round pubs with collection tin after World Cup final (would have got more if England were playing!)

£76.66 people at work who donated their winnings from the World Cup sweepstake - thanks, guys!

£5 from Pip as penalty from losing game of croquet (long story...)

£7.19 donations at work for cake that was leftover from my housewarming party

21p of my own money to take it to a nice round £400!

 

  

August 2010

£100 donation from my parents - thanks Mum and Dad!!

 

September 2010

Haven't had time to do much this month...£10 from adding a voluntary donation when I got a few people tickets to the Design Museum Ball.

 

October 2010

£23 from selling cupcakes at the Look Mum No Hands cafe in Islington as part of the Great Brownie Bake Off

Plus £13 from selling leftover cakes at work

£210 from ButterflySocial: organiser Jenni Regan held one of her monthly singles nights and agreed to give a percentage of the ticket sales to Project Namibia. In addition I held a raffle and sold cupcakes (generously made by Rosalyn Foo). The raffle, cakes and a collection tin raised £90 while the ticket sales contributed £120. Thanks to Jenni for all her help and for organising a fantastic evening!

£150 cheque - an anonymous and very generous donor

£21.50 from bringing Oreo cupcakes into work and suggesting colleagues put a few coins into my collection tin (cake always goes down well!)

November

£30 donation from Al Jones - thank you!!

£1,000 donation from an anonymous benefactor - I know who it is but they want to remain nameless.  

December

£166.66 of my own money. There is a reason why it was such a specific amount - see below :-)

February 2011

£13.14 from bringing Valentine's cupcakes into work

£333 from my company's matching gift scheme which they added onto the donation I made in December. More employers should do things like this!

£10 donation from the Flirt Diva Sue Ostler - thanks fab lady!

March 2011

£250 from the wonderful Barbara Davis, a very generous friend of my mum. Thank you Barbara!