This year, I’m ticking a big item off my bucket list – I’m running a marathon!!  This wasn’t something I thought I would ever say, but I’m looking forward to the challenge and I’m continually motivated by the incredible charity I’m running a whopping 42 kms for. 

The Rainforest Foundation UK is a non-profit organisation committed to both human rights and environmental protection when it comes to tackling deforestation. Locally, they support forest communities to gain land rights, challenge destructive industries, manage their forests, and protect their environment. Globally, they campaign to influence national and international laws and policies that protect rainforests and their inhabitants.

Instead of conserving forests purely for their biodiversity or carbon values, RFUK promotes the establishment of community rights over rainforest lands, tackling the root causes of deforestation and paving the way for local people to benefit fairly from the use and protection of forest resources. They deliver their work through long-term partnerships with local and indigenous peoples’ organisations to sustain capacity in rainforest countries.

No matter where you live in this vast world of ours, it’s incumbent upon all of us to protect the more than 84 million hectares of tropical rainforest. This need is more important now than ever, for the sake of our planet and future generations to come. 

Please help support my run by making a donation to Rainforest Foundation UK's vital work!

Kelly