Nicola Chrascina

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Fundraising for Nowzad
£2,035
raised of £2,000 target
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Event: Marathon des Sables 2011, on 31 March 2011
Nowzad

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We provide animal welfare in war zones to make a difference, one animal at a time

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Dear All

Thankyou so much for sponsoring me for last weeks Marathon de Sables. I now understand why it is called "The Toughest Foot Race on Earth"!! 849 runners set off & I believe 801 returned with a medal (me included!). We spent 8 days in the desert of which 6 were running. This years MdS was the longest & hottest on record! We covered 150.7 miles & temperatures actually reached 54 degrees C on 2 days!

I felt fine throughout the event apart from my poor poor feet which are still a shredded mess! I developed blisters on top of blisters (around 25 in total) & had to make some serious surgical adjustments to my shoes in order to get them on my poor bandaged feet! Still I managed to hobble around somehow & continue to hobble around at home.

Life in the desert was tough: long hot & sometime windy days, endless sand dunes or rocky terrain, extremely basic tent accomodation & toilet facilities (enough said!). Eating self cooked space food & no wash facilities, emotional highs & lows but all shared with 7 wonderful people (my tent mates).

Thanks again all! I am going to now burn all my running kit & take up knitting!!

I have decided to raise money for a charity set up by service men who were serving in Afghanistan, called Nowzad dogs. All money that I raise is going to the charity.

To see a short video about my challenge, please click the attached link:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItSUNaCvOH8

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Nowzad

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RCN 1119185
The Nowzad charity delivers animal welfare in Afghanistan & Ukraine. Our clinic in Kabul delivers vital support to over worked horses & donkeys whilst providing care and treatment to injured cats & dogs. In Ukraine we are delivering vital aid to those in desperate need of animal supplies.

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Total raised
£2,035.00
+ £554.49 Gift Aid
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£2,035.00
Offline donations
£0.00

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