Join me as I walk, kayak and canoe 160 miles in support of children like Nirmala.

Nirmala loves sliding down bannisters and playing with her friends. Just an ordinary 8-year-old! Except Nirmala lost her right leg in the devastating earthquake in Nepal. A year on, thanks to our physiotherapist Sudan, she has not only learnt to walk on her prosthetic leg but also to laugh. When you’re learning to walk again, every step counts. And Handicap International has been with Nirmala every step of the way.

Having worked with Handicap International for 11 years now, including in countries like Haiti where we supported thousands of injured people after the major earthquake, Sri Lanka, South Sudan and many others, I have seen first-hand the impact our work makes on the lives of people with disabilities and life-changing injuries.

When we recently launched our Every Step Counts campaign to raise funds to help people like Nirmala walk again, and given my past as a physiotherapist, I felt compelled to set myself a very ambitious challenge!

So, from June 1-5th, with a group of friends as crazy as I am, I’ll be walking and kayaking the South Downs Way, 100 miles from end to end. Yes that’s right, I’ll be doing it in 5 days (not the usual 8-9)! And if that wasn’t mad enough, we'll be following this with a 60 mile canoe trip along the Great Glen Way in Scotland, crossing from west to east, in early July.

I hope you will support me by donating to this worthy cause!

• £30 could provide an artificial limb for a child like Nirmala in Nepal.
• £75 could provide an emergency wheelchair.
• £128 could go towards providing an artificial limb and rehabilitation to a child amputee.

And that’s not all - you have an amazing opportunity to double your impact as all donations made until 18th July will be doubled by the UK government. Any gift you make will really go that much further, helping twice as many injured and disabled people!

Your donation will go to countries where we provide disabled people with essential rehabilitation care, including Nepal, Jordan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

So join me in helping children like Nirmala walk again!

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