Laura Rook
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Fundraising for WaterAid
Story
Welcome friends, family and
supporters! It is official; I am of to Paris on my push bike. This
is not a desperate bid to get to the fashion capital on a budget; I have
discovered there is so much more to life than Chanel and Louis Vuitton.
On 1st September I am
cycling London to Paris to raise vital funds and awareness for WaterAid.
I came across the WaterAid website
towards the end of 2009 and quickly became shocked at the statistics I was
reading. Lack of clean, safe drinking water and adequate sanitation is a real
killer in the world’s poorest countries. I realised I took far too much for granted
in my life and wanted to give a little back in any way I could. Inspired by my
Dad's cycle from Lands End to John O’Groats I decided to jump on the saddle and
cycle for WaterAid.
1 in 8 of the world’s population do
not have access to safe water and 2.6 billion (not a typo, that is
with a b) do not have access to adequate sanitation. Diarrhoea kills more
children every year than AIDS, malaria and measles combined meaning one
innocent child dies every 20 seconds due to unclean water and poor sanitation. The integrated approach of providing water, sanitation and hygiene reduces the number of
deaths caused by diarrhoeal diseases by an average of 65%.
I hope you are as shocked at these appalling statistics as I was and you dig deep
to support me on my cycle to Paris for a great charity that really is making a
difference to people’s lives.
How your donations help:
· £15 is
enough to provide one person with clean drinking water and sanitation.
· £50 pays
for enough cement to protect a spring benefiting 300 people in Uganda
· £60 pays
for the pipes and handpump for a 30ft shallow tubewell for ten families in
Bangladesh.
· £1000 pays
for the complete costs of building a 15 meter well, including a handpump to
benefit 500 people in Tanzania.
The trip costs have been paid for
meaning 100% of your donation will go directly to WaterAid to help End Water
Poverty.
Please
give all you can!
Thank you To stay updated please visit my blog at www.cycleaid.blogspot.com
Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.
Thank you To stay updated please visit my blog at www.cycleaid.blogspot.com
Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.