Please sponsor us on our Land’s End to John o’Groats walk, or ‘LEJOG', the ultimate challenge for long-distance walkers. We are raising money for a Christian Aid Partnership project in Sierra Leone.

 

Read more about the challenge on our LEJOG webpage. Visit our blog at http://johneckersley.wordpress.com/ for posts about our progress and a ‘his and hers’ impression of the venture so far.

 

Many thanks for any support you can give!

 

Donating here

Donating through this JustGiving page is simple, fast and 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 Christian Aid and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer.

 

The Christian Aid Partnership project in Sierra Leone

The small West African state is about the same size and has about the same population as Scotland. The country suffered a brutal civil war in 2002 and is one of the poorest countries on earth - life expectancy is only 47 years and only 50% of the population have safe drinking water. Sierra Leone is ranked 180 out of 182 nations according to the UN Human Development Index.
 
The Christian Aid Partnership projects aim to improve farming, provide clean water and improve maternal health. What makes these programmes important is that every £1 raised by Christian Aid is match-funded by at least £3 from the European Union - this is certainly an attractive proposition to all donors!