On June 19th I am going to be doing 26 challenges to raise money for 26 episodes of our Life in the Desert project (more details below). The challenges are chosen by YOU and it will be live streamed on instagram on the day.

When you donate, please add in your challenge and it will be added into a hat. On the day of the event, I will pick out challenges from the hat and do them*. 

Challenges could be anything from jumping around the garden on one foot to cooking you dinner and delivering it. Get as creative as you want.

Give generously and think creatively! 

*I reserve the right to veto any challenges I deem too crazy but I promise to do as many as I can... 

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Last year you helped us raise just over £5,500 for our 3D animated project, Life in the Desert, which enabled us to train even more teachers in how to use our trauma material alongside the animation. In total, nearly 2,000 children were supported through this project in 2020 including children and families in Beirut directly after the deadly port blast which rocked the city.

This year, we are championing this project once again. 

Over the past ten years, the Middle East has seen the world’s most deadly conflicts take place within it, particularly in Syria, Yemen, Turkey and Iraq. The war in Syria has been the deadliest since the Iran-Iraq war in 1989 which saw more than 330,000 battle-related deaths recorded.

Wars in the Middle East are creating generational trauma and destroying families and communities. Those who lived through the deadly wars in the 1980s are now parents in a brand new, deadly war. Children that are forced to leave their homes and move to camps have all, in one form or another, experienced trauma whether through the loss of a loved one or through living in makeshift accommodation without running water or heating.

We have been asked time and time again by our partners for more episodes of our Life in the Desert project to take into refugee camps and vulnerable communities across the Middle East and North Africa. Since 2018, our partners have shown the first 13 episodes to over 6,200 children enabling them to start the journey of trauma recognition and healing.

Will you help bring about change today?