The London Marathon is such an ICONIC event. It is one of the world major marathons and I feel incredibly privileged to be given the chance to run this marathon with Child Rescue Nepal.

Why have I chosen to run for Child Rescue Nepal?

I wanted to fundraise for a smaller charity, one that works in a field that has some personal relevance to me. Child Rescue Nepal do amazing work in Nepal and their mission immediately struck a chord with me. 

What do Child Rescue Nepal do?

Child Rescue Nepal is a UK registered charity which has been freeing children from slavery since 1999. They rescue children, keep them safe and reunite them with their families.

As one of the world’s poorest countries, a quarter of Nepalis are living in poverty. It is quite common in Nepal for children to begin working at a relatively young age to boost their family incomes. This makes Nepali children easy prey for traffickers. Families simply looking to improve their incomes do not realise the danger that they are sending their children into when they send them to distant cities to work. These children often get exploited and forced into manual labour in poor conditions, for virtually no pay, no education and no prospects.

Child Rescue Nepal is on the ground, removing children from factories, restaurants, hotels and construction sites where they are held captive for free labour. They take the children to a safe house and provide them with medical care and counselling. The next step is tracing their families and safely reuniting them, providing ongoing support and rehabilitation where necessary.

Highlights of Child Rescue Nepal's successes

• Raising over £7 million for Nepal’s children
• Rescuing over 850 children, with ongoing support in many cases
• Pursuing the prosecution of 24 traffickers, helping to jail 14 in Nepal and India
• Improving education for over 50,000 children in the trafficking-prone district of Makwanpur
• Raising £150,000 for earthquake relief in 2015 and helping to rebuild 23 schools
• Raising over £100,000 towards Covid relief including emergency equipment and food parcels

For more information on their projects, please see https://childrescuenepal.org/our-work/

How can you help?

Your donations will allow Child Rescue Nepal team to continue the amazing work they do and continue their rescue operations. In addition, the donations also help raise awareness of trafficking in vulnerable communities and in the support and rehabilitation of the rescued children.

• £24 helps educate a child for a year by providing the poorest children with one-year bursaries for essentials such as uniforms, bags, exercise books, paper and pencils.
• £13 can provide a child in a rural school with a warm, nourishing midday meal for 6 months.
• £50 can train a teacher in delivering child-centred lessons so that it becomes a more enjoyable experience and the children are motivated to come to school and learn.