That brings me to impact. My work in global health is something I’m incredibly proud of, whether it’s the end-of-life care work or maternal and newborn health reports I wrote from a few years ago, or the more recent report on global access to eye health. I hope these projects have made an impact somewhere in the world, and the Impact Marathon in Nepal has a similar goal. The money I’ll be raising helps support the United Nations Global Goals, also known as the Sustainable Development Goals. Specifically, the Nepal Impact Marathon helps alleviate some of the biggest challenges Nepal is facing by supporting grassroots organisations working in the local community. Childreach Nepal has been around since 2009 and aims to improve children’s access to healthcare, education and child protection by creating schools that act as centres for children and community development. Similarly, Burns Violence Survivors – Nepal has worked on prevention, protection, advocacy, curative and long-term recovery and rehabilitation of burns survivors since 2008 in a country with 56,000 burns cases a year and only one dedicated hospital ward. These two organisations are catalysing change in Nepal at a local level that aim to make the world a better place by 2030. You can read more about them here:

https://www.impactmarathon.com/partner-charities

Finally, that brings me to running. A marathon is certainly no small feat. A trail marathon at altitude is even more daunting! But I’m excited about the challenge, so check my page often for updates on my training as we inch closer to November 2019!