Funds received in Kenya!!

I had confirmation from Joseph last Tuesday that the money arrived to Kenya, 68,982 Kenyan Shillings. He was extremely grateful and will start purchasing stuff required for the girls - who are now back in school after the Christmas Break - and receipts will be produced to be shared on this page. Thank you all again for your support

Funds raised in 2015

After some technical issues, I have managed to send the funds collected this past year 2015 to Bethany Village Home.

The amount finally sent was £473 (Nearly $700). You can see on the "Gogetfunding" page the total amount raised was £505. The charges from Gogetfunding are 4% and Paypal charge 5% for receiving the money so total charges from both were £31.8

I tried a while back to look for a fund raising platform that is free but could not find any. This is pretty bizarre and also annoying, I would welcome any advise if any of you know of a truly free fundraising page.

Once the money is received, it will be spent on some of the girls more pressing needs and all will be justified and detailed on this blog and the Facebook page.

Happy 2016 - Feliz año 2016 - Bonne année 2016

Happy New Year!! Best wishes for 2016 and thank you for following this project and all the support

News from the Home and funding update

I had some news from Bethany Home in Nairobi at the end of November. Two more girls have been brought to the house from a slum in Nairobi. This has added pressure as space is already tight but Shiro and Joseph felt they could not reject the girls. Their names are Mariam and Rehana, victims of child labour and suspected abuse.
More than ever help is needed and Christmas time is not far. 
I will post this week the summary of available funds collected so far that are ready to support the Home's most urgent needs. Joseph has listed this and they include rain boots, coats, school uniforms, books, mosquito nets, bed linen and school shoes for the new girls...etc
As it was my intention, every spend will be receipted. I am trying to work out the logistics for the transfer and this is taking time

Just a reminder and update

I can hardly believe it is already a month since the Cardiff Half-marathon. As I already explained, I am planning to keep this initiative open and keep running this year to improve my time in the 2016 half in Cardiff. I have not planned all the races I will do in 2016, before Cardiff but I will update you here as soon as I have some dates and events.

I had some news from Joseph about Bethany House and also some very nice encouraging words from him. The girls are back in school after the teacher's strike and winter is starting.
I wanted to say thank you again to those who have already donated and make another call to those who would like to before I start working with Joseph to decide what are the main things the girls need. I know they already need rain coats and boots. As it has always been my intention, I will coordinate with Joseph what is bought and give details here and on the blog so you see where the money goes and how it helps.

The Challenge continues

The training has not stopped and I need to do more Interval training in particular to increase my pace. I am determined to improve my time next year and drop below the 2 hours I did.
I am motivated and inspired and I will continue with this running challenge to support Bethany Village Africa Home.
I have not consolidated quite yet all the donations but so far it looks like we have about $800. Thank you very much to all who have donated so generously. Those who would like to d...onate and still have not done it, no problem at all as the page for donations will stay open. I will keep updating on running challenges before next year's Half again and I will update on donations received and when I will be able to arrange with Joseph the first action to support the girls at the Home in Nairobi.
I am afraid I am not good at posting on Facebook as things happen so I belatedly include on this post a couple of selfies taken at the end of the race on the 4th of October in Cardiff

Cardiff Half-Marathon Completed

It was a great event, really enjoyed my first Half-Marathon. Time was exactly two hours: 2h 0m 0s.
A few more donations have also been received, I will update. thank you all!!!

This is a link to the race results:

http://track.rtrt.me/e/TDL-CARDIFF-2015#/tracker/R5WGAL4Y/focus