From 7 to 12 April 2006 , we (Xin Hui and P.J.) hitch-hiked to Morocco as a charity fundraiser for Link Community Development (LCD). Please see below for more information. We managed to raise £2,055. All of this money went to LCD. Thank you to everyone who supported us one way or another!
19 May 2006: We raised a final total of £2,055. Thank you so much to everyone who donated!
12 April 2006: We made it to Morocco!!
7 April 2006: We've started! See the blog for information.
11 March 2006: Read about the Hitch in The Guardian
About Link Community Development
Education is a basic human right. At this very minute, this right is being violated for over 24 million children in Africa.
Working in Ghana, Uganda, Malawi and South Africa, Link Community Development is improving education for children, giving them a chance to escape the poverty into which they have been born.
Xin Hui's a nut. She spent last summer working in Kenya for charity. Then, on a whim, she climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro, the tallest mountain on the African continent. This year for her latest charity project, she's decided to hitchhike to Morocco.
P.J.'s nuttier: he's nuts about Xin Hui and so he's coming along to make sure she survives this trip. Also, he does things like swim the English Channel.
£10 could pay for a desk for a child who now studies on the floor.
£25 could pay for education support workers to visit 5 schools. This ensures schools have the personal support they need to tackle problems both inside the classroom and out.
£100 could train 10 teachers at an HIV / AIDS workshop. Education remains the most effective 'shield' that society has in the battle against HIV and AIDS.
£250 sponsors an entire school for one year. Sponsorship helps fund much needed development grants. It also funds vital training and support for the sponsored school, and more besides! (click here for more information on our School Sponsorship Scheme)
£500 could pay for 50 teachers to attend a literacy workshop. Literacy provides children with a sense of pride, competence, and ability to function more effectively in society.
Apart from the warm fuzzy feeling you'll get from donating to charity, we're also offering some nice incentives for you to donate!
A donation of £5 or more gets you listed on our "Friends and Supporters" page;
£10 or more also gets you access to our secret daily blog;
£20 or more and we'll also send you a postcard from the two of us from Morocco, plus the benefits listed above;
£35 or more and we will also put together all the blog entries into a pdf book format, which you can print out if you wish, plus the benefits listed above;
£50 or more and we will actually print out the above book for you, bind it and send it to you, autographed with a message of your choice from both of us, plus the benefits listed above;
And finally, a donation of £60 or more gets you all the above, plus additional negotiable benefits. For example, we could put an advertisement for your company in our book; run an ad for your company in our daily blog and/or emails; wear your T-shirt on our Hitchhike; and so on. Please contact us for more information!
To donate, please visit our donation portal at JustGiving.com.
Thank you!