My name is Claire Scammell and I live and work in St Albans. I am a project manager at The Language Factory, a translation agency based in the city. My colleague Donaji and I are taking part in a trek in Malawi in October to raise funds for the MicroLoan Foundation, a small charity which is making a massive difference to the lives of women in Africa. The charity provides small loans and mentoring to help women start businesses and work their way out of poverty.
The Language Factory is paying all the costs of the trek so anything we raise goes directly to MicroLoan and will also match anything we raise. Donaji & I have been working hard to raise funds and awareness; when we get to Malawi and meet the women MicroLoan are supporting, we really want to feel that we did as much as we could with this opportunity to help.
I took part in the St Albans Half Marathon back in June and have been catering home-cooked lunches for my colleagues to raise funds. Donaji & I have also set up a tuck shop in the office and have been doing odd jobs in exchange for a donation to MicroLoan.
Our biggest challenge so far has definitely been entering the JustTextGiving video competition and we really need your help with this! The idea is to make a video showing how you are fundraising using the new JustTextGiving service, upload it to YouTube and get as many views as you can. The video with the most views by the 23rd August will win the £500 for their charity.
We are currently in 3rd place so really stand a chance of winning! Please watch our video and share it however you can, it is only 1 minute long and features our very beautiful Verulamium park: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrSrYkpuIXE
If you’d like to find out more about what we’re up to or pledge your support, please visit www.justgiving.com/claire-donaji
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