20 MILE WALK for
CHILDREN of CHECHNYA!
A small group of us are going to do a 20-mile (32 km) sponsored walk on Wednesday 23rd July through Slough. Please sponsor this walk as all proceeds will go to Medical Aid and Relief for the Children of Chechnya (MARCCH).
MARCCH is a great charity with very dedicated and active people doing wonderful and much-needed work in and around Chechnya. So far, they have been able to:
- Provide vital medical equipment and medicines to the main children's hospital in Grozny.
- Deliver 300,000 syringes for TB testing to the Chechen health
authorities; TB is rife in Chechnya.
- Help individuals who otherwise might have been deprived of essential medical treatment such as the mentally or physically handicapped children.
- Provide children with prosthetic limbs who lost their arms or legs in the war.
- Help an orphanage for Chechen refugees in the neighbouring republic of Ingushetia with rent, food and clothing.
- Provide every child in the children's hospital in Grozny who needs it with an oxygenator.
Currently, MARCCH are looking into building a new wing in the children's hospital in Grozny to allow mothers to stay with their children. Today, in Chechnya, women travel long distances every day to visit and be with their children.
Read more about MARCCH @ http://www.marcch.org/
HOW TO SPONSOR US:
1. Donate online at: http://www.marcch.org/donations.html
2. Post a cheque, payable to MARCCH, to: MARCCH, PO Box 22982, London N10 3EZ
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