We will be taking a train from Delhi to the Himalayas and treking at up to 2840m in Himachal Pradesh. We start from Dharamshala, the centre for the Tibetan government in exile and home of the Dalai Lama. On return to Delhi we will be helping refurbish the CanKids "Home away from Home" in Delhi, assisting with repairs at the hospice and re-decorating the children's rooms.
Read why in "MY STORY" below.......
Thanks so much for supporting me in giving something back. "
MY STORY: As some of you will know I lost both my parents over the past few years and so, sadly, I witnessed first hand the huge contrast between my mother’s peaceful death in the supportive, caring and compassionate setting of a local hospice and my father’s death in the impersonal, clinical setting of a busy hospital ward where staff simply don’t have the space and time to deliver the person centered end-of-life care their patients require.
It is shocking that the dwindling statutory funding for hospices means that so many now have to rely upon charity to continue their fantastic work. So when Lesley Burn, my bestie from school days, asked me to join a trek in the Himalayas to help raise money for the hospice she works in I was only too keen to help. Our trek will raise funds for the Countess Mountbatten Hospice in Southampton and to help out the “CanKids” Children’s Cancer project in Dehli, India.
"CanKids" is a not for profit organisation in Dehli providing much needed treatment care and support services for Indian children and young people with cancer. They support the kids and their families from the moment of diagnosis through treatment into survivorship or through palliative care, giving terminal and bereavement support. If you want some idea of just how few resources they have in India just read the ‘wish-list’ that came with a personal message from the CanKids founder listing the things they would like us to take out to India to help these tragically sick kids. It included "small and large gauze bandages, art materials, school bags and musical toys".
I am funding all the costs for the trip for myself so every penny that you donate will go straight to charity.
It is shocking that the dwindling statutory funding for hospices means that so many now have to rely upon charity to continue their fantastic work. So when Lesley Burn, my bestie from school days, asked me to join a trek in the Himalayas to help raise money for the hospice she works in I was only too keen to help. Our trek will raise funds for the Countess Mountbatten Hospice in Southampton and to help out the “CanKids” Children’s Cancer project in Dehli, India.
"CanKids" is a not for profit organisation in Dehli providing much needed treatment care and support services for Indian children and young people with cancer. They support the kids and their families from the moment of diagnosis through treatment into survivorship or through palliative care, giving terminal and bereavement support. If you want some idea of just how few resources they have in India just read the ‘wish-list’ that came with a personal message from the CanKids founder listing the things they would like us to take out to India to help these tragically sick kids. It included "small and large gauze bandages, art materials, school bags and musical toys".
I am funding all the costs for the trip for myself so every penny that you donate will go straight to charity.