In 2009 Rob and Jean Halligan plan to travel to Bangladesh with Global
Care, a charity that works with vulnerable and disadvantaged children
across the world, to visit the Horintana Orphanage. This year, in
preperation they are raising funds for specific projects at Horintana.
Horintana is well off the beaten track in a largely forgotten area
of the world that is hugely impacted by flooding and climate change.
This blog is a record of the trip right from the planning stages to
the outcomes and beyond.
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Rob and Jean
A few weeks ago we had a meeting with Ron Newby from Global care to look at how things were going.
Fund-raising is pressing on and we’ve been looking at the next step for B:08. Initially we said we’d be going over to check out the work at the Horintana orphanage but talking to Ron we decided the greatest need would be to fund a specific project there and go and see it in action once it’s been set up.
One of these projects is a fish/shrimp farm that will help the Horintana community in terms of food and income. We’re really keen to move ahead with this but just need the go-ahead that this is where the money we’ve raised will be best spent.
Last night i dropped in to see a chap called Naz who runs a bangladesh restauraunt in Coventry. It was a mad evening, they had some event on but Naz is keen to help out with the B:08 project. he does stunning food as well so this fund-raising isn’t all aching muscles and running through blizzards!
Yesterday, of all days, it snowed for the first time in a year. The day of the Leamington Regency Run and there was 3 inches of snow on the ground. Yay!
But - and here’s the amazing thing, I did it. It was sloshy and muddy and cold at first but I managed the 10km run in around 48 minutes and I’m chuffed with that! There’s gonna be a video up later today so you’ll see me doing my Chariots of fire. can I just say though, Never Again.
Hey Hey! It’s Arrived. The new single in aid of B:08 is here. I’ve already managed to get some of the staff down at my bank to buy it. Just been posting out the tonne of advanced orders. Just the T-shirts now.
Last week I was supposed to be on the radio but, as you know the Germans put a stop to that in 1941 by leaving a dirty great bomb next to my car. well, the bomb had gone but thankfull my car is still in one piece so, tomorrow night I’m up at Crossrhythms. do tune in and log in to the chat at www.crossrhythms.co.uk
Oh, and , go buy the single from the merchandise page:0)
Taken from BBC News Website.
Hey Hey! It’s Arrived. The new single in aid of B:08 is here. I’ve already managed to get some of the staff down at my bank to buy it. Just been posting out the tonne of advanced orders. Just the T-shirts now.