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Dear All,
 
I am running in the London marathon on Sunday 22 April in support of Health Poverty Action http://www.healthpovertyaction.org/about-us/. Health Poverty Action is a British non-governmental organisation founded in 1984 that aims to secure health care access for poor and marginalized communities in developing countries. The organisation aims to bring sustainable solutions to people suffering from poor health due to war, poverty, or marginalization from care for other reasons.
Health Poverty Action aims its work at those communities others have forgotten. They aim to improve health services and immunization programmes; however they also look at the bigger picture, and target other areas such as nutrition, access to water, sanitation, and income generation. The idea is to give these people the boost they need to be self sustaining, rather than handing out short term health solutions. Alerting local authorities to the need for better health service is a big part of the work of Health Poverty Action.
 
Equipping the affected communities to voice their concerns to their local authorities is an important part of this; however they also campaign to the governments of leading nations to lead the way in providing better health services to victimized and marginalized people. In theory this will help everyone, not just those people that Health Poverty Action already runs programmes for.

This is the first time that I have the opportunity to run in the london event and I am really looking forward to the experience. I ran 3 hrs and 15 minutes in Dubai earlier in the year and I am looking to run around 3hrs 20 mins in London. This is my main fund raising activity this year so please support this worthy cause.  Please help me make a difference by making a donation to my Virgin Money Giving page.

To find out more about what I’m doing and why, please visit http://www.virginmoneygiving.com/DavidHunt1 where you can also sponsor me online.

Don’t forget to tick the box to reclaim Gift Aid on your donation if you’re a UK tax payer. Virgin Money Giving will pass this on in full to charity, making your donation go even further.

Thanks for your support,

David

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