The Morocco Hitch

Dear readers of Confucius at Oxford,

The question I got most often after completing my Channel Swim was, "So, what are you doing next?" or "What's your next challenge?"

I've resolved to do a fund-raising event for charity every year, and I am pleased to announce the event for 2006: The Morocco Hitch.

In April, Xin Hui and I will be hitch-hiking to Morocco to raise funds for Link Community Development, a UK charity that works for the improvement of education in Southern and Eastern Africa.

Please consider donating to LCD. You can visit our website for more information, or go straight to the donation portal if you'd like to donate straightaway.

Just £5 could pay for education support workers to visit a school; just £10 could pay to train a teacher at an HIV/AIDS workshop or a literacy workshop, or buy a desk for a child who now studies on the floor.

Thank you so much!

EDIT: As you may notice, the datestamp on this entry has been changed from the 10th to the 7th. That's because we will be setting off on the morning of the 7th instead in order to try to get to Morocco before Spain comes to a complete standstill around the Easter holiday.

Please visit the Morocco Hitch blog for updates on our adventure. We also have a friends-only blog which we will be continually updating through the day. You can get access to this blog with just a small donation of £10 to Link Community Development. Go to www.JustGiving.com/Morocco06 to donate. To follow us on the road, please go to http://www.lcd.org.uk/events/hitch/hts.html and search for "Thum".

So far, we've raised a whopping total of £1,652 (not including gift aid) for LCD! £700 of that has been online and the rest came from offline donors. It's a fantastic amount and will make a huge difference in the lives of many children in Africa.

Wish us luck- here we go!