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My story

This May, I’m walking 70k with my border terrier, Logie, to raise funds to  support families experiencing poverty and struggling to feed their children.  

Like Fridah, a widowed grandmother living In Nairobi, who is the sole provider for her family. Fridah faced the daily struggle of earning enough money to buy food but with Christian Aid's support, she learned how to become an urban farmer. Now Fridah grows her own food to feed her family with enough left over to sell at market. Fridah has a stable source of income giving her and her family a more secure future. 

Please sponsor my 70k in May walk to help families like Fridah's.  £5 could buy seeds for a family's vegetable garden; £10 could pay for a pair of chickens that produce fertiliser; £15 could purchase hand tools to tend crops; and £30 could buy the trio of cone garden planters that host hundreds of plants in a tiny city space. 


Updates

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Christian Aid
2 weeks 4 days ago
Activity closed!

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Patricia Jones
3 weeks 4 days ago
70k achieved!

Week 3 and we have achieved our 70K! A final flourish with an early morning walk through Tatton Park yesterday. Thank you all for your support and donations. I’ve reassured Logie that we will keep on walking. The Peak District awaits us this week. 

Patricia Jones
1 month ago
Week 2 update

We crossed an international border for our walk this week - to Wales! Then back for a long walk in Tatton Park with local trips around Bowdon and Hale. We’ve now walked 56km on the challenge and are on the home stretch!

Patricia Jones
1 month 1 week ago
Week 1

Weekly total 33.5km.  Walks in Tatton Park, Dunham Massey, Dunham, along the canal, Hale and Bowdon. Logie is enjoying the challenge!

Christian Aid
1 month 1 week ago
Target reached!

Congratulations! This activity has reached its target of £150.00

Christian Aid
1 month 2 weeks ago
75% of target reached!

Congratulations! This activity has reached 75% of its target of £150.00

Christian Aid
1 month 2 weeks ago
50% of target reached!

Congratulations! This activity has reached 50% of its target of £150.00

Christian Aid
1 month 2 weeks ago
First donation received!

Congratulations! This activity has received its first donation!

How your money helps

You can support families facing the daily stress of food insecurity in Nairobi.

In the crowded and noisy settlements of Nairobi, parents like Fridah wake up knowing they must earn money – otherwise their children won’t eat that evening. But with tools, seeds and training from our partner, Beacon of Hope, families can grow nutritious vegetables in small city spaces and grow hope for the future.

Every pound you raise could help:

  • provide seeds and tools so people can grow food in small spaces.
  • fund training so people can plan ahead and protect their livelihoods.
  • support community-led projects that strengthen food security and incomes. 
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Fridah tending her urban farm in Dagoretti, Nairobi Credit: Christian Aid / David Macharia
Fridah tending her urban farm in Dagoretti, Nairobi
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