Monday, 9 June 2008

Thank you folks!


I'd like to say a huge thank you to all who have donated to my chosen charity, the Brooke Hospital for Animals in Cairo, and their care for working animals in the world's poorest communities in Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Afghanistan and the Middle East.

To my sisters Rosemary and Jill.

To my friends from St Johns Church and the village of Rowlands Castle: Valerie, Jane, Carol, Terry, Marion, Eileen, Chris, Anne, Paul, Lizzy, Adam, Alan, Melva, Ian, Fionn, Mary, Zoe, Chris, Bob, Bill, Roger, Bob, Barbara, Mary, Betty, Heather, Mel, Mary, Carol, Chrissie, Anne, Graham, Pam, Diane, Pam, Peter, Buffy, Peter, Christine, Pearl, Frances, Meryl.

To my Southsea Shakespeare Actors friends Lesley, Giles, Terry, Fay.

To Archaeologists Jan, Angie, Pat, Sue and Eclipse chasers David and Irene.

To my fellow Star Trekkers Chris, Lesley-Anne, Jeanette, Jo, Mary.

To my vet and nurse colleagues: Joe, Ellen, Lauren, Sam, Sharon, Simon, Elspeth, Sarita, Carly, Vicente, Stephen, Kevin, Sara, Vicky, Sian, Elaine, Tracy, Laura, Elaine, Liz, Sarah, Lucy, Sally, Janie and Hayley.

To my patients - pets and their owners: Dolly Miles, Bill Wilkins, Abby Young, Bosun Gunnell, Suki West, Oscar Matthews, Ceilidh Watson, Charlie Snelling, Barbie Tubbs, Jordan Smith, Lucky Smith, Candy Locke, Fluffy Paine, Susie Dollery, Jessie Green, Albert Gardiner, Jessie Smith, Holly Walmsley, Billy Batt, Alice Metcalfe, Allsorts Munday, Bubbles Flower, Amber Jeffery, Sassy Perkis, Fatty Fletcher, Floyd Ripley, Tallulah Hammond-Hunt, Pippa Hill, Billy Edwards, Flopsy Jackson, Jester Gould, Ally White, Nigel Mandrupson, Bonny Mays, Dinah Holman, Billy Mallice, Abby Charles, Flick Denton, Kizzie Crichton, Jock Freeman, Bertie Ward, Bailey Thomas, Bonnie Whipp, Millie Claydon, Sophie Gray, Domino Scott, Polly Gibbons, Florence Armitage, Milton Doherty, Betty Woodley, Jet Lay, Sienna Fenner, Angel Legg, Dandelion Conroy, Dixie Hewer, Gypsy Martin, Blue Charron, Martin Jones, Chester Curtis, Patch Clarke, Lilli Pickett, Charlie Morton Mason, Max Whitehouse, Archie Cox, Ben Latter, Lucy Lancaster, Poppy Cheal, Jessie Stichbury, Gus Coldwell, Louis Holcombe, Toffee Fay, Cassidy Germaine, Dolly Lamming.

And very special thanks to Connor Trinneer of Star Trek: Enterprise and Stargate: Atlantis for his support.
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WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT?

On 29th June 2008 I will be plunging towards Wiltshire from an aircraft at 10,000 ft - experiencing freefall and attempting a safe landing in the company of 2 instructors but depending on MY OWN PARACHUTE! YES, IT'S NOW A SOLO JUMP! Why? Well, I love flying but have no head for heights. Scary! But it's something I'd love to do - and more than that - I hope it will raise some money for a charity - the Brooke Hospital for Animals. 'The Brooke' work across the Middle East, South Asia, Africa and South America operating 66 mobile teams and 13 field clinics to provide much needed veterinary care for 650,000 working horses, donkeys and mules a year. An average of 6 people are dependent on each working animal, so the livelihoods of three million people are at stake. And around 80% of the ailments treated are the result of owner ignorance or poverty. The Brooke use education to help change this, and work with local people to find long-lasting solutions to the equine problems they encounter, placing particular emphasis on educating and involving children in good welfare practices. The working animals they reach are mostly used to transport people and carry or pull loads of food, goods, building materials or bricks. They work in the harshest of terrain for long hours at temperatures of up to 50 degrees celsius. And the loads borne and the harness worn can be cruel. These practices can be changed. And the Brooke have an on-going programme to install portable water troughs and shade shelters in places where the working animals congregate. The Brooke are working with Bristol University Veterinary School to study the suffering of working animals in the developing world, identify the worse problems and determine the most effective ways of ending that suffering.
A little money goes a long way. £2 could pay for treatment of one emergency case, £10 could pay for anti-rabies vaccinations for 20 horses or donkeys, £25 could shoe 45 horses, £38 could pay for a community educator for a week in a village. £50 could pay for an entire mobile team including fuel, staff and medicines fr one day, £90 for medicines for a week, £250 would install a hand pump and water trough providing fresh water for a whole community.
I'm willing to throw myself from a plane - are you willing to sponsor me? I would be so grateful if you would! Thank you!

About Me

Rowlands Castle, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Vet, animal lover, bookworm, tv addict, sometime adventurer, globe trotter, Christian, trekkie, archaeologist and football fan with a taste for chinese food and fish and chips