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Support our runners on Sunday 6th April

WDEF supporters will meet at Embankment Tube at 9:00 am. The runners leave Westminster at 9:20 so they’ll pass by at around 9:30. We’ll then make our way to Somerset House and wait for their arrival around 10:30 and finally (after a brisk walk down the Strand) we’ll cheer their arrival in Trafalgar Square.

The five runners fundraising for WDEF with their Race Numbers

Click on their names to go to their individual JustGiving pages and use their numbers to track them on the London Landmarks Half Marathon app

Noor Mourad 1070

Sol Harris-Woodfin 1073

Rayan Mourad 1074

Milton Tomic 1123

Christine Crawford-Brunt 7764

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The build begins

It’s very early days, but this video brings home to the members and supporters of WDEF and our Ethiopian partner WADA, that we have passed the point of no return. The plot of land has been kindly donated by Workneh’s family to WADA, the permissions of the local authorities obtained, plans made, the local community brought onboard, the site secured and work commenced on the foundations.

WDEF has transferred £10,000 to enable WADA to do this work which represents about 1/3 of the funds raised so far. We estimate we will need over £100K to complete the kindergarten so both ourselves and WADA are ramping up our fundraising activities.

Community members are contributing skills, labour and equipment, and WADA are exploring fundraising opportunities in Ethiopia. Western funders prefer to fund end users directly to make sure the maximum benefit is received by the end users. We’re suggesting funders that we’ve identified who WADA might approach.