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A Few words about why I'm walking

Hello I'm Andy Dennis. In 2011 I aim to raise £16,800 (or multiples thereof) for MSF.

This figure represents the £1400 per month to put TWO volunteers in the field for one year. I am going to raise this money by walking from Amsterdam to Barcelona (chosen as they are the HQ's of the two sections of MSF for whom I have worked).

I am a Staff Nurse on the Intensive Care Unit at Harrogate District Hospital. As well as working within the NHS I work with Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders).

MSF is a non political, non religious medical organisation working in around 60 countries. I was attracted to work for MSF because of their independence and by the fact that they are usually the first to provide care for those suffering through conflict, epidemic and natural disaster. I have now worked on two operations with MSF in Uganda in 2005 and Sudan in 2008.

The first mission was based in Displaced Persons camps in the war torn north of Uganda. The second was involved in the setting up of health care clinics in the similarly volatile south of Sudan on the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. The populations of both regions were terrrorised by a rebel group called the Lords Resistance Army who have maimed tortured, displaced or killed millions over a 20+ year period.

I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to work with MSF and I now wish to help provide this opportunity for others.

My Walk It is a distance of around 2000 miles including a 400 mile section over the Alps. I expect the walk to take around five and a half months and I am grateful to my bosses at Harrogate District Hospital ITU for allowing me time to pursue this venture.

I will be funding all aspects of the walk myself and ALL money donated here goes to MSF.

If you wish to contact me or have any ideas about publicity or fundraising (including Corporate sponsorship by ethically sound companies) please use: den0172@hotmail.com I am very happy to attend meetings to give talks about MSF and the walk .

 

Thank you Andy

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A Few words about why I'm walking

Hello I'm Andy Dennis. In 2011 I aim to raise £16,800 (or multiples thereof) for MSF. This figure represents the £1400 per month to put TWO volunteers in the field for one year. I am going to raise this money by walking from Amsterdam to Barcelona (chosen as they are the HQ's of the two sections of MSF for whom I have worked).

I am a Staff Nurse on the Intensive Care Unit at Harrogate District Hospital. As well as working within the NHS I work with Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders).

MSF is a non political, non religious medical organisation working in around 60 countries. I was attracted to work for MSF because of their independence and by the fact that they are usually the first to provide care for those suffering through conflict, epidemic and natural disaster. I have now worked on two operations with MSF in Uganda in 2005 and Sudan in 2008.

The first mission was based in Displaced Persons camps in the war torn north of Uganda. The second was involved in the setting up of health care clinics in the similarly volatile south of Sudan on the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. The populations of both regions were terrrorised by a rebel group called the Lords Resistance Army who have maimed tortured, displaced or killed millions over a 20+ year period.

I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to work with MSF and I now wish to help provide this opportunity for others.

My Walk It is a distance of around 2000 miles including a 400 mile section over the Alps. I expect the walk to take around five and a half months and I am grateful to my bosses at Harrogate District Hospital ITU for allowing me time to pursue this venture.

I will be funding all aspects of the walk myself and ALL money donated here goes to MSF. If you wish to know more about MSF please see the website : msf.org.uk/ If you wish to contact me or have any ideas about publicity or fundraising (including Corporate sponsorship by ethically sound companies) please use: den0172@hotmail.com I am very happy to attend meetings to give talks about MSF and the walk .

 

Thank you Andy