Adventure update!

Feliz finde!  Happy Friday!

The may adventure has been postponed to later in June due to a streak of bad weather in Barcelona. The good news, this is accessible to anyone in Barcelona who might be interested to join. I'm going by bicycle, but electrical bikes can be procured in addition to mopeds!  If you're interested to join send me a message!

We're off now to Asturias & Galicia in Spain before we head in to Portugal. Stay tuned...we hope for our road trip to be adventure filled...with an adventure helping to check an item off of my bucket list-learning to surf and wind surf!  Learning will certainly be an adventure as its something in quite scared of!  On our way home from Portugal we have something up our sleeve in the Sierra Nevada mountains of Spain. 

Harpers bazaar uk

Read the article about WFWI UK director Brita Fernandez Schmidt below. 

As Brita points out you can sponsor a woman for 22£/month. There is generally a personal interaction. When my sponsored sister graduated I received a letter telling me all she has learned. Only last week I received another letter from my newly sponsored sister just beginning her one year educational journey. 

http://www.harpersbazaar.co.uk/going-out/who-what-where/my-big-idea-women-for-women-international

(From the IRC website) The response to Syria Crisis

Map and photos: IRC response to Syria crisis

May 29, 2013
By The IRC

One in every four Syrians has been displaced by a devastating civil war.  A staggering 1.5 million people have been forced to flee the country — with thousands more crossing borders every day as violence surges.  More than one-third of these refugees are children under 12, some of whom left their homes without a close relative.  

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is on the ground to help. This infographic and the following photos illustrate how your support is translating into lifesaving assistance both within Syria and in neighboring countries:

 

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At two IRC clinics inside Syria, medical teams provide primary health care and medication to children and their parents and pre- and post-natal care to women. 

Photo: Peter Biro/IRC

 

 

We work with partners to deliver medical supplies and provide emergency medical services across Syria’s combat zones. 

Photo: Peter Biro/IRC
 

 

Three IRC schools at camps inside Syria serve 1,000 children by providing education and counseling to help them cope with trauma. We also reunite children and families who were separated while fleeing violence in Syria.

Photo: Peter Biro/IRC
 

 

We have built showers, latrines and sewage systems and provided clean water to 30,000 displaced people in northern Syria.

Photo: Peter Biro/IRC

 

How to Help

Donate Now: Humanitarian crisis in Syria

 

Your donation will help deliver medical care, emergency supplies and other critical aid to Syrian families in need.

 

Posted in Children & Youth, Emergency Response, HIV/Aids, Humanitarian Aid, Mothers, War, Education,Syria Crisis, Syria, Middle East, Iraq, Jordan | Tags: refugees, emergency relief, humanitarian aid, Syrian refugees

By the way, if you're Barcelona or the surrounding area and are interested to come along please send a message!

May adventure!

This month has been tough trying to nail down the may adventure between the chilly pyrenees and rain in Barcelona. This weekends original adventure has been snowed out but I've managed to revise a new plan for early next week. It will incorporate my brompton, pepi in the basket, and will reach the top of two hills taken into consideration in Gaudis planning of the Sagrada Familia. Any guesses?

Adventure Marathons

For those of you who like to travel, run, and/or adventure I would like to share with you one of my favorite sights to visit.

In 2012 we ran the Polar Circle Marathon-the event is so fun, but its also an incredible way to see Greenland. Later this year we will be heading to Myanmar for the Bagan Temple Marathon, and we hope in the future to make it to China for the Great Wall Marathon.  (Which can be run as a 1/2 marathon or 10K as well for those not interested in the full race.)

For more information check out their website: http://www.adventure-marathon.com/

Happy Training!

News news news!

Super excited for the latest news that this summer two of my sisters have set goals to begin training for a 1/2 ironman!
Another sister will be doing a 3 day walk for raising awareness for Breast Cancer.
At the same time we've received the wonderful news that our friend Angus, with whom we completed our first challenge, has successfully climbed the North Face of Mount Everest!  Big Congratulations to him and his efforts of fundraising for his own charity Playground for Nepal.
Adventure Rangers are out in Force!

Speaking of Adventures....my May adventure will be coming soon.  Any guesses?  We've had a few....the closest guess will earn a donation in your name to WFWI from Eric Stewart of Viridian Energy.