When I was thinking of the next city to walk, it had to be London. The
second city I’m most familiar with and the second city I’ve lived in
after Lagos.
The distance across London I will be walking is
approximately 67km…it’s not as long as across Lagos but I look forward
to a challenging and rewarding walk. I expect to complete the walk in 3
days starting from Fri 14th to Sun 16th Nov.
As usual, the walk is for
fun, discovery and sight-seeing experience while I would like to use the
opportunity to raise funds for a charity or two I believe needs
support.
For
#WalkAcrossLagos
in December 2012, with the support of friends, colleagues and family I
was able to raise N115,000 which was donated to the Red Cross Orphanage
in Makoko, Yaba, Lagos. This year with #WalkAcrossLondon, I am looking
to raise N200,000 to be divided equally between two charities;
1) The Red Cross of Nigeria Orphanage in Makoko, Yaba, Lagos
2)
The Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (CECP). They have an on-going
campaigning to raise money to buy 37 mobile cancer detection
machines. I appreciate their efforts in the fight against cancer.
So,
follow the journey via Twitter @alldatjas for updates on how the walk progresses and to know if I
made it.
Oh yeah, you can make a donation towards my target on my
Gofundme page...or if you prefer to donate via bank transfer to Ecobank Nigeria - Adeyinka Shorungbe, Acct No. 0021379904
Thank you.
JAS