Updated on Dec 9th 2012 at 7:20 PM from the JustGiving API

Thanks to all that have donated. Inshallah we will pray for you all

Updated on Dec 6th 2012 at 4:47 PM from the JustGiving API

Salams thanks for all who have donated so far! It's all going for a good cause!

We , Abbas (14 years ) and Mohamedjawad (12 years)  have decided to take on a challenge  to give up our school holidays in favour of helping to raise funds to give a better life to those in need. 

This December, we will be walking 80km across war-torn Iraq for three days (from Najaf to Karbala).  In the daytime the scorching dessert sun will be bearing down on us and in the evenings we will rest in makeshift tents, when the blistering cold takes over and temperatures rapidly plummet.


The money you sponsor will bring light into 4000 homes in villages around Karbala who currently have no access to electricity. The lighting of their homes will enable the family to be safer in the dark, avoid inhalation of diesel fumes indoors, burns due to naked flames and allow children to study after dark. Through Lady Fatemah Trust (a UK based charity who take 0% commission) all your donations will go directly to funding this project:


£150 helps in fabrication and maintenance of one solar lantern in a poor rural household – that’s just £2 per kilometre of the walk.


£300 pays for the installation and maintenance of one fixed solar lighting unit in a rural non-electrified household – that’s just £4 per kilometre of the walk.

£600 trains 4 people to install and maintain solar panels for households in 6 months – that’s just £8 per kilometre of the walk.



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