HAVE YOU DONATED?? I know that I have. I wondered whether I could afford to donate £100.00 for their cause of raising between £20,000 to £60,000 for clear drinking water in their remote village, and immediate hang my head in shame. What is it to me, a few items of new clothes less? 3 or 4 pairs less of new shoes?
http://www.greenforce.org/maasai_marathon/
As I wrote in my blog a few days ago when watching BBC Breakfast, that the Masai Warriors are here. They are kindly, beautiful, every inch the warrior. In their magnificent traditional jewelry, accessories, capes, homemade running shoes, made from car tyres. Their smiles light up the studio even more than the studio lightings could have. The spokesperson, Ishaya, in his softly accented English, answered the questions with wonderful sense of humour and spirit. They don't have watches to check their time, They said that running London Marathon is easy, because "there are no lions". I am sure that their village would be as remote, as beautiful, and as austere, as it is in my dreams. They endure the hardship that I, to my shame, can never imagine. They also laugh heartier, than I probably ever have. They stayed at a B & B in Kent, visited a farm, and for the first time in their lives, saw a horse, And for the first time in their lives, they saw snow and had their first snow ball fight.
They had me in tears when I saw them on BBC, that was out of my being a whimp! They are full of beans and spirit, laughter and excitement for being here and the anticipation of running the marathon. Yet a village without running water, where they walk/run miles in order to herd their animals, for hours on end to protect them from predators, have a look at them:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=YgGiSmA8FEA
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=gB1oqd7BvNA
Please donate, even £10.00 would help, you give them a quid.
