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In August 2012 I will attach myself to helium filled balloons
with a lifting power of more than 300kg in an attempt to float
from Robben Island to the mainland shore of
Cape Town to raise
at least R1,000,000 for charity. I was born in Cape Town 1976. In
1999 and 2000 I worked as a volunteer on the Cape Town Ambulance
Service. In this role I had the opportunity to go into Red Cross
Children’s Hospital . I was immediately
struck by the staffs friendliness, caring and passionate energy
which existed to help children get well. I joined a private
company which sold surgical instruments and in 2001/2 Red Cross
Children’s Hospital was one of my clients. I then became aware
of the enormous financial pressure the hospital was under as all
the care provided, instruments purchased and salaries all cost
considerable amounts of money. Over the last 8 years I have travelled to various
countries in various roles for the same company.
About 4 years ago I decided that I wanted to raise funds for
charity and felt that I needed to choose something risky and
bizarre to grab people’s attention. I thought
that it would be wonderful to float from
Robben Island
to the
mainland carried by balloons as people around the world
know Robben Island and Cape Town for incarcerating
Nelson
Mandela during Apartheid. I plan to raise a minimum of R1,000,000 by
asking people to buy raffle tickets for £10 each, which will
enter them into a draw for a prize of four flights to Cape Town
from the UK and a week’s accommodation in the
Mount Nelson Hotel
in Cape Town. (1 weeks accomodation for four people or two
weeks for two people)
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