I’m not sure what made me do it, but I've signed myself up
for a five kilometre run at the end of July.
I've bemoaned the fact that I’m not running any more. I’m
over weight, and well over my running weight. I've had the flu. I just miss being
really fit. So this is the next exercise challenge. To run five kilometres by the
end of July which is really a doable challenge if I train smart. I know what to
do. My legs know what to do. My lungs will have to be reminded what to do and
all should be fine. I’m not putting a time limit on this, just turn up, do the
run and go home.
I’m also going to raise a bit of money for charity on this
mission. I had to think long and hard about this. I have friends and family with
MS. Thankfully they are all doing really well. I have a friend with this
dreadful thing called Myelofibrosis, but he’s okay at the moment. I've given a
lot to breast cancer over the years. We have ovarian cancer in the family. All
brilliant charities to run for.
However this time, the choice came to me within minutes. I've
set up a website to collect money for the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, a
charity that provides advocacy, aid and advice to recent Asylum Seekers who make
it in to our country.
I am deeply shamed at the way Asylum Seekers are treated by
our government, particularly those who are harboured in concentration camps in
Nauru and Manus Island. Like all people, I don’t want people drowning at sea
making the perilous voyage across the sea to Christmas Island funding unscrupulous people smugglers– however, we do
have a responsibility to treat all Asylum Seekers with respect and dignity and
ensure that they processing is thorough as well as compassionate. That we are
locking up minors is even more shameful. That these people have no recourse to
counselling, education, medical or legal assistance, even worse. That a man has died in our care. That many other are suffering in squalid conditions is appauling.
It’s contravening so many basic
human rights and international laws.
Anyway, off my soap box. If you’d like to sponsor me, please click on this link. The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre does brilliant work and
they make the most out of any donations they receive.
And once again, if you have a few dollars to spare and would like to sponsor me, follow the link below:
Cheers,
Pand
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