A few of our brilliant fundraisers
Lynne, Beth & Jo Ashbridge
The Ashbridges took on challenges across two continents to raise money for our JAAGO playspace project.
At the age of 62, Lynne completed her first half marathon - the Great North Run, with Jo. Beth covered a marathon distance (26.2 miles) in a series of events in New York over 6 months. They crossed the finish lines on the same day and raised an amazing £2,484.
Hear from Lynne.
“If I can help AzuKo improve lives then running 13.1 miles is a small task to undertake... spread the word.”
Hannah Davey
Hannah is one of our amazing volunteers, giving her time to AzuKo. She led a team from MTT Limited to run the Nuclear Race.
They battled 7km of seriously muddy terrain, and raised £396 for our work.
Ruth Baker
Ruth is an AzuKo champion, and has been since we began. As well as supporting our projects with her design skills, she set herself the challenge to devour 1,000 miles.
After a year and half, Ruth crossed the finish line at her final event. What an achievement. She raised £554 for both AzuKo and CRASH. We know how many hills she climbed - Ruth we salute you!
“Having turned 30 at Christmas I decided, in an early mid-life crisis moment, to set myself a challenge to raise some money for two amazing charities and complete 1000 miles by means of running, cycling or walking.”
Ed Sayce
Ed has known the AzuKo team since 2012, when he worked as a volunteer with SAFE in northwest Bangladesh. He joined the team to build a new double-storey bamboo house for the Rana family in Jogen Babu Maath slum.
He set his sights on the Bournemouth marathon to raise money for our work. He smashed his target in under 3hr 45mins and raised £1,384. Go Ed - the marathon man!
Read Ed and Ruth’s journey.
If you'd like to take on a challenge as part of #teamazuko and fundraise for us, please get in touch.
Laura Evans
Laura Evans joined 57,000 runners for the Great North Run on 11 September 2016. Starting in Newcastle, the 13.1 mile route took runners through the city centre towards the River Tyne.
Originally from Sunderland, Laura received an amazing set of A-Level results this summer, and has just started studying Geography at Manchester University. Laura raised a fabulous £186.
“It’s clear that AzuKo is very unique and is making a huge impact to lots of different communities. ”
Justin Brown and Jo Ashbridge
Justin and Jo ran the Paris Marathon on 3 April 2016... 26.2 miles in the blistering heat. They raised a staggering £2,507 for our project in JBM slum. The money will be used to improve living conditions. Amazing efforts!
The team discuss their marathon.
