With interim payments approaching we thought we’d give you yet another incentive to help you stay focused, save hard, reach your fundraising goal and ultimately get to go on your trip of a lifetime!

We really want you to make it and get to experience everything Kenya, Tanzania and Borneo have to offer.

To prove how much we want you to make it, everyone who gets their payment to us on time will be entered in to our prize draw with the chance to win the following:

3 x 1st Prize – ipod shuffle

5 x 2nd Prizes – Mountain Kit bag

5 x 3rd Prizes – Adventure First Aid Kit

30 x Runner Up Prizes – A head torch

If you are lucky enough to be a winner, we will contact you after the draw has taken place in October.

Thank you to everyone who has already made their interim payment and well done for getting this far!

Best of luck with your fundraising efforts this summer, and we look forward to seeing you all again soon.

If you have any problems or questions at all please remember you can contact us on 0844 8001127 or give us a shout on fundraising@campsinternational.com, we’re here to help!

I just had a glance through our Facebook Fan page and it’s really inspiring to see all the effort that travelers are making to raise funds for the school expeditions or gap year travel with us. Recently I heard that some chap has been sitting in a tub of baked beans outside his local supermarket to raise a few extra pounds. Now that’s innovation and determination! We know its not easy but we also know that there is so much more gratification in working hard to raise money for your trip especially since it is all about helping towards a cause greater than ourselves so hat tip to all!

Meanwhile, we thought that this little fund raising story might be an inspiration to you. A group of lads who call themselves the Chuckle Brothers Football Club undertook a ‘fun run’ the other to raise funds for the various projects run by Camps International by way of a thank you as Camps had sponsored their football kits for the season. They set themselves a £500 target and shot through that it no time and as of today have raised £706!

Big thanks to these chaps and for everyone out there raising funds, good luck – you know it’s worth it. And don’t forget we are here to help you in any way we can!

Well I guess it’s my own fault!

When I asked Rachel Gallagher to take on the role as Chair of our affiliated charity, the Camps International Trust I should have anticipated the ‘order’ to sign up for the BUPA 10k run in London on 25th May. She clearly has absolutely no concern for the fact that I am supremely unfit and fast approaching forty so sympathies not forthcoming, I am now on the campaign trail and training like Rocky Balboa.

Complaining aside, I am super fired up to be running for a cause I feel passionately about. Let me outline the exact cause that proceeds from my sweat and tears will go to here and I hope you will take a couple of minutes to dip into your pocket and sponsor me. You can either donate via my just giving page here or complete the attached sponsor form. Please note that my just giving page will expire on the day of the run.

Our aim is to raise money to create a feeding programme for Sasenyi Primary school in the Rukinga Sanctuary on the outskirts of Tsavo National Park, Kenya. Since the post election troubles in Kenya there has been an acute shortage of maize. Currently the situation is very bleak for children at the school. They have one small meal at night in their homes. The next morning they have a cup of water before walking to school. For some of them this can be up to 2 hours. At school they have nothing all day, not even water, before returning home again in the evening. Our programme would aim to feed the 600 pupils at the primary school, aged roughly from 7 – 15, and 200 under 7’s from the pre primary school. Camps International Trust has a team of 15 runners. The minimum sponsorship we are looking for is £350. This would feed all 800 children for half of the school year. £700 from every runner would provide a meal for every child every day they attend school for a whole year.

Kids from Sasenyi School

Each kilometre we run will add another week to our feeding programme and I hope you will find the time and inspiration to make a donation.

Many thanks,

Stuart Rees Jones
MD Camps