The walk, which Catherine and Andy have been planning for over a year will be a fundraising event. People from across the UK and around the world are pledging sponsorship for a successful completion of the walk.

Working with the Rotary Club of Dronfield, Derbyshire of which I am a member we can use match funding for up to 50% of the funds we raise under the international section of our challenge. In reality this means that for every �1000 we raise that Rotary Foundation will match it with �500. Now that really is making money work.

Our previous project completed on June 27th 2003 has seen the installation of a spectrophotometer and Ultra Sound Scanner in a neo-natal hospital in San Juan, an extremely socially deprived town in Argentina. The new equipment will enable the hospital to identify difficulties with the unborn child much earlier than at present and before the lives of child and mother are at risk. The value of this project alone was over �8,500.