Stephanie joins CAFOD to Run to the Beat

Stephanie Richards from Dorridge explains why she chose CAFOD to support with her running: “A lot of people have asked me why I have decided to do this, and some have further suggested that maybe I could have chosen a cause more locally. However, like many other people, I have been brought to tears by the images of poverty, suffering and desperation flashed across our television screens and in newspapers. The fact that this is not happening on our doorsteps does not make the tragedy any less real. There is enough food in the world to go around, we in the West have more than enough. Yet people are dying of starvation. It seems wrong, pointless and unfair. As CAFOD says, we are one world. Any donation, small or large, can change a life. When I am running on September 25th, I will think of the people in Africa, and count myself lucky that I get to have something to eat and something to drink at the end of the race.”  Sponsor Stephanie at www.justgiving.com/stephanie-richards3