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3 Mar 2009

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Hi everybody,

I have decided to take part in the ISPCA challenge of raising €5,000 (approx $6,350 USD) to help save the Orangutans of Borneo rain forest, Indonesia, from extinction.

By participating in the ISPCA Borneo Challenge, you will not only be helping cruelly treated and neglected animals in Ireland. You will also be helping to support the indigenous habitat, people and animals of North East Asia by engaging in green eco tourism.

-ISPCA

These beautiful creatures are predicted to have just 10 years left of survival. I am doing this by taking part in trekking the highest peak of south east Asia at 4,101 meters, Mount Kinabalu. This will require a serious amount of training to take on such a challenge. The trek begins on the 5th of July 2010 until the 18th of July.

Following our successful summit we travel to the Kabili-Sepilok forest reserve. This reserve is used by students and scientists from all over the world and is also used by the Wildlife Department for their Orang-utan Rehabilitation project. We finish our challenge by assisting with some practical projects, making a real difference to the conservation efforts in the area and having the opportunity to have a behind the scenes guided tour of the Orang-utan sanctuary.

-ISPCA

In order to do this I need your help to raise €5,000. I will be putting my own contributions from the money I earn on a regular basis. I will also be organizing a few events to raise money which I will keep you all informed about.

I will keep this blog up to date on my day to day progression trying to raise the money. If we’re successful I’ll be able to write about my experiences in Borneo and post pictures. If we don’t manage to reach the target, we still will have helped greatly an animal in serious danger of extinction.

Your thoughts and input are important to me, so please let me know what you think

To find out more about the trek, visit the official ISPCA website.

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Hey Fran, just want to say that I think what you’re doing is really great. You have my loving support. Your Brother.

Jimi 3.Mar.2009 2:54 pm
Fran, just want to say that you’ve started on a great adventure and that we can all be so proud of you for putting all your heart into this action. Saving the ourang-utan and the planet is no small task, and each action count. I hope that you can inspire many others on the way, as help is urgently needed if we don’t want to wipe the whole life out of this planet. May the wind push you towards Borneo and up this big mountain!! Nathalie

Nathalie 4.Mar.2009 2:14 pm
Fair play for what you are doing Fran, I’ll definitely try to donate something for this.. only ten years- I can’t believe it!
(Also I think you could be the only person whose ‘where do you see yourself in ten years time’ answer was an apt prediction!)

Emily Glynn 4.Mar.2009 5:19 pm
@Emily Glynn Hey thanks for saying you’ll sponsor me! I know it’s strange must be my inner child coming back out, I just really wanted to do something to help and I saw this and thought, hey, I wanted to do something like this since I was a in first class! Ha ha… So now is the time to do it! Hope it works!

Fran 5.Mar.2009 11:10 am
Fran you’ve been talking about this since you were in nappies

Jimi 7.Mar.2009 1:13 pm
Hey Fran,

Cool website! Good luck with the training for the mini-marathon and hope you get the pub quiz sorted soon.

Maeve

Maeve 19.Mar.2009 5:20 pm

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