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GB Group's Annual Fundraising Initiative - the ID3® Challenge

"When the going got tough, I just kept thinking that every metre climbed was another goat or square metre of land towards our farm in Nepal!"
(Participant in the 2006 ID3 Challenge)

The story so far…

To date, GB Group has raised over £22,000 for a charity in the Southern Terai region of Nepal with its two annual ID3® Challenges. The funds raised support the Friendship Clinic Nepal which provides medical facilities, kindergardens and now, thanks to GB, a full-blown farm in the village of Meghauli in Southern Nepal.

In January 2008 GB invited the Nepalese chairman of the Friendship Clinic Nepal, Hari Bhanadary, to visit the company and receive a cheque for over £9,000 raised since last July (2007). Richard Law, GB’s Chief Executive, explained: “We chose to support the Friendship Clinic Nepal after we realised just how far our money could go to improve the lives of the people in Meghauli. For instance, when the farm cow that we paid for in 2007 gave birth to a female calf last year, the increased milk production meant we can now supply the village kindergarten with all the milk it needs – and the savings this represents paid for an additional midwife at the Clinic!”

Three members of GB’s staff based in Chester recently returned from a trip out to Nepal to see first hand the work that was being funded by the company. Richard Law said “We wanted to see for ourselves just how the money we raise is being used. And it was a very sobering and humbling experience”

The 2008 ID3 Challenge

Over 50 members of staff participated in this year’s ID3 Challenge which took place on the 11th July 2008. This year we chose to do the Yorkshire 3 Peaks with a target to complete them all inside 12 hours! The Walk was a very demanding but rewarding 24 mile walk, which took place in the summits of Pen-y-ghent (694 metres - 2,276 feet), Whernside (736 metres - 2,415 feet) and Ingleborough (723 metres 2,372 feet) all in one circular route.

This year’s challenge raised money to further develop the community's independence by funding a project that will provide a filtration system for fresh water for drinking and sanitation. For more information on the Friendship Clinic Nepal, visit www.clinic-nepal.org.uk or contact GB on 01244 657 333 or email marketing@gb.co.uk.