A team of volunteers have successfully completed a charity run of the City of London bridges.
The post lockdown charity run saw a team of 22 runners complete the challenge in socially distanced pairs to help raise awareness of orphan causes supported by the Bethnal Green based Lonely Orphans charity.
Lonely Orphans is a UK based charity working to serve others in order to help orphans and the vulnerable among them around the world. The team endeavour to empower the disadvantaged by giving aid with dignity to help fight poverty and injustice for a better future.
Lonely Orphans have been working with the Rohingya people since 2013. Dubbed the most persecuted ethnic group on Earth, the organisation has helped thousands of vulnerable women and children with emergency food, shelter, medicine among many other amenities.
Abul Hussain, 31 commented, “We had such a great vibe here today. We ran in pairs and got lots of nice greetings from tourists visiting London. I’m really pleased that the team did so well and would like to say thank you to everyone who has supported us.”
Lonely Orphans fundraising manager Md Imran added, “We’re really pleased we missed the rain today. The camaraderie between our team was great even though we were socially distanced whilst running. The bond within the team was so good that all the runners who finished stayed on at the end to cheer those who came after.
“At Lonely Orphans we are dedicated to supporting orphans and it was really nice to be greeted so positively by tourists visiting our great city!”
For their efforts the team raised over £6000.