It’s Day 21 of our month of movement and the kilometres are going past as fast as the days. 3 weeks of GGRTW 2022 and the total stands at £19,299. We’re entering the final 10 days of the challenge so now’s the time to really step things up – can you do an extra lap this week or if you’ve broken through the target you set yourself, why not make a new one? We can do this!
You can also see our progress between our partner countries as our virtual race continues apace. It’s exciting to see the connections growing as well as the money ticking up.
What an encouragement and we continue to be so grateful and inspired by everyone who has signed up and is moving and raising money to support our educational programmes in South Africa, Cambodia, Haiti, India and more.
SPEAKING OF INSPIRING – Introducing one of our teams: Step Change
Step Change is a team formed by Britt Burnett, some of whom have been best friends from university and some are ex colleagues. Together they are showing us what “girl power” means to them and have set themselves a 10k steps/day challenge and a fundraising target of a whopping £10k.
Alex Brown, one of Step Change’s members said: “I’m motivated to move for Global Girl Project to enable more daughters around the world realise their full potential” And Vicky Lee-Boiten said “It’s one way I remind myself about the privileges I’ve grown up with that I frequently take for granted – peace, stability, access to education and healthcare. I’m moving for GGP to help another girl. Girls for girls!”
Step Change are really enjoying taking part in GGRTW this March, spurring each other on, sharing podcasts and creating a spotify playlist with a song of the day to keep them showing #whoruntheworld.
WHY I GIVE
We asked one of our fundraisers to share why they have signed up to GGRTW and this is what they said:
With all that is going on in the world around us, it can feel overwhelming to determine “where to start” when it comes to helping others or making an impact within our communities. Before now, I’ve found myself dwelling on the question of “where do I start,” and not getting past that point. But now, I’ve chosen somewhere to start – with a month of movement as a part of GGP’s GGRTW fundraiser –, knowing that doing something is better than doing nothing. Knowing that I contribute to the collective fight we’re in, whether we like to think we’re in a fight or not.
Something that Julia Lynch, Founder of Global Girl Project, shared with me changed my perspective on what it means to fight…
“The fight is to have power over our lives, within our communities (whether local or global). That is the fight for anyone who feels an imbalance of power – whether you are a woman, POC, identify as queer, as transgender. It is the same fight to be seen as equal; to have agency over our own lives. That is what we are fighting for, and that is the work of Global Girl Project.”
This resonated because it means that we are all fighting the same fight, so jumping to action means making an impact on the collective. To me, participating in Global Girls Run the World 2022 is helping to fight this fight. I encourage you to do the same.