Throughout 2011 I've agreed to undertake a host of challenges in support of my favourite charities. The first of the many challenges requires me to learn to drive an articulated lorry in just two weeks, and then drive much needed aid across Europe to Belarus in support of my newest charity - Chernobyl Children's Project UK.
This doesn't sound like much of a challenge really, I hear you say! You'd be wrong if you thought that...firstly, learning to drive an articulated lorry requires me to pass three separate tests, not to mention a medical! Once I've successfully passed these hurdles, I then need to source the lorry and the aid to fill it with. All of this has to be completed in record time as I am due to be in Belarus by the beginning of April, and still don't have my provisional licence from the DVLA etc etc...as you can see there is more to this challenge than meets the eye.
Believe it or not it's 25 years since the tragic accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, and I'm eager that we do everything we can to help the thousands of children still suffering as a result of the fallout. Belarus was by far the worst affected area in Europe, and the Chernobyl Children's Project has been working tirelessly since 1995 to provide real tangible support to the victims. I'm hoping that readers of Jeremy's Whispers will be generous and make donations to help us improve the situation for so many children throughout Belarus, and I will of course be keeping you updated on progress, and ways in which you can lend your support.A an enormous thank you goes to Nick Harvey of RSM Driver Training in Basildon, Essex, who has generously agreed to fund and provide the all important training needed for this challenge to succeed!
