Paris dash and more for Children in Crisis

A fearless team from Barclays Capital chose to support Children in Crisis in the ultimate challenge of physical and mental strength – The Enduro Challenge.  The challenge held over the August Bank Holiday weekend in 2009 saw six teams from the city battle it out in a triathlon relay race from London to Paris.  The race itself consisted of relay teams of six people running 150km to Dover, swimming 40km from Dover to Calais and then cycling 300km from Calais to the Eiffel Tower and the quickest team won. The Barclays Capital team came a close second behind Credit Suisse, but were winners in our eyes. The team raised an amazing £16,600 for our work through a variety of different fundraising activities.

Since the challenge, Barclays Capital decided to top-up the amount raised so that we can build a new school in Liberia. Construction will begin in River Cess County in autumn this year and will start accepting pupils in September 2011. 300 more children in River Cess will soon have a fully functional school to go to with properly trained teachers.

Thank you Barclays Capital for your support!