Kick-a-thon

Knife Crime & Gun Crime.

I understand children in London feel the need to feel protected but I will never understand the need to kill another human being for the sake of power. I'm sure none of you will forget the particularly shocking incident in which a boy was chased through Victoria station and murdered in front of hundreds of commuters in broad daylight.

If you, like me want to make a stand against Knife and Gun crime, Please Sponsor me at the Safari kick-a-thon.

My Mixed Martial Arts school is holding a kick-a-thon to see how many high-kicks students can complete in 30 minutes (not an easy task, if you are aware of how hard just a few continuous high kicks are).

All profits will go to prevent Gun and Knife crime in London.

If you are a fighter but not a member of Safari and would like to take part in this brilliant cause, please email; safarikickboxing@gmail.com

Shocking Crime Stats 2010:

• 1 in 3 young people carry a gun or knife and a crime is committed by a young person every 2 minutes.
• 1 in 5 think domestic violence is justified
• 25% people know someone who has been a victim of knife crime
• 1 child killed a week

To view a list of people killed in 2008-2009 click the BBC link below

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7777635.stm

For more Knife stats please click http://www.helpfindmychild.net/Knife_Crime

It's Been A While

Apologies for the lack of blogging.

It's been a while since I've written anything. No excuses other than coming back from Mexico was a bit of a whirlwind with Christmas preparations, turning 23 (Eek) and getting back into work.

Since I've come back from Mexico I have been busy setting up Mexicali. In a nutshell; Mexicali is a jewelery company inspired by the Children of Mexico. Handcrafted and unique, each bracelet is dedicated to an individual I met whilst working at a Children's Refuge in Jalisco. 10% profit of each bracelet sold from the Mexico range will be donated to the 'Refugio Infantil Santa Esperanza'.The Range won't stop at Mexico, I'm aiming to produce new lines inspired by future travels to help children around the world.

Whilst volunteering in Mexico I met some wonderful Children, all of whom, I think about on a daily basis, I miss working with them and never thought I'd grow to care about the kids as much as I did. I went away wanting to experience more from life and in the end I learnt to be more appreciative of things I have, did have and will have. Family, friends, education, love etc.

I decided to start Mexicali whilst I was in Mexico, as thats where I learnt; new threading techniques, saw how much the children enjoyed it as an activity and mostly because of how much I loved to sit and thread bracelets. I would like to donate money from the Mexico range to the Refugio Infantil Santa Esperanza, as this is where the idea all stemmed from. However at the moment Mexicali only consists of a Mexican inspired range, so I'm hoping to expand this by visiting more Children and charities around the world i.e. India, Russia, Argentina.

Mexicali is in it's early stages and I want more than anything to see it do well. The better it does, the more I will be able to help.

Write more soon.

Love

B x