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Portraits
Laurie
Andrews (465) and Michele Jensen (500), positive
Helder
Alexandre Sousa Ferreira (613), surprising
Desert
Team 22 (328, 329, 330, 331,332), focused
Ian
Sharman (821), motivated
Shigemi
Hazama (631), hilarious
Gilles
Diehl (141), modest
Mohamad
Ahansal (1), under pressure
Al
Aqra’ Salameh (71), ambitious
Jorge
Aubeso Martinez (622), zen
Touda
Didi (6), determined
Ryan
Gregory (526), hollywoodian
Sylvie
Alcala Bournat (187), serene
Stéphane
Lesoin (207), reliable
Louis
Cornevin (48), passionate
David
and Mark Simon (531 and 532), together
Paddy
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Jeff GRANT (US-D493) is running MDS
2008 to raise funds and awareness for ING Chances for Children,
a corporate program that aims to give 120,000 children access
to education in 2008. According to UNICEF, more than 115
million children in the world do not have access to education.
This program advocates quality basic education for all children - girls
and boys - with an emphasis on gender equality and eliminating
disparities of all kinds.
He is proud to work in a corporate culture that values giving
back to the world. His employer, ING, is based in the Netherlands,
He works in Switzerland, and they have offices in dozens
of countries. His job puts him in touch with people from
all corners of the world on a daily basis. Through his work
He have been fortunate enough to experience the immense power,
benefit, and fulfillment that global collaboration brings.
It's inspiring to see what can be accomplished when people
from all parts of the world with different cultures, languages,
and backgrounds join together in a positive spirit. He is
hopeful that the ingredients of this athletic pursuit, ING's
Chances for Children program and his global network will
come together in a perfect recipe to raise awareness and
funds to provide education to impoverished children. His
secondary aim is to inspire others by showing how it is possible
to make a lifestyle transformation as he did 12 years ago
when he lost 30 kilograms and shed an unhealthy, sedentary
lifestyle and set a new course for health and fitness.
More information on his charity site
see the web site ING Chances for Children,
http://www.ingchancesforchildren.com/
[Jeff
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