RUSSIAN ORPHANS

There are over 4 million orphaned and homeless children in Russia. Officially, there are 700,000 orphans living in 2,000 state-run orphanages. That means that Russia has more orphans today than after World War II! Statistics show that only one out of ten Russian orphans becomes a functional member of society. The others are lost to drugs, crime and suicide. Millions of Russian children are on the run, living on the streets or in underground sewers desperately needing basic food, medicine and clothes.

A number of International and Russian Charities, in particular Charities Aid Foundation (CAF), which specialise in the care of abandoned, orphaned and homeless children was selected by The World Race trustees to administer a proportion of the funds raised, all of which has be allocated to areas adjacent to the route of the Race.
 

Over £5,000 was raised during stage 5 and £333,000 was raised during the entire race

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