Three steps to The 137 Challenge
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Sign up and set up your JustGiving page
Complete the short registration form above and set up your online fundraising page on JustGiving
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Take on the challenge
Choose between doing 137 sit-ups, squats, or step-ups per day for one month. You can either complete your repetitions all in one go, or split into sets throughout the day.
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Get sponsored
Share your JustGiving page far and wide, asking friends and family to sponsor you. You’ll receive a free ActionAid t-shirt when you raise over £137.
How your sponsorship helps
Meet Wangu. Wangu is the founder of the Wangu Kanja Foundation, which supports survivors of sexual abuse and works to prevent gender-based violence in Kenya. In 2002, Wangu was car-jacked and sexually assaulted in Nairobi. When she reported the assault, she wasn’t taken seriously by police and her attackers were never brought to justice.
Wangu decided to stand up and use her experience to help other women. In 2005 she founded The Wangu Kanja Foundation, a partner of ActionAid, which helps survivors of violence access proper medical support, counselling and legal advice. The Wangu Kanja Foundation works with a team of volunteers and runs a free SMS service in the Mukuru slum in Nairobi, by which people in Mukuru, and across Kenya, can report cases of violence against them. Survivors are then helped to access essential services, such as fair treatment from the police, medical attention and legal assistance.
Page updated 21 November 2023