South London fitness enthusiast Pete Moorey is once more going the extra mile for vulnerable communities around the world.

Pete Moorey – the Head of Church & Community for Christian Aid -is taking part in a 70k for May challenge, part of this year’s Christian Aid Week 2025.

The idea is to cover 70 kilometres in whatever way you like, in solidarity with millions of people who have to walk long distances for clean water or to sell their produce.

Pete said: “Every year, during Christian Aid Week, people across Britain and Ireland raise funds, act and pray for their global neighbours in a celebration of hope for a fairer world.

People like Amelia in Guatemala are working to combat the climate crisis.

placeholder image — People like Amelia in Guatemala are working to combat the climate crisis.

“As Christian Aid’s Head of Church Fundraising, Christian Aid Week is always a big deal! Last year I did 70k in May by running from my home to more than 20 Christian Aid supporting churches across south London. This year I’m keeping things local and will run 19 times around the parish boundary of Gipsy Hill – where I go to church. For anyone who knows the area that includes a lot of hills – so I’m praying that my knees hold up.”

Money raised during Christian Aid Week will help the organisation’s partners empower vulnerable communities to find practical and sustainable ways out of poverty.

This year’s appeal - from May 11-17 - is focussing on work in Guatemala, in Central America, where climate change is causing the seasons to intensify and shift erratically. As a result, farming communities have to battle severe floods and, more recently, ferocious heatwaves. Water sources are drying up and vital crops are failing, plunging farming families into hunger and poverty.

Amelia is 24 and a mother of two from the Alta Verapaz region. She said the situation is very worrying:“In the past three years, we have been experiencing high heat and a lack of rain. One of the biggest issues is the lack of water…My plantations have been dying… and there is no food for my family.”

Look out for Pete Moorey around Gipsy Hill on his charity run.

Despite the challenges families are facing, the unstoppable power of hope drives people to look for ways to push back.

Christian Aid has been working with organisations like, Coordinación de ONG y Cooperativas, to offer training and tools so farmers can diversify and grow more resilient crops, build water recycling systems using household items, and create organic fertiliser. They are also supported with selling produce locally and campaigning for their rights against land grabs by industrial plantations.

When Amelia discovered these initiatives, she put herself forward as a community representative, attending training sessions and bringing the learning back, to train other women in her community. She also raises awareness about the environment, discouraging people from littering, and encouraging people not to sell their land.

To support Pete please visit his fundraising page 70k in May: 19 times round Gipsy Hill! - Christian Aid Fundraise and to find out more about Christian Aid projects and how to get involved, visit www.christianaid.org.uk.