British man working size of Africa nears end line

A person from the U.Ok. who has been working the size of Africa for charity set off from the Tunisian metropolis of Bizerte on Sunday in what he hoped could be the final leg of his lengthy journey.

Russ Prepare dinner, who calls himself the “Hardest Geezer”, started the problem in April final yr, beginning out within the southernmost level of the African continent, Cape Agulhas in South Africa.

He crossed over into Tunisia on Thursday evening and says he goals to finish the mammoth feat by Sunday, ending on the northernmost level of the continent in Cape Angela.

The 26-year-old was joined by supporters on Sunday as they ran alongside him in the beginning of his remaining leg of the greater than 16,000km journey.

Prepare dinner is working to lift cash for 2 causes, The Operating Charity, which helps younger individuals with advanced wants or who’re homeless, and Sandblast, which goals to construct consciousness and help for indigenous Saharawis of Western Sahara.

He has not too long ago seen a surge in donations with greater than £650,000 raised ($808,832) of his £1 million objective.