Pictured above: Graeme Berry outside MFG's offices in Worcester with his hiking boots

A Worcester-based solicitor is swapping his business suit for hiking gear later this month as he takes on a 40-mile trek across Romania's Cindrel Mountains to raise much-needed funds for the country's 80,000 orphans.

Graeme Berry, an Assistant Solicitor at legal firm MFG Solicitors, is planning to raise £2,000 for the charity 'Love Light Romania' - an organisation established to improve the lives of HIV-infected orphans in the Romanian region of Transylvania. 

Along with two fellow trekkers, Graeme will begin his three-day adventure on 26th May in the mountain city of Medias. He will face a six-hour trek each day over some of Europe's harshest mountain ranges.

Graeme, 25, who specialises in planning and agricultural law, said: "The plight of Romanian orphans and the horrendous problems they face has been well documented over the years. The Love Light Romania charity has been doing a remarkable job bringing relief to deprived children across Transylvania and I'm delighted to be doing my bit.

"Romania has the highest number of orphaned children in the whole of Europe and a little money goes a long way in Transylvania. Only £40 is enough to sponsor a child's schooling for one month, whilst £10 would give the average family enough toiletries to last several weeks."

Graeme, who is running around 20 miles every week to prepare for the gruelling trek added: "We have had some tremendous sponsorship and are well on course to reach our £2,000 target. We can't wait to get started and not only raise money and awareness for a worthy cause, but see for ourselves how the money raised will help. What we're doing is nothing in comparison to the everyday problems these children face."

Those wishing to sponsor Graeme and his fellow trekkers, Richard Sydenham and Harpinder Birring, can donate via www.everyclick.com/sydsunny