Charity appeal for climate justice: your donation will make a difference

With a week still to go, this year's appeal has already raised 725,000. Here, we hear why people have given so generously

Climate justice is the theme of this year's Guardian and Observer charity appeal and with a week to go we have so far raised more than 725,000 for four environment charities: Practical Action, Global Greengrants Fund UK, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, and Environmental Justice Foundation. Nearly 7,000 readers have already donated. Here, they tell us why.

Pam MacLeod, 79, Truro
Pam MacLeod was motivated to donate to this year's appeal because she and her family have been directly affected by the climate crisis. She grew up in southern Africa and while at school in Zimbabwe in the 1950s she witnessed the consequences of drought. The memory of that time has remained with her.