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Former New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns endeavours to
raise rail safety awareness
KiwiRail will continue to fund the rail safety charity of
former international cricketer Chris Cairns, despite it losing
$94,000 in the last financial year.
Recently filed accounts for the Chris Cairns Foundation
revealed it ended the year to March 31 $94,402 in the red
after spending $210,892 on an income of $116,490, The Press
reported.
The foundation, which promotes safe driving at level
crossings, received $50,000 sponsorship from KiwiRail and
collected $64,895 in donations.
Cairns' sister died in a truck-train crash in 1993 and he set
up the foundation in 2006.
Since then, it has raised about $600,000 to promote rail
safety. He is not paid by the foundation but is reimbursed
for travel and accommodation expenses.
Foundation manager Megan Drayton said the foundation remained
in good health and had secured KiwiRail sponsorship of
$100,000 a year for the next three years.
"We're not in any trouble whatsoever."
KiwiRail spokesman Kevin Ramshaw said the accounts had been
studied by KiwiRail and the company was happy "with the way
it's being run".
Cairns lives in Dubai. He returns to New Zealand each year
for Railway Safety Awareness Week in March.
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