Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament: Cranes for Peace challenge

75 years ago the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were devastated by atomic bombs, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent men, women and children.

One of the victims of the bombing was a child named Sadako Sasaki. She was just two years old when the bomb was dropped on her hometown of Hiroshima. At the age of 12, she was hospitalised with leukaemia.

Despite being gravely ill, Sadako managed to fold 1,000 paper cranes, hoping that an ancient Japanese legend was true - that this would grant her wish to be healthy again.

Tragically, she passed away within months, but her story has become a global symbol of peace, and a reminder of the human tragedy and unimaginable suffering that today's nuclear weapons threaten.

CND campaigns tirelessly to see an end to nuclear weapons both in the UK and across the world, so that no child has to suffer as Sadako did. If you want to help, then why not sign up for our origami peace crane challenge?

We're asking supporters to get sponsored by family and friends to fold 75 origami peace cranes - one for each year since the bomb was dropped - to raise money to help our campaign. Or, you can set your own target for how many cranes you want to fold. If you're up for the challenge, then take the first step by signing up here!

And if meeting this challenge isn't for you, you could donate £75 instead (or any amount you like!).