Obviously a wondrously effective organisation. Small, but exquisite in every detail”
Bill Oddie, OBE – Birdwatcher, natural history presenter and High Five Club Patron
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0 HIGH FIVE MEMBER TAKES ON ULTRA MARATHON
We would also like to take this opportunity to encourage one of our members Ben Cheal who is running the toughest footrace on earth to raise funds for our school projects in Uganda. Ben will be participating in the Marathon des Sables in Morocco in April. This 250km race takes place over 6 days in the Sahara Desert in temperatures of up to 50°C. And the icing on the cake is the fact that the runners are self-sufficient except for water and a simple open tent for shelter each night.
If you would like to encourage Ben by sponsoring his challenge with whatever you can afford do please visit his Virgin Money Giving page.
0 EXPANSION OF BREAKFAST CLUB INTO KENYA
It is with great excitement that we bring you the news of the expansion of our school feeding programme into our long-term partner school Mara Riante in Kenya’s Masai Mara. This simple intervention is making successful in-roads into tackling one of the root causes of both poverty and poaching – lack of access to education.
As a result of this Breakfast Club enrollment numbers have increased with more Maasai parents putting their children into school. Attendance levels have also soared with children able to participate in lessons rather than search for the day’s food.
For more information read here.
0 Gifted Pupil Sponsorship, Zambia
We have partnered with Chipembele Wildlife Education Trust to fund gifted, yet vulnerable, children through secondary school in Zambia’s Luangwa Valley.
For more information Gifted Pupil Sponsorship, Zambia.
0 School Desks Provision, Uganda
High Five Club has partnered with ABATO Uganda to supply 40 x 3-seater desks and benches for the community-run Galilee School. Previously all 120 learners were taught sat on the ground. This small intervention has greatly improved the learning environment at this rural school.
For more information School Desks Provision, Uganda.
1 New Patron – Simon Barnes
We are pleased to announce that author and journalist Simon Barnes has become a Patron of the High Five Club.
Simon has a passion for Africa, local communities and wildlife so makes a fitting ambassador for our charity.
Simon wrote for The Times newspaper between 1982 and July 2014, initially on sport, and subsequently also on wildlife. He became their chief sportswriter in 2002, covering seven summer Olympic Games and various World Cups, Wimbledons, Test matches & Super Bowls.
Follow Simon on his blog.
0 Soccer Academy, Uganda
We are thrilled to have funded our first Development through Soccer project in rural Uganda. Take a look at this inspiring video to see the ABATO Soccer Academy being constructed, with big smiles all round! Soccer in Africa is such a great way of mobilising vulverable children and through their love of football bring about their growth and development. You can read all about the project here ABATO Soccer Academy 2014. ABATO is our long-term community partner in Uganda and is doing amazing work uplifting vunerable children there. See www.abato.org0 Mara Riante Community School, Kenya
We have joined hands with Roffey Homes to contribute towards the construction of a new classroom and teachers’ houses at a rural Maasai School in the Masai Mara, Kenya. We have worked with this community school for several years and it is now one of the best in the area. The Maasai themselves contributed 50% towards this development and the High Five Club 50% in line with our ‘hand up, not ‘hand out’ ethos. To read more click here.
1 Youth Sheep Rearing Project, Gambia
We have helped to fund a new sheep rearing project in rural Gambia in partnership with local self-help group Future Farmers of the Gambia. Each beneficiary of a breeding ewe passes on the first born female to another community member – so the cycle of community benefit continues. To read about this small project, set to make a big impact read here.
0 Malimba Breakfast Club, Zambia
We are thrilled to announce that our feeding programme at Malimba Basic School in Zambia’s Luangwa Valley has now been extened to all 408 children in the school
Thanks to ECHO and the pupils at Eastbourne College for their support of this initiative.
The school reports that school attendance has soared, with 100% attendance since the feeding programme began. A resounding success indeed.
For info on the feeding programme read here.
0 Uplifting Primary Education in Uganda
This month we have worked hand in hand with the ABATO Children’s Trust in Mpigi District to construct 4 new classrooms, 6 pit latrines and equip the new classrooms with desks to enable more vulnerable children in this commuity to receive a quality education.
ABATO’s mission is to empower vulnerable children in their community through provision of a quality education, development of their talents and abilities, along with giving the children spiritual nourishment as a prerequisite to a brighter future.
Thanks to our long-term educational supporter Roffey Homes for their generous support of this project.
For more information read here.
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