200 MILES
to raise £1,000
In July and September 2017, I will be undertaking two century (100 mile) cycle rides in England's first and second cities (London and Birmingham) to raise money for two charities providing support to schools in poor areas of Kenya, and giving the opportunity of an education and a better life to children who otherwise wouldn't get them.
Find out more about the charities in the boxes and links below, and make a donation via JustGiving using the button below.
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Faithmount School was set up in 2012 to satisfy a need for the provision of quality primary education for the local village children of Bofa, Kilifi, Kenya.
The school was set up by Trevor Roberts, from Hull, England after several visits to Kilifi starting in 2007.
Originally Trevor’s idea was to sponsor some of the many children from the village who did not attend school for a number of reasons, but primarily due to the inability of the families to meet the school fees.
Many of the children live in the typical mud and stick huts and their families have to survive on very low incomes.
The village of Swanland , East Yorkshire, couldn’t be further removed from the slum areas of Kawangware, Kibera and Ngando on the edge of Nairobi, Kenya
During her gap year in 2002, Ruth Waters, from Swanland, worked at the small Riverside Children’s Centre and School opened on a rough piece of land, built out of scrap timber and corrugated iron, on the outskirts of this poverty stricken region. Ruth’s parents, John and Shirley, visited and were incredibly impressed with the work that had been started. Experiencing life in the school, they were challenged by the harsh living conditions faced by the children, and they left the school determined that they would try and make a difference.