We thought we were coming to cheer on the walkers and give them moral support. But thanks to the enthusiatic persuasion of the organisers we found ourselves registered and taking part before we knew it (Maiama rode most of the way on my shoulders; that deserves some credit doesn't it?). It was for a very worthy cause and we were all impressed with ourselves for accompishing more than 5km. I hope you will sponsor the children and I for taking part and completing the 5km walk, which we did on the 30th April 2011.
100 Black Men of London is a registered charity whose programmes have been running for up to 10 years and include:
- Its acclaimed Mentoring (Community Programme), a group mentoring programme that guides young girls and boys through a comprehensive set of life skills, including self identity, goal setting, money management, health & wellbeing, black history, eventually helping our youth develop into leaders of the peers to become leaders of the future
- Black History Challenge, an interschools black history programme in which schools are pitted against each other to answer challenging questions on aspect of black history (usually from a set text) in a knockout competition
- Education Through Film, a series of monthly films in different venues around London on black icons, culture and history
- Quality Time, a trip usually to a theme park for men and their children to engage with each other in a fantastic fun day out (I took Njama on one of these trips when he was about 3, he's now 10)
- Family Fun Day, a full day of fun, sports, entertainment and activities for the whole family to enjoy.
- 100 Book Club (Real Black Men Read), a programme to encourage reading and discussion of great black books and authors
- Schools Programme, a programme of delivery of seminars by our members to schools on useful life skills and black history
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