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We're trekking 26 miles across the Peak District in one day to raise funds for the construction of a maternity ward and health centre at Gulu Prison in Uganda. But why would you want to help prisoners?!

Because f
reedom is complicated. It is not just a life without bars. Freedom is opportunity, the chance for a person to lay their own path, to thrive. In Uganda and many other countries (sometimes even in the UK), prison denies people freedom even upon their release. Young children are regularly imprisoned alongside their mothers. A baby girl may even be born in prison. It is unlikely she will receive much of an education in prison; she is thus released without the knowledge she needs to function in society, trapped in ignorance, possibly confined to a life of crime.

During his time in prison, a person may develop tuberculosis. If the prison has no medical facility the disease goes undiagnosed and untreated. Upon release, his condition is too bad for treatment. He will be unable to find a job, and may die. Prison even denies the innocent chance to prove him or herself: with no education and no library or chance to learn, many prisoners cannot defend themselves. In this way, the system therefore takes away a person’s freedom plus his or her chances. Freedom is complicated.

African Prisons Project was founded almost five years ago to restore dignity and hope among prisoners in Africa. By building libraries, constructing and refurbishing sickbays, maternity wards and children’s day care centres, supplying dietary supplements, and sponsoring welfare projects such as sports tournaments, APP works to create a truly rehabilitative prison system in Africa. By responding to the basic needs of prisoners, APP acts as a catalyst for change among prison authorities. At Luzira Prison in Kampala, after APP built an infirmary, the prison service added a laboratory to diagnose conditions; the death rate plummeted from 12 per month to 1.25 per month.

No other charity does the same kind of work. APP is constructing a healthcare centre at Gulu Prison in northern Uganda. The area is still recovering from a bloody civil war and has no hospital or maternity ward. APP’s healthcare centre will not only serve prisoners but also the prison staff, their families and the local community. The centre will cost £40,000. APP has already raised nearly £30,000 and construction has begun.

We’re hoping to raise £1,000 to go towards the Gulu project. So we’re walking 26 miles across the stunning Peak District on 11 July and asking friends, family and colleagues to sponsor us. We hope you’ll consider sponsoring us £1 per mile (or even 50p per mile), but a donation of any size really does help. If you know both of us, feel free to make two pledges! For more information about APP, see
www.africanprisons.org or email adamsmith@africanprisons.org.

Well done Adam and well done Angela xxx Love the old folks in Cleethorpes xxx Donation by Jim Smith 28/07/09  

£52.00 + £14.67 Gift Aid

Well Done Angela! Donation by Love mum X 20/07/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Well Done Guys Donation by Caroline X 20/07/09  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Well Done Donation by Sylvia 20/07/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Well Done Donation by Larissa 20/07/09  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Donation by anon 14/07/09  

Donation by Diana Bentley 13/07/09  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

well done you! you must feel great- now go and have a big piece of cake! Donation by Sian O'Neill 13/07/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

better late than never, hope it went well! Donation by Edward Costelloe 13/07/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Well done! Donation by Georgina Irvine Robertson 13/07/09  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Well done Mr Smith! Donation by Laura Grant 13/07/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

I hope the walk went well x Donation by Ali Clarke 13/07/09  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Good luck!! :-) Donation by Parg 13/07/09  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Hey Adam We hope it went Well! love Deena and Loay Donation by Deena El-Shirbiny 12/07/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Donation by TCS 11/07/09  

£30.00

Good luck Adam. Donation by James Gray 09/07/09  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Good luck! Don't get lost. Or fall over. Donation by Amy H 09/07/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good luck and good walking! Donation by Liz R-J 09/07/09  

£26.00 + £7.33 Gift Aid

Enjoy your stroll! Good luck. Donation by Amy Elderfield 09/07/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous 09/07/09  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Jolly god show. Donation by Jeeves 09/07/09  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

Happy walking! Donation by Jo 09/07/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Over the hills and far away when the legs are tired just keep on walking. Donation by Rob Harper 09/07/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Ramble on guys! Hope to meet you somewhere in the Peaks for a celebratory beverage or two... Donation by Robbie Smith 09/07/09  

£26.00 + £7.33 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous 09/07/09  

£26.00 + £7.33 Gift Aid

Good Luck, Adam and Well Done !! Donation by Sunil Vermani 07/07/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Good luck! Donation by Sarah Tennant 06/07/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Enjoy your stroll! Donation by Dan Bradley 01/07/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Hike for England, Agent Smith Donation by Boylie 01/07/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good luck! Donation by Sinead 01/07/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid
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