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Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

Most of you know that I've spent a lot of time over the last few years coaching cricket with youngsters in Sussex. Well this autumn I'm doing something similar - but rather different! I'm going to Rwanda for two weeks as part of a small team to coach young cricketers, coach coaches, and promote the game of cricket. Rwanda was devastated by the 1994 genocide and there is still much re-building to be done.

Cricket without Boundaries is a UK-based charity dedicated to helping, educating and developing local communities throughout the world through the medium of cricket. It began its work in 2005 and has worked in 8 African countries, coaching over 3000 children and helping 200 coaches gain the basic ICC coaching qualification. We use the sport to help develop personal skills - teamwork, self-confidence, leadership - and enable personal empowerment.

But there is also an explicit parallel agenda: using cricket as a tool in the fight against AIDS in Africa. Training sessions involve discussion about the disease - explicit details about prevention and treatment. But we also use metaphors from the game - fairness, protection, respect, equality, mental focus and teamwork - to help individuals build a sense of self-worth and the confidence to adopt values and behaviours that challenge accepted norms in their community.

We will visit schools and orphanages, train teachers as coaches, organise tournaments, coach adults, and donate equipment. We will aim to leave many, many participants with information about, and commitment to, prevention of HIV/AIDS.

My team-mates and I are paying all our own expenses, but we are raising money for the charity in order to provide cricket equipment and resources for Rwandan cricket, schools and clubs. I hope that you feel able to make a contribution!

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So please dig deep and donate now.

Thank You.

 

Donation by Simon Hardy 21/11/09  

£15.00 + £4.23 Gift Aid

better late than never! Well done David... Donation by jeremy Ashpool 28/10/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

All the Best Donation by Willie and Mary Bird 22/10/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

David, Best Wishes for your forthcoming trip Donation by Ruby and Vera 22/10/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Donation by Geoffrey Williams 07/10/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

David - a great cause ! Donation by Gerry 05/10/09  

Sounds like Englands middle order! We will be thinking about you - we are sure it will fulfil all your expectations. Donation by Charles and Sarah Price 01/10/09  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

What a great cause. Best of luck! Donation by David and Esther Firth 29/09/09  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

Good luck with the venture-African left arm spinners of the future Donation by Jill Gadd 22/09/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good luck and well done Donation by Roger Osbon 18/09/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

What a wonderfully creative and worthwhile idea. I can't imagine anyone better qualified to make it a success than you, David. Good luck! Donation by Jeremy Fitt 16/09/09  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

Sounds like an adventure, I like it... Hope you have a great time. Donation by Reidy 13/09/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good luck and enjoy. I look forward to Rwanda playing Test matches with a team full of left arm fast leg break bowlers. Donation by Denis walker 10/09/09  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid

Good luck David, it sounds like a great, worthwhile project. Donation by Harriet Brinton 28/08/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Donation by Godfrey Baker 27/08/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Take your clubs - Kigali Golf Club looks a good challenge Donation by Ian Grainger Clemson 26/08/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

All the best for a memorable opportunity Donation by Andrew Dell 21/08/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Donation by Robert Gardner 17/08/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

Donation by Lindsay East 14/08/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Hi David Good luck with everything, see you next time. Regards Paul & Jane Donation by Jane Hayward-Smith 14/08/09  

£100.00

Good Luck David. Maybe you should return and coach the England team.. Donation by Julian and Hilary Wynter 12/08/09  

£30.00 + £8.46 Gift Aid

just remember me if you need a bag carrier! Donation by John Scales 12/08/09  

£50.00 + £14.10 Gift Aid

Sounds like a fantastic adventure for a great cause! Donation by Lois and David Couch 12/08/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Good Luck to all involved. Donation by Gerrry Waite 11/08/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Donation by anthony giles 11/08/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous 11/08/09  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Sounds like good fun for a good cause - well done! Innes & John Bailey Donation by Innes & John Bailey 11/08/09  

£10.00 + £2.82 Gift Aid

Sounds wonderful David - good luck ! Donation by Nick and Fiona Barrie 11/08/09  

£25.00 + £7.05 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous 10/08/09  

£40.00 + £11.28 Gift Aid

I hope that the Aussies don't take too long to beat us. Could be a long day! Donation by Chris Bruce 10/08/09  

£100.00 + £28.21 Gift Aid
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