Dennis, Kristy, Jack & Lizzy Manning
Manning Families - Build 4 the future
Fundraising for CoCo's Foundation
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Thanks for taking the time to visit the Manning Family's JustGiving page.
A very good friend of the Manning family, Chris Connors, set up the Cocos Foundation years ago and this has grown from strength to strength due to all the work they do with the orphaned children in Africa. For a long time we have wanted to get involved but needed to wait until our family were old enough to take on the challenge of "Build 4 the future". We are paying for our trip in its entirety but we are required to raise at least £2000 which will pay for the building materials of the home we will build once out in Africa. If we raise more than £2000 then any additional funds will be spent on school uniforms, shoes, supplies etc which are also desperately needed. The children in Africa cannot attend school unless they have a uniform so this small gesture could make a massive difference to their futures.
In this region there are about 9,000 orphans. Many of their parents have died from AIDS or related illnesses, and the children live in groups for safety. It is not unusual for 20 children to be living in a house. Many of these children have suffered abuse in their lives and find that they are the main carer for their family.
In order to help raise the money over the next 18 months we will be holding various events to get people together and have fun whilst trying to hit the total for such a great cause. If you want any further information on this project or Coco's foundation then please ask us or take a look at their website to learn more about the charity and the inspirational work that they do.
We would be hugely grateful and appreciative of any donation that you can offer to help towards the building materials for our Africa journey. Thank you so much from all the Mannings.
A bit about the Foundation below:-
The sole purpose of the trip is to make a difference and give a chance and change the future of another families life or lives. Below is a bit about what Cocos Foundation do and the difference they make with the Build 4 the future trips.
BUILD4THEFUTURE
Our Build4TheFuture programme is designed to help young people (both in the UK and internationally) to understand the world around them.
To understand “anything is possible.”
VOLUNTEER TO HELP CHILDREN IN SOUTH AFRICA
Don’t just dream about volunteering to help children across the world, make it a reality with CoCo’s Foundation’s ‘Build4TheFuture’ programme.
Build4TheFuture provides homes and shelter for child-headed families in the KwaZulu-Natal region of South Africa.
This is where you can make a real difference to these orphans’ lives. Over the last two years we have taken 136 volunteers out to build 22 houses for 155 orphans. If you want to fulfil that dream of helping children in a poverty-stricken country, why not get in touch? All our volunteers say “volunteering with the Foundation is a life-changing experience."
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