Here at Leaf Complex Care (Bristol), we are a magnificent team of 7, and we pledge to do 7 magnificent things.

These are things that personally challenge us in our own ways. We are doing it in honor of the amazing girls in Africa who face challenges every day just doing the things we take for granted.

Here are our 7 individual pledges - 

1: Cerianne, our lovely new assistant manager is going to SHAVE HER HEAD for SHE if we raise £500!! If we raise £600, she will go down to a grade 1!

2: David our registered manager is going to get a TATTOO! If we reach £500. This will be a tattoo selected from a box of suggestions!

Simply donate to suggest a tattoo, please leave your suggestions in the comments on the just giving page.

3: Helen self-confesses that she cannot bake, therefore is going to challenge herself to bake a magnificent cake.

4: Tracey Prewitt. Now we all know Tracey does not walk, anywhere. Tracey is going to walk 7 miles in one day for SHE.

5: Alison, Sarah, and Alex are going to challenge ourselves to climb Penn Y Fan.

This will all be completed throughout July and of course, photos will be provided

Charity Background:

Catalyst Foundation is part of the Catalyst Care Group house of brands and is an independent charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (Registered Charity Number: 1193385).

Its S.H.E Programme focuses on empowering girl-child education across Africa, by removing the barriers that vulnerable girls in particular face when accessing education. 

Across Africa, 32.6 million primary and lower secondary school girls are out of school. This number rises to 52 million when looking at girls of upper secondary school age.

As a result of not going to school, girls may become victims of: - child abuse, child rape, early child marriages/pregnancies, HIV/AIDS, and the list goes on. This is where the Catalyst Foundation comes in and tries to bridge this gap, as they believe every girl-child has the right to an education! 

S.H.E. Camp Background:

Every year, Catalyst Foundation holds its S.H.E Camp either during the August/December school holidays, which is always looked forward to by their beneficiaries tremendously.

The aim for holding these Camps is to encourage, educate, and empower their beneficiaries, through various activities such as mentorship, teamwork, creativity, and reimagining possibilities.

So far, two Camps have been held, and the impact created throughout has been amazing – they see their girls arriving at Camp really shy, and by the time the Camp has concluded, they will have all transformed into confident, young girls – full of fire and ready to take this energy back to school for the start of the new term. 

The S.H.E. Camp's programme assists all beneficiaries in the following areas:

- With mental stimulation and physical activity.To find camaraderie in peers going through similar struggles.

- Reinforce independence and empowerment through the tailored Camp programme.

- Allow for confidence to be reinforced by success, as the Foundation will award deserving beneficiaries with prizes and medals.

- Promoting creativity in an environment free from judgment, building all-around resilience.

- Instilling appreciation and gratitude, moulding humility, and modeling behaviour.  

Please follow this link to view the highlights from last year’s S.H.E Camp that was held in the Matopas in Bulawayo - https://youtu.be/gv4p2N663mg

For this year’s S.H.E Camp, Catalyst Foundation plans to hold it in Victoria Falls from Monday 7 – Friday 11 August 2023, which will see all of their Zimbabwean and Zambian beneficiaries meet for the very first time which is really exciting!

Are you inspired to become involved?

Donate today, and let’s walk together with the Somerset Team to create an impact as they raise funds to send all beneficiaries from Zimbabwe and Zambia to Camp this August.

For more details, please contact Sarah: Sarah.Smith@leafcare.co.uk or 07384253315.

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