My name is Angus Skakle and I’m going to Kenya for a month in summer 2017 with my school, Leith Academy, and Camps International.
I’m raising money so that I can travel to Kenya.

As part of the trip, I get to go on safari to see lots of amazing animals and birds and to climb Mount Kenya.

But I am also going to work – to help local communities while I am there. Camps International are in Kenya all the year round to develop sustainable projects to help those who are less fortunate than us. So I don’t know what project I will be working on when I’m there but I know that other school children have built schools or homes for local people.

I’m also a member of Inverleith Amateur Swimming Club and have decided to raise money by swimming 300 miles – approximately the distance between the two biggest cities in Kenya (Nairobi and Mombasa). I need your help to raise the money.

I’m mostly doing the swimming while in training during the week and so I’ve converted the miles to yards to make it easier to work out how far I’ve gone. It’s 528,000 yards which sounds even worse than 300 miles! So far I’ve done over half that distance but I would really appreciate it if you could sponsor me to encourage me to do the rest.

Thank you.