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Weʼve raised £165 to help the 'I Am Academy School' and 'I am Family Ministries' project to get clean water for their school and community.
- Funded on Wednesday, 3rd June 2020
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We met Pius a young man from Uganda when at the 2019 Saintfield Christmas Charity Ride. After hearing his story we wanted to help him in any way we could to achieve his goals.
I told my partner Caroline about the work Pius is doing and she said she would run the Dublin Marathon to raise vital funds for this project, it's on the 25th October 2020. Lots of training and dedication needs to go into this but Caroline is up for it, all 26 miles!! The children in Uganda could walk 8 miles in a day to access education and possibly further for clean water so its very fitting Caroline is going to run the marathon!
Sadly, Pius lost both his parents to Aids when he was only four and his little sister was two. They were both looked after by the community in his village until he took very ill. Rock Ministries took him to Kampala where an operation saved his life. Rock Ministries N.I. trust brought him to Saintfield in 2009 as a member of the Mawamba Choir. The children delighted everyone in Saintfield by singing and dancing on the Main St. and later in the marquee. They all rode in the late George Fawcett's carriages a wonderful experience that Pius would never forget. At that stage he had only just turned 14. He then, with the help and sponsorship from I Am Family Ministries went on to University and is now a Bachelor of Science in Quantitative Economics which has made into an articulate, well qualified young man that he is today.
Pius now works for I Am Family Ministries in Uganda and is the principal of I Am Academy School with 300 orphaned and Needy Children.
His passion and dream is to help change the lives of everyone in the village and community where he was brought up. He explained the first thing needed was clean fresh water. A bore hole is vital!!
The bore hole will cost £7,000.
** . Please click on the amazing video of the work below . **
Pius’ Documentary Video click here
Your money will help to fund the 'Clean water Project' which will cost £7,000
● To provide clean drinking water to over 300 school children and the community.
●To save the children from the risks of fetching dirty water from long distances for example: accidents, snake bites, rape…
There are many other projects Pius is working on too like in the video above.
A small amount of money can make a big difference to these children!
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Sean McKee
Feb 17, 2020
Great Caroline best of luck
£20.00
Patricia McKee
Feb 17, 2020
Good luck on your mission Caroline, will donate bit more at end of month xx
£5.00
Anonymous
Feb 12, 2020
£20.00
Ian Reid
Feb 12, 2020
£10.00
Stephanie Doran
Feb 5, 2020
Great cause hope u reach your target.Good luck with the marathon Caroline x
£40.00
Anonymous
Feb 5, 2020
All the best Caroline. Great cause
£70.00
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