Bob Eaton

Bob's A third row for Uganda

Fundraising for Planting for Hope Uganda
£2,899
raised
by 74 supporters
Planting for Hope Uganda

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We Help to bring hope, to save lives and fight poverty in Africa.

Story

Done it. 10 May to 9 June. 125 k on the ergo plus >2k on the water = 150 k

From 10th May to his 84th birthday on 18th June, and for the third year running (or rather sitting down), Bob Eaton of the Rotary Club of Bewdley (pictured in his Stourport Boat Club gear) intends to row , either on the water or an Ergo, at  least 100,000ms hopefully 150,000ms, dependent on  physical and marital constraints, for PfHU

Planting for Hope Uganda was established by Kate Oakley, from absolutely nothing in an area of desperate poverty. She continues to run it from her home in Worcestershire, with the superb Apollo Saku running things in Uganda. Despite beginning from nothing, PFHU now comprises a successful school scheme, dormitories, food and education for impoverished children, a Women’s Cooperative, Health Care and Clinic, Farming, Animal Husbandry, Outreach feeding programmes, and more besides; which between them have transformed the area.

The latest completed project was to build a dormitory for 60 young orphaned girls, to provide protection, food, and education. 

Bob would like to thank Stourport Boat Club for the loan of the Ergo.  I joined in 1955 ( Slow Learner 🤪)

Please support Kate, Apollo, and Planting for Hope Uganda.

NOTE .  SUBSEQUENT MY LACK I.T. SKILLS, £1743 IS WRONGLY SHOWN AT THE START OF THIS ROW. ALL  PAID LAST YEAR. ONLY SUMS FROM MAY ‘22 WILL BE ATTRIBUTED TO THIS YEAR.

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About the charity

Planting for Hope Uganda

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We are a small group of UK volunteers who have been involved with Uganda since 2007, when Kate Oakley, a retired teacher first visited. She found unimaginable poverty, hunger, disease, poor housing and sanitation and lack of educational opportunities. This motivated her to help. She is now the UK Director of our registered charity Planting for Hope Uganda and visits regularly. We raise money to help develop sustainable projects which improve conditions for the rural poor. Kititi, in South Eastern Uganda, is a small bush village near to Lake Victoria inhabited mainly by women, children and the elderly. It is a desperately poor region lacking most of the facilities that we take for granted. There is very little opportunity for paid work and families go hungry and uneducated. They receive no medical care. The overriding aim of Planting for Hope Uganda is to empower the community of Kititi by giving them hope through a self-supporting and sustainable future. The women have formed a cooperative. They make and sell paper beads and other crafts to provide food and education for their families. We are supporting them in this endeavour by raising awareness and funds for the following initiatives: improved diet and clean water, education and job opportunities, health care, housing and sanitation, sustainable farming projects, electricity, and supporting the elderly. There are very few overheads, so virtually every penny raised goes directly to the community of Kititi.

Donation summary

Total raised
£2,898.07
+ £176.25 Gift Aid
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£2,898.07
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£0.00

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