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And they're off..... on Saturday 28th May, Harry (10) and Oliver (8) began running a marathon in 7 days to raise funds to set up a library in a remote community in Uganda and they really need your support!
If they meet their fundraising target of £1,800, Books 2 Africa will ship 2,000 books out to Kampala, Uganda - these books will then be transported overland to Aterai village in Teso, Kumi Municipality in the east of the country where Charles Obore will be able to set up a much needed library for his community.
Charles is a Project Leader with The Huracan Foundation (a UK registered charity that uses the power of football to help change children’s lives). He is passionate about creating a community library to develop the children's literacy and education, and we have been in regular contact with him and shared a number of videos confirming our commitment to make this happen.
Charles grew up in this community and is very familiar with the challenges the children face. Of the 100 children he started primary school with, only 5 started secondary school with him and he was the only one to finish secondary school. Gender equality is also a real challenge and in his region 7 out of 10 girls have either fallen pregnant or been forced into marriage by the age of 18.
But Charles is absolutely committed to changing this situation and giving as many of the children access to education as possible. Through his Huracan Foundation project he has been motivating children to attend school through football – and he is now committed to setting up a library for these children. The library will serve 3 Primary Schools (ages 10-16) in the community, benefiting approximately 1500 children, and this could increase as they would also like to serve Secondary Schools too (ages 16-20).
Charles is so passionate about getting this library in place for these children and with your help and support, we can make this dream come true!
Thank you in advance for being a part of this incredible cause and helping Harry and Oliver smash their target, and giving the children of Kumi, Uganda, a future through education! - we’ll be sure to keep you updated with progress and hope to have photos of the library in place to send you in a number of months!
For more information on Charles Obore, Books2Africa, and the Huracan Foundation, please follow the links below. There is a wonderful video on Charles’ link about the incredible work he is doing in Uganda.
https://www.thehuracanfoundation.org