Bethany's June 2023 fundraiser for Equip's Victory Football Academy

Bethany Tuck is raising money for Equip
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5k a day in June · 1 June 2023

Equip is a small UK Christian charity which has been working in Rwanda since 2007 building Kingdom TVET School and sponsoring education in the southern outskirts of Kigali to train young people in vocational skills within a Christian context. In 2018 we became a registered INGO (International Non-Governmental Organisation) in Rwanda so that we could expand our work. Equip funds Nyamirama TVET School in the District of Bugesera, providing staff salaries, learning resources, administration and maintenance and refurbishment costs. Equip monitors the quality of the schools, giving educational consultancy and leadership and management support as required. Equip also funds several youth projects in Rwanda: Miracle Soccer Ministries, which runs a football academy in Kigali providing sporting opportunities for budding players alongside teaching them the gospel message; The Joy of a Child, a project in Kigali which provides food and educational support for orphaned and single parent families within a Christian context; Educators for Needy Children who are a group of young Christian teachers going into some of the poorest schools in the north of Rwanda providing uniform and educational and essential supplies for the neediest; and the young people of Ayabaraya, a newly built model village in the Kicukiro District of Kigali which houses some of the most vulnerable. During the COVID 19 crisis Equip funded food aid and support to communities in Rwanda.

Story

In 2018 I visited Rwanda and I have never forgotten the happiness and kindness of the people I met and the feeling of peace in the country despite the poverty and legacy of the genocide.

As I’m finishing my time at Solent University, I am so excited to combine my love for football and for Rwanda by volunteering with a charity called Equip.

I will be the Lead UK Coordinator for Victory Football Academy, which will be the second football enterprise of this charity in Rwanda. Working alongside the Equip office in Kigali, I will work to make sure the academy identifies and nurtures talent in young people from vulnerable backgrounds in Rwanda, who otherwise lack the funds and opportunity to access sporting activities. Victory Football Academy will launch in September of 2023. Most importantly we will share with them the gospel of Jesus.

My first fundraiser to raise vital funds, which will enable us to launch the football academy, will be to run a 5k every day in June! Every penny will make a difference and will go directly to helping us achieve our goals of establishing Victory Football Academy for young people in Rwanda. Any support will make a huge impact!

Equip is a UK Christian registered charity and a Rwandan NGO which works to promote opportunity and excellence in Rwandan young people through youth activities, education, and healthcare provision, encouraging God-given potential and equipping them with skills to create and shape their own destiny and future.

Using the love of football as an international language, my goal is that Victory Football Academy will break down barriers, develop skilled and competitive footballers and bring glory to God.

Thank you for your support and updates to come!!

Website: https://equipuk.org/

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Facebook: Equip

Twitter: @equipUK

Donation summary

Total
£1,200.00
+ £117.50 Gift Aid
Online
£1,200.00
Offline
£0.00

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