Holger is helping to raise money to build an Elementary School in memory of Workneh Dechasa in his home village in Ethiopia, by competing in the Vitality London 10k run on Sunday 28 September 2025.

Workneh was born in Malkaa Dhagaa-Gudar in the Oromia region of Ethiopia in 1960. He spent most of his working life in Camden supporting refugee children access education and cope with life in London.

Workneh planned that, when he retired, he would build a school in his home village. Sadly, in the summer of 2017 he was diagnosed with cancer and on 13th May 2019, his brave struggle with the disease, was lost. In his memory, his widow, Aster and son Yadata have committed themselves to realising Workneh’s ambition to establish a good quality elementary school in Guder.