As a parent, education is something that I have always recognised to be important for my own children. Whatever they choose to do in life, the value of having been able to go to school, to study and to play will set them up well. As we have been visiting universities for my older child to take her next steps in her own education, I have been acutely aware that this is a privilege that is unaccessible for many other young people in other parts of the world. Young people with a desire to access education or training and create a better future for themselves deserve to be given that opportunity. By cycling from London to Paris, we are aiming to raise £4,500. This amount could transform the lives of so many young people in Kenya, Lesotho and Uganda through education. For example it could pay for:

👉 Vocational training for 4 young people living with a disability in Kenya, enabling them to learn skills such as carpentry or catering so they can set up their own business; or

👉 Nearly a year of school meals for 70 of the poorest children at a rural secondary school in Uganda. This enables them to focus in lessons, stay healthier, and increases school attendance as they are allowed by their parents to go to school rather than remain at home working manual labour - a meal at school is one mouth less to feed at home; or

👉 38 vulnerable children in Lesotho can attend High School for a year - empowering them to fulfil their potential, and with an education secure meaningful, well paid jobs that will help them escape poverty and create a better future for themselves