Since 2011 Cranleigh School has been partnering with Beyond Ourselves to offer quality education to orphans and vulnerable children in the Copperbelt region of Zambia. In particular Cranleigh has a long lasting and meaningful relationship with Kawama Community School in Kitwe. Over this time, the generous support from the Cranleigh community has provided the building and maintenance of six classrooms, a toilet block and kitchen, and given nearly a 1000 children access to a high standard primary education. The District Education Board cite Kawama Community School as an excellent example of practice for other Community Schools in the Copperbelt. Many of our students have had the opportunity to visit Kawama and the impact of those visits is significant.

In order to raise money for this cause. I wanted to find a way to raise money while pushing myself. I am not especially athletic and do not have the free time to train for a Marathon, so I have decided to test myself in a different way. My willpower, by going on an already difficult walk, but performing it barefoot. I am not expecting this task to be easy but I know that I hold the resilience to be able to complete this task for this great cause.