Challenger Profile
Name:
Alison Bentley
Challenge Date:
1st May 2024
My Challenge:
I’m walking across Togo for Compassion, without leaving the UK.
For me, this is a challenge that really matters because I am passionate about the work of Compassion UK in Togo.
Togo’s educational resources are limited. Many young people have access to few books and no internet. As a result, they can’t progress onto higher education and miss out on the stable income that a graduate job secures.
Compassion Togo is close to completing a youth resource centre in Togo’s capital Lomé. This will
enable 500 young people to continue learning and pursue their dreams.
But it needs funding. That’s why I’m taking on Compassion UK’s Togo 100km Virtual Challenge.
Over the next three months, I will walk 100km - in the countryside and around the town.
I want to raise at least £5 for each kilometre I achieve.
I’m up for the challenge. Will you help me cross the finishing line?
Children
Sponsored Target:0
Online Total: £290.00
Offline Total: £0.00
Gift Aid: £65.00
My husband, Tim and I have been sponsoring children through Compassion for over 20 years beginning when our own 2 children were small. We wanted to say thank you to God for blessing us with 2 wonderful children and to be able to pass that blessing onto other families and children.
Over the years I have heard many testimonies to the life transforming effect of Compassion child sponsorship. A transformation that affects not only the sponsored child but their families, their communities and beyond.
I love walking so this is an ideal way to support the fantastic work of Compassion.
This resource centre in Togo will enable young people living in poverty to access tertiary education. Both my own children were able to attend university, so I would again love to pass this blessing onto other young people.