Challenger Profile
Name:
Amy Holt
Challenge Date:
27/06/2019
My Challenge:
To walk 26.2 miles in the Rwandan heat.
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(The entire trip is self funded by myself, all money raised through sponsorship, raffles and quiz night will go directly to support the work of Compassion as detailed below.)
Donations
Target:£3,619.80
Children
Sponsored Target:4
Online Total: £395.20
Offline Total: £224.00
Gift Aid: £63.80
A 36 year old (31st March 2019) about to embark on my first major challenge!
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I am both excited and nervous at the same time. 26.2 miles is a loooooong way!
I am taking part because the trip was in Rwanda. Why do I want to go to Rwanda... because I have two sponsored children there.
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I am ultimately going to Rwanda to meet my girls Umurerwa (the photo above is her first and current photo) & Akeza who are both 18 and will soon be completing their education, also I have the amazing opportunity to see Compassion's work for myself after 14 years of raving what a priveledge it is to support such a honest and faithful charity and I get to raise a load of money in the process from YOU my wonderful family and friends for Compassion.
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I have sponsored Umurerwa for 9 years now and Akeza for 6 months, this opportunity came up where I can visit Rwanda to see my girls, get fit and healthy (I have lost 1 stone 9.5lbs since October when my training started) and raise money for a charity I absolutely adore and support wholeheartedly.
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I have 7 children whom I sponsor through Compassion, I write to and have a relationship with each of them. I am excited that I will be able to meet Umurerwa and Akeza in June!
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What your money will be supporting:
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BUILDING HOMES: BUILDING THE FUTURE
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LOCATION 6 communities in eastern Rwanda
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PARTICIPANTS 34 Child Survival mothers and their families (173 people in total, 107 children)
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COST £110,469 expected budget (£3,249 per home)
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A home should be a place of refuge. For 34 families in Rwanda this couldn’t be further from the truth. Each one of them lives in a shelter that struggles to remain standing in heavy rains or strong winds. Many of them go to sleep not knowing if the structure will collapse on top of them.
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Now imagine raising a newborn in this environment.
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With all of the 34 families living in rural locations and unable to find the income necessary to cover the rent of their existing houses, the rising costs of building material makes it impossible for them to change their situations on their own.
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Unfair. Beyond belief. Whatever we call it, we know its not right.
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Together, we will change this.
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For just £3,249, we will provide each family with their own three-bedroom home, containing a sitting room, with another smaller building housing the bathroom, toilet and kitchen.
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You will support these families with a home that will transform their lives.
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So often schooling is the first thing that is missed when health and security problems affect a child. Without a safe home, children in the 34 families regularly miss school due to illness, a lack of sleep or having to help their parents find another place to live. But we know that education has the power to transform a child’s future. For the children, a new home will bring a new hope that life will be different.
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The expected outcomes of this intervention are:
*34 Child Survival families will have homes free from the risk of disasters
*Safety, peace and health are promoted through improved housing conditions
*Fear and hopelessness are eradicated amongst 34 families
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By supporting the construction of new homes you’re radically changing the futures of 34 families currently trapped in the desperate cycle of poverty.
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Update 07/03/19
I am also hoping that I can do a flight over to Kenya to see two of my children there too.