Porty to Blyth Cycle for the Sacred Heart Centre
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Mike did extraordinary work in his beloved Tanzania. He spent the final 10 years of his life devoted to the cause of global peace Through the Twende Pamoja Trust which he set up, he opened up educational opportunities for children and young people in Tanzania with a particular focus on providing access to laptops and teaching computer skills to both pupils and school staffs. Alongside this, he promoted friendships between schools and parish communities in Scotland and in Tanzania which have touched the lives of thousands of people in both countries. The hub of this work is the Sacred Heart Centre at Mweka, which Mike built and personally funded.
When Paul Macpherson and his daughter Hannah were in Mweka for Mike’s funeral they experienced first-hand the sheer number and range of people whose lives had been enriched through knowing Mike and through the educational and formative opportunities offered at the Sacred Heart Centre.
There are many places across the world that Mike was and continues to be connected with, including Portobello in Edinburgh, where he lived and worked throughout his teaching career, Holy Island , Wooler and of course, Blyth where he was born.
If you were fortunate enough to have known Mike you can imagine his reaction to the idea of cycling from Edinburgh to Blyth - a distance of 215 km !
On 2nd September 2021, the first anniversary of Mike’s death, Paul plans to do just that, passing through Holy Island and Wooler where Mike spent many sociable times with students and with friends. Paul is using his enthusiasm for cycling to support Twende Pamoja while at the same time doing something to honour Mike.
If you can sponsor Paul – great! If you are up for a ten-hour cycle and want to join him then fantastic! As with anything, it costs money to keep the Centre running - approximately £800 per month, so our target is to raise funds to help to keep the Centre operating effectively.
In parallel and in spirit with this UK event, 20 young Tanzanian people will be taking part in a 28 km walk led by Martin Kalula and Wilfred Moshi, two of Mike's good friends. They will start off on 31st August from the Cathedral in the centre of Moshi Town and walk up into the foothills of Kilimanjaro to Legho village where the seeds of Twende Pamoja were first sown. They will then take part in a service of prayer and reflection in Legho Parish Church in memory of Mike and all that has been achieved since Twende Pamoja was first established.
When Paul Macpherson and his daughter Hannah were in Mweka for Mike’s funeral they experienced first-hand the sheer number and range of people whose lives had been enriched through knowing Mike and through the educational and formative opportunities offered at the Sacred Heart Centre.
There are many places across the world that Mike was and continues to be connected with, including Portobello in Edinburgh, where he lived and worked throughout his teaching career, Holy Island , Wooler and of course, Blyth where he was born.
If you were fortunate enough to have known Mike you can imagine his reaction to the idea of cycling from Edinburgh to Blyth - a distance of 215 km !
On 2nd September 2021, the first anniversary of Mike’s death, Paul plans to do just that, passing through Holy Island and Wooler where Mike spent many sociable times with students and with friends. Paul is using his enthusiasm for cycling to support Twende Pamoja while at the same time doing something to honour Mike.
If you can sponsor Paul – great! If you are up for a ten-hour cycle and want to join him then fantastic! As with anything, it costs money to keep the Centre running - approximately £800 per month, so our target is to raise funds to help to keep the Centre operating effectively.
In parallel and in spirit with this UK event, 20 young Tanzanian people will be taking part in a 28 km walk led by Martin Kalula and Wilfred Moshi, two of Mike's good friends. They will start off on 31st August from the Cathedral in the centre of Moshi Town and walk up into the foothills of Kilimanjaro to Legho village where the seeds of Twende Pamoja were first sown. They will then take part in a service of prayer and reflection in Legho Parish Church in memory of Mike and all that has been achieved since Twende Pamoja was first established.
Organizer
Linda McGee
Organizer
Scotland
