Uganda 2019 Marathon Run
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On the 7th of July 2017, I along with nine other students from Twynham School, joined a team with five staff members (all pictured above) on charity trip to a Ugandan school, with whom Twynham is partnered. The PASNEC schools we worked at provide educational and vocational services to students with a wide array of disabilities, who would otherwise struggle greatly.
It was an experience I could happily talk on and on about, with our time in the country primarily being spent indulging in near continuous manual labour and assisting with construction across the school site, working alongside some of the students that attended. With each day leaving us completely coated in a good external layer of dirt and mud, with the occasional grit filled cut thrown in for good measure.
Whilst I can appreciate my brief summary above doesn't exactly sell the trip as an appealing one, it was beyond a rewarding experience that I enjoyed every minute of. I feel we truly made a difference in our allocated time, both with the students in attendance and the work completed across the school site.
In a yet to be confirmed date within the summer of 2019, I and three other previous team members will be going back, independent of the school this time, to do much the same again over a planned two week period.
With university rapidly approaching in September my means to acquire the money required for such a trip are somewhat limited hence my plea to you!
In return for any support you can provide, I will run the full New Forest marathon on Sunday the 9th of September 2018 as a gesture of good will for your kindness in the form of self inflicted running punishment.
In simpler words, any sponsorship money kindly donated for my future run will go entirely towards funding my journey to Uganda. This will allow me to work tirelessly to make a further contribution to the infrastructure so desperately needed to allow this amazing and vital work to continue.
Of course this being me, if you've got any other suggestions for activities to undertake alongside the marathon, i'm not one to shy away from a challenge, especially for appropriate funding to a good cause.
It was an experience I could happily talk on and on about, with our time in the country primarily being spent indulging in near continuous manual labour and assisting with construction across the school site, working alongside some of the students that attended. With each day leaving us completely coated in a good external layer of dirt and mud, with the occasional grit filled cut thrown in for good measure.
Whilst I can appreciate my brief summary above doesn't exactly sell the trip as an appealing one, it was beyond a rewarding experience that I enjoyed every minute of. I feel we truly made a difference in our allocated time, both with the students in attendance and the work completed across the school site.
In a yet to be confirmed date within the summer of 2019, I and three other previous team members will be going back, independent of the school this time, to do much the same again over a planned two week period.
With university rapidly approaching in September my means to acquire the money required for such a trip are somewhat limited hence my plea to you!
In return for any support you can provide, I will run the full New Forest marathon on Sunday the 9th of September 2018 as a gesture of good will for your kindness in the form of self inflicted running punishment.
In simpler words, any sponsorship money kindly donated for my future run will go entirely towards funding my journey to Uganda. This will allow me to work tirelessly to make a further contribution to the infrastructure so desperately needed to allow this amazing and vital work to continue.
Of course this being me, if you've got any other suggestions for activities to undertake alongside the marathon, i'm not one to shy away from a challenge, especially for appropriate funding to a good cause.
Organisateur
Joshua Monteith-Cross
Organisateur
