My friend Ruby, is currently in Botswana volunteering, and will be taking part in a 150km walk and is raising money for Y Care… more information can be found here (or below) … http://bit.ly/OqMZ5
I’m walking 150km for Y Care
Hi everyone, hope life is treating all of you well. Today I’m writing to ask for your support for a fundraising walk I will be taking part in this July. This walk is an initiative of a charitable trust called Y Care, started from an inspiring dream of Dr. Nomsa Mbere to raise funds for organizations in Botswana after seeing the challenges they face when donors restrict how the funds could be used. Y Care Charitable Trust aims to support community projects by empowering local leaders to determine how the money could best fit their needs.
I will be doing this walk with the other Students Without Borders volunteers from WUSC: Spojmai who is working at Cancer Association of Botswana, Maryam from Holy Cross Hospice, and Matt from Stepping Stones International. My best friend is also visiting from Hong Kong and spending part of her annual vacation to do this walk with us. The 5 of us, along with 40 other participants, will be walking 150km on the Makgadikgadi Pans (Kalahari Desert!) over 3 days. Each of us is required to raise CAD 1000 to participate. I would really appreciate your sponsorship for me to do this walk and so the people can continue to do the amazing work they are doing in this country. The name of my personal blog is “I care”. I truly believe if everyone cares a little more, we will have a better world. “Y Care” – together we can show the world that somebody does indeed care.
If you’re interested in being part of this, you can click on the ChipIn widget below and donate via PayPal. Alternatively, I can give you bank information for direct deposit. If you’re unable to donate, please still leave a message and say hi. Messages from back home mean the world to me. Thank you for reading and take care.
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