Emily cooked up a storm and raised £130 for Ugandan Orphans by organising a Cake Sale at Histon Baptist Church. Cakes were 25p each but Emily had no change so customers had to buy four at a time!

Afrinspire Cambridge Student Society 
 

This term Afrinspire Cambridge Student Society have raised £335 from a Cake Sale and a Krispy Kreme donought stall around the colleges. Look out for more of the Society's fundraising ventures next term!

Kevin Lee

Kevin raised raised over £1,000 to support Rwandan orphans. Kevin was given a voucher to take a parachute jump. He decided that if he was going to jump out of an aeroplane he ought to make it worthwhile.  Kevin chose to help children in Africa and the Rwandan orphans in particular. He spent six months collecting sponsors and finally made the jump. Thank you, Kevin. We’re pleased you had a safe landing and thank you for all your hard work. The money went immedaitely to Rwanda to sustain the 300 orphans supported by Association Misericorde.

Alan and Bex

Alan and Bex chose to run the Keswick Half Marathon – a tremendously scenic route if only the running wasn’t such an effort! The weather on the day did not smile on them and it was a tough run but they made it. With the help of the justgiving website they pestered their friends and raised £1,500. The money was used to sponsor training for organisations in business planning at the Development Studies Centre in Mbarara. There was a series of courses in basic book-keeping, organisational development, business planning and project planning. This was followed by Afrinspire supporting a women's co-operative in Kampala to set up a Mushroom Farm.

Catherine and John Gooch

As part of her Teaching degree at Nottingham University, Catherine was required to gain some teaching experience in less privileged schools. Catherine decided to go one step further than the deprived areas of the UK and take a step into Africa. Afrinspire facilitated the trip for Catherine, arranging for her to spend classroom time in several Ugandan schools. We included a range of schools with which we have a relationship. Catherine’s father, John Gooch, accompanied her and used his computer expertise to assist in the schools while Catherine met the children. John’s employer, Nortel, joined in to support the trip by matching all money raised up to the figure of £2,500. They met all the costs of their trip themselves, but raised £1,000 to help one girl who lost both her parents in road accidents. They gave £200 to ten other schools and eductional initiatives within the Afrinspire portfolio.

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