Community Hope School in Katutura was established by a faith based
organisation YWAM (Youth With a Mission) established in 2005 by John and
Suzanne Hunter in response to a growing number of Orphans and Vulnerable
Children (OVC) in Katutura who lacked protection, basic necessities and quality
education.
The school currently facilitates students from grades 1
to 7. At the moment the school does not have a school building and as a result, is
renting rooms from a local church to facilitate school activities. Community
Hope School has other fundraising endeavors towards the purchase of land within
the community.
The school is mainly focused at educating Orphans and Vulnerable
Children (OVCs) and providing basic needs, such as a
meal a day.
The Christian Welfare Organisation (CWO 45) has been actively involved in improving social
needs
within the Rehoboth constituency and other communities in the surrounding
region. The organization works toward collecting and distributing blankets for
schools and old age homes and providing meals and other services to the elderly and
vulnerable children as well as financial assistance to needy students. The
Alaric Cycles for Kidz Foundation would like to raise funds towards the projects of CWO 45 and a 20% portion of the profit generated will be donated towards Projects of
CWO45.
Well, you all sound very experienced and/or professional! It's very inspiriing.
My history is a bit shorter: Dad bought me a bike to ride around Melbourne at
the beginning of last year, it was a lot of fun.
Around August I read the book Carlos did, "A year of Adventures", and
from then on when people asked me what I was going to do once I finished uni at
the end of the year I jokingly said i was going to ride across Africa on a push
bike. A few months later I realised I wasn't joking anymore, so I signed up!
During May, my friend and I rode from Melbourne to Adelaide and back. It was
incredibly fun!
I'm very excited to see Africa and to do it from the seat of a bike!
I am a recent business graduate from
McGill University who has spent the last three years travelling around the
world and working for non-profits in my hometown (Winnipeg, Canada).
In addition to cycling, I enjoy
eating, scuba diving, politics, photography, discovering new music, watching movies,
meeting new people, trying new things, reading, and spending time with friends,
family and my boyfriend.
This will be my first bike tour and my
first time in Africa but I’m looking forward to all the challenges it will
bring. Coming from the prairies, I think I will be prepared for long boring
rides, but my experience with hills is limited to city under and overpasses, so
the hills and mountains will certainly be a challenge. Still, I am only
dreading the cold nights (yes, Winnipeg is one of the coldest cities in the
world but somehow I have yet to adapt).
I’m looking forward to staring this
adventure and seeing how far I can go before losing EFI status!
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