Recent Events
Street Child Africa Ladies Team completes the 5K at Hyde Park
On Sunday September 5th a group of 33 ladies ran the 5K in aid of Street Child Africa. It was a fantastic day, the rain stayed away and all runners, walkers and joggers completed the course. We all met up at the end to have a picnic and a photoshoot! Thank you to everyone who took part, we have raised an amazing £2160.00 for street children in Africa. To see more photos, just visit our Facebook group and become a fan! Or you can donate to our team fundraising page online.
Annemarie climbs Kilimanjaro
Congratulations and a huge thank you to Annemarie Williams, our intrepid and amazing supporter who has just climbed to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. Annemarie is headteacher at Humbestone Junior School in Leicester and has been given enormous support by the school and many schools in the local community as she prepared for her adventure. Fundraising is ongoing and, to date, Annemarie and her community have raised nearly £4,000! The photographs give a taste of Annemarie’s trip and we look forward to hearing more about the climb.
Last word goes to Annemarie; ‘It was an amazing experience, the hardest thing I have ever done, and worthwhile for the money I raised for Street Child Africa’
Lloyds TSB host England vs Slovenia Match
On 23rd June Street Child Africa was delighted to be invited to a World Cup England v Slovenia match screening, hosted by Lloyds TSB in Kingston. We were joined by ex-England and Crystal Palace player and Sky TV commentator, John Salako, who offered his expert analysis live. There were more than 100 attendees for the only match that England won in their World Cup campaign. SCA benefited from an auction (including a signed Chelsea shirt), a World Cup quiz and a Spot the Ball Competition, and over £1,300 was raised for our work. We'd like to thank everyone who took part, especially Ian Noble from Lloyds TSB Commercial who organized the event and invited us to be involved.
GENE MEME
Our recent collaboration on the art show GENE MEME was a great success.
The show tackled the issue of rising population through an art installation, public debate and educational programme. Many people don't realise just how quickly population levels are rising - 235,000 people are added to the planet a day; that's not just births, it's the overall increase.
The GENE MEME art installation ran from 9 to 20 June in the hugely atmospheric Crypt Gallery under St Pancras church. The combination of Gregor Harvie's wall of 50 paintings showing biological proliferation and Alex Harvie's 50 elegies for societies whose drive to grow had catastrophic consequences was both compelling and extremely well-received. For every painting sold, Gregor donated all profit, enabling us to offer a vulnerable child in Ghana a year's apprenticeship including accommodation, food, medical care and support, to help lift them out of poverty.
GENE MEME also included a public debate in St Pancras Church on 10 June addressing what, if anything, should be done about rising population. Street Child Africa's Programmes Director Savina Geerinckx spoke extremely eloquently, explaining that Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the places in the world where the impact of environmental changes and rising population is most acutely felt and that the lack of support services leaves many of its most vulnerable people, particularly children, at risk. Radio 4's Geoff Watts chaired the debate with: Professor Aubrey Manning OBE (University of Edinburgh), Professor John Guillebaud (UCL), Roger Martin (Optimum Population Trust), Fred Pearce (New Scientist) and The Reverend Jeremy Caddick (University of Cambridge).
SCA Golf Day 2010
Following days of cold, dark, wet weather on the morning of 13th May the Daily Telegraph headline read "Britain wakes to coldest May morning in decades yesterday...". Forecasters were warning of more brisk weather but at Hampton Court Golf course the sun shone brightly - for most of the day anyway.
Golfers and volunteers turned up to the beautiful setting with fallow deer amongst the fairways and stately Hampton Court Palace in the background. Following bacon rolls and coffee at 12.30 all 68 players appeared to tee-off on time. We were also honored to have former Crystal Palace player and current Sky television presenter, John Salako among the players.
The handicap system and the Stableford scoring helped to ensure that all teams were equally placed. The sun gave way to a short late afternoon shower and colder weather as the last few teams headed for the final 4 holes but did not interfere with the pleasure in the course or the standard of play.
The enjoyment of the day was helped in no small way by the fact that we were very well looked after through the event by Carlo and his team. After dinner John Salako spoke of his own past and the value of the work carried out by Street Child Africa and partners, then prizes were presented for longest drive (John Seiler), nearest the pin (Frank Hughes) and winner of the putting competition (Neil Lancaster). If you came to the day, and would like to buy some photographs, please visit our flickr pages to see the photos and pick your prints, then contact sarah@streetchildafrica.org.uk with you order.
If you are interested in playing in next years tournament, or would like to be kept informed of this and other events please email Debbie@streetchildafrica.org.uk
