On Friday 29th January 2010 the children and staff at Bracken Leas School raised over £1300 for Shelterbox. This staggering amount will help to pay for nearly 3 Shelterboxes to provide emergency accommodation and aid for people left homeless by the Haiti earthquake. In addition to the 'mufti' day a number of girls from around the school have been baking cakes to sell for the appeal. President of the Rotary Club of Brackley, Chris Watts, said that he was immensely proud to be able to present a certificate to the school in appreciation of their fantastic effort to raise so much money for the distressed people of Haiti.
Climbing in Africa – for Africa
A Brackley Rotarian is undertaking a daunting climb up Mt. Kilimanjaro Having bicycled from London to Paris for charity last year, Irene Childerley has now set her fundraising target much higher – 5,895 metres high...
Sponsorship of Brackley Rotarian Irene’s tough six-night trek is for the Brackley based ‘Friends of Mithulini Village’ charitable project, raising funds to provide clean drinking water for the village located in the Eastern Province of Kenya.
Towering over the sandy plains of Tanzania, Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest free-standing mountain in the world and Irene is scheduled to be at its 5,895m snow-capped peak on 5 February.
Irene said: “Brackley Rotary Club supports the Mithulini project and we have a target of £6,000 to fund the boring of a well and provide related equipment.”
“The endeavour of the Nyali family in Brackley who founded ‘Friends of Mithulini Village’ has motivated me to make this trek. Villagers in Mithulini have a one and a half hour walk to and from a river, with water being transported in containers carried by donkeys or people.”
”My Kilimanjaro route is less used than other routes, covering many terrains – rich forest, moorland, a volcanic crater, snow, glaciers and a lunar landscape with an ash cone. This camping-based trek has the danger of altitude sickness so the route has been carefully planned to maximize my chance of reaching the summit.”
“Sponsorship would be most welcome and can easily be given on-line at www.justgiving.com/Mithuluni with the added benefit of Gift Aid. All sponsorship will go to Mithulini – the cost of the trek being paid personally.”
FRIENDS OF MITHULINI VILLAGE Website: http://www.friendsofmithulunivillage.org.uk
