We Did This!!!

2012 was an amazing year when we facilitated the raising of more than £560,000 for different charities across the UK and overseas.

Each year, we choose a different charity to support with a percentage of any profit that we make as a company.  Last year, it was AfriKids (working with children on the street in Ghama); this year we have chosen to support Maranatha Gateway, working in Uganda.

They are working to set up a Vocational Training Centre in Sozi, Kalangala on the Ssese Islands on Lake Victoria in Uganda. Sozi (Luganda for a rocky hill) is a small peninsula of jungle and oil palm plantations on the east coast of Bugala Island, Uganda. This is one of the beautiful Ssese Islands in Lake Victoria – just 40 miles off the mainland.

Maranatha Gateway intends to train people in the following skills:

·       Brick making, Building and Carpentry to help them build better homes

·       Crop Growing for better eating and also potentially for selling

·       Animal Husbandry (Goats) to help a sustained income

·       Tilapia Breeding (a local fish) again for eating and selling

·       Basic Engine Maintenance mainly for motor bikes and outboard motors

·       Basic Numeracy as many locals have never learnt counting and measuring

·       Basic English as this is the country’s main official language

We want to thank all of you who have taken part in any challenge, pre-expedition training weekend, medical first aid course, or other event with us this year as you have helped support this charity

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We have specifically bought a jeep for the charity and are looking at supporting other innovations such as solar power, wind power and building projects.