NEWS & EVENTS | Jul-Dec 2010

John has raised nearly £2500 but is still collecting money - he has rode for 150 days, covering over 5,000 miles, and suffered temperatures of up to 54 degrees Celsius - so please help him reach his fundraising target and donate here http://www.justgiving.com/John-Walton!

This September, Sash Reading and Julian Cox are attempting to cycle, unsupported from London to Kathmandu. This is an incredible, arduous 10,000 miles over 10 months, through some of the most hazardous terrain in the world.

They are undertaking this epic cycling voyage to challenge themselves but to also to raise money for children who are challenged every day. The aim is to raise £5,000 for International Childcare Trust to help some of the most disadvantaged children in Asia and Africa see here to donate: http://www.justgiving.com/lonkat

Follow their blog here: http://lonkat.wordpress.com/

Trek Mount Kenya, is ICT's latest exciting challenge that will take participants on a demanding ascent of Africa's second highest mountain!

Uniquely at International Childcare Trust, we feel it is important that fundraisers on these events get to see how we spend our funds. On the last leg of the trip, we will visit our partner in Kenya and meet some of the children whose lives will be helped by the funds raised by the Challenge.

Please check the scheduled Itinerary for full details on the trek.

If you are interested in signing up for Trek Mount Kenya then please download the appropriate Registration forms from our Register page. Also visit the Trek Mount Kenya website at www.trek-mount-kenya.com.

You can download a flyer and poster for the Trek Mount Kenya event below:

Trek Mount Kenya, A5 flyer, PDF format (TMK_A5_Flyer.pdf)

Trek Mount Kenya, A3 poster, PDF format (TMK_A3_Poster.pdf)

Further information can be obtained by contacting:

Participants we will be provided with very fast professional track bikes which can take riders over 30 mph. If you would like to know more please visit the Velodrome Challenge page.

IThe latest edition of ICT's newsletter is complete! The Summer 2010 Newsletter is available for download as PDF from this site. To find out more click here.

Within just a few days of opening, around 40 children were already learning to play newly purchased musical instruments, over 100 children were taking part in art classes, and 200 students had enrolled on a new computer course.

"I like how I can learn music everyday now in the new music room. I now know two new songs on the piano!" Veasna, 11 years old

Sport can play an extremely important part in the rehabilitation of street children. Faraja Trust Fund, ICT’s partner in Tanzania, runs a number of sports activities, which are making a big difference to the lives of children in a slum area of Morogoro.

In July 2009, Faraja established a street children’s football team in Chamwino slum, a densely populated area in Morogoro, central Tanzania. The team, dubbed the Chamwino Dream Team after beating ICT’s Cycle Tanzania participants in 2009, offers children a way out of life on the streets. As well as boosting their health, sport can improve academic performance, reduce delinquent behaviour, and help build self-esteem. During training sessions, the children are also taught about issues such as sexual health, substance abuse and chid rights.

“The daily training has changed my life - I used to be lazy but now I train with my team mates every day. I have discovered that I have a football talent and dream that one day I will play for one of the biggest teams in Europe!” Kweli, 16 years old

As we approach the first World Cup to be staged in Africa, the Chamwino Dream Team is gearing up for the Copa Coca-Cola U-17 National Championship, a national youth tournament, which aims to nurture new talent. This is the first time they have entered a tournament as big as this… a challenge which they are relishing.