Akenkan Half Marathon!
Fundraising campaign by
akenka
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£1,224.00raised of £300.00 goal goal
Suzy, Sharon, Stuart, Emily, Lucinda and Rachel are raising money for the Ghanaian literacy project Akenkan by running a WHOPPING 13.1 miles in the Windsor Half Marathon! Please sponsor us!
What does Akenkan do?
Akenkan is our own unique social project. It was established and developed in liaison with Ghanaian teachers in the rural Akwapim Hills area of Ghana. Akenkan means "Read Along" in Twi, a local Ghanaian dialect.
The overall aim is to promote literacy and reading in rural Ghanaian primary schools and communities in the Akwapim Hills, where story books and resources are scarce. In order to achieve the overall aim, UK pupils write, illustrate and professionally print their own series of bespoke reading books specifically suitable for Ghanaian children in the Akwapim Hills of Ghana. Through liaising with teachers in Ghana, we can ensure that our stories are appropriate in level and content for children of the Akwapim Hills. This also means that UK pupils learn a lot about other cultures, ways of living as well as about writing books, proofreading and improving their own literacy. Education/literacy is working two ways across continents.
Want to know more?
Check out our videos on our website: http://www.akenkan.org/videos.html
For latest news, look on our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/AkenkanLetUsRead
Organizer
- akenka
- London, UK
Donors
- Guest
- Donated on Oct 11, 2014
- Paul Dunwoodie
- Donated on Oct 10, 2014
Great work. From an OAH (old African Hand)!
- Peter and Rona
- Donated on Oct 06, 2014
Great initiative
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Donors & Comments
- Guest
- Donated on Oct 11, 2014
- Paul Dunwoodie
- Donated on Oct 10, 2014
Great work. From an OAH (old African Hand)!
- Peter and Rona
- Donated on Oct 06, 2014
Great initiative
- Suzie & Rufi
- Donated on Oct 06, 2014
Congrats Suz - so impressed! xxx
- Caroline
- Donated on Oct 05, 2014
Well done Sharon!
- Steve Handford
- Donated on Oct 03, 2014
Well done Suzy and friends - rather you than me!
- Mike Ostheimer
- Donated on Oct 03, 2014
- Liz Magennis
- Donated on Sep 30, 2014
Congrats, clever cloggies! Nearly over the 1K mark as well, Wonder Woman! Love Liz x
- Stuart Bird
- Donated on Sep 30, 2014
Well done to all. Brilliant brilliant running all round.
- Dave
- Donated on Sep 29, 2014
Have a great time - and well done