A quick plug. The daughter of a friend of mine was raising money for the Soft Power Education charity on Thursday at the Collaborate for Change Event. I’d just like to do a quick post to raise awareness of the charity.
Soft Power Education is working with communities in Uganda to improve quality of life through education. Our funding comes from overland groups, independent travellers and sponsors from around the world. Every single penny donated to Soft Power Education goes towards refurbishing and upgrading the schools involved in the programme; the running costs of the two pre-schools; running the Amagezi Education Centre; continuing the work in Murchison; buying building materials and paying for Ugandan labour and staff.
This is the sixth year that Middlesex university student-led project has joined with Soft Power and last years trip raised £13000 which renovated two primary schools during the month they were out there. This year they hope to continue the success and are looking to raise £650 per person for Soft Power Education which will enable them to complete two more primary schools in the summer of 2012. If you are interested in sponsoring or donating towards the flight costs, or donating to the charity, then you can find out more via this page.
More information about the Soft Power Education charity can be found here : http://softpowereducation.com/
