Katherine HOPEHIV
Regular
Event title: Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100
Event date/s: Sunday 10th August 2014
Event location: London
Cost of entry: £25 registration fee
Minimum sponsorship: £500
Charity: HOPEHIV
Event link: http://hopehiv.org/ridelondon/
To secure your place and ride for Team HOPEHIV, fill in the form found on the event link below and email to katherine@hopehiv.org by Midday on Friday 9th May 2014.
HOPEHIV support children and young people in sub-Saharan Africa who have been orphaned or affected by HIV/AIDS. Our local project partners work with communities to find the best ways of supporting vulnerable children and young people through:
· Emotional and social support
· Education
· Economic empowerment
· Child rights
In 2014, we are proud to be working with 19 project partners, across 7 countries in sub-Saharan Africa; Zambia, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa and Malawi.
Want to find out more? Take a look at our projects and beneficiary stories:
http://hopehiv.org/projects/
http://hopehiv.org/projects/stories-directory/
We see Hope in Philip
Philip’s* parents passed away many years ago, leaving him to support and care for his elderly grandmother and two younger siblings. He would spend many hours on the congested and dangerous roads of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, trying to sell products to passing trucks, just about scraping enough money together to survive.
In 2009, he was identified by one of HOPEHIV’s projects nearby. They trained him in business skills and gave him a small loan. Philip has since proved himself an impressive entrepreneur - he set up a packaging business, and all the street sellers in the area come to him to get their products bagged and sealed.
Once he repaid his first loan successfully, he was given a second loan, and with this he set up a bike hire business, right next to his packaging hut. His profit from both businesses have since enabled him to buy two plots of land, and his goal is to one day build a house for his family on one of them. He now employs one of his siblings and is putting the other through school.
*Name has been changed to protect confidentiality.
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