The 300 Mile Bike Ride

On the 1st April 2011 myself (Roy Middup) and another member of Project Uganda, Saskia Hook, will be challenging ourselves on a 300 mile bike ride to the Ugandan High Commission in London. The ride will take place over three days and on the middle day we will have a photo opportunity with Pauline Latham, our local MP and leader of Project Uganda outside the Ugandan High Commission. As well as raising awareness of our charity in the local press, we are raising money for Project Uganda by sponsorship. The ride will challenge us in endurance and map reading, let alone avoiding the London traffic! We will be updating the blog each night hopefully so lookout for our updates! At present we have over £1000 sponsorship from family, friends, teachers and local companies namely Rolls-Royce, Actu’elle, and Smartmove. We are very grateful to all the people who have sponsored us but we are always striving for more so please sponsor us if you can, cheques or cash (we recommend a cheque) can be sent to:
Roy Middup,
29 Highfield Road,
Little Eaton,
Derby
DE21 5AG
(Please make cheques payable to "Project Uganda" and mark on the bake "Bike Ride".)

Project Uganda 2011

Project Uganda is now up and running and we are all very enthusiastic to get the project started again . This year six year ten pupils have been recently selected by their peers to travel to Uganda next summer in 2011. The three new pupils from Ecclesbourne School are Saskia Hook, Roy Middup, Robin Spurr and teacher Rachel Tordoff . The three new students from Woodlands School are Matt Powell, Dani Clamp and Phil Campbell. Each student was selected by their peers after presenting a speech on why they wanted to be chosen.

Over this period of time we will be doing various fund-raising events in order to raise as much money as possible. The money raised will go directly to Mirembe and Kiringo Secondary Schools in Uganda. Previously we raised enough money to buy school equipment such as pens, paper, textbooks, science equipment and science chemicals; all of which are vital in order for the school to function properly. We also bought enough building materials to build an examination hall for Mirembe School and three classrooms, a store room and a staff room for Kiringo School. In addition to this we were able to fund a sustainable farming project to aid the surrounding communities.

We cannot do all of this on our own and the Project Uganda team and the students in Mirembe and Chiringo School will be very grateful if you are able to donate some money to the project or participate in any fund-raising events in the future. We need your help!