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Walk 50 miles in 30 days and help marginalised children in Sri Lanka while you’re at it!
Our popular annual walking campaign is now in its fifth year, having raised almost £28,000 to help vulnerable children in Uganda, Malawi, Syria and Kenya since 2020.
This year we’re raising funds for the nutrition programme at the Kadella Centre, a highly effective initiative helping HIV+ children and young people from impoverished families in Sri Lanka.
10-year-old *Yansili was born with HIV. Her mum discovered she had the virus during her pregnancy and her father also subsequently tested positive.
There is still huge stigma around HIV/AIDS in Sri Lanka, and many people hide the illness from family members, let alone the wider community. Yansili and her parents have learned to live with their diagnosis, and the Kadella Centre has been a huge help to them on this journey.
Kadella offers a safe space near Sri Lanka’s only Infectious Diseases Hospital, providing overnight accommodation for those needing treatment, or a temporary refuge for those evicted by anti-AIDS prejudice. The staff team – all of whom are themselves ‘living positively’ – can provide counselling, advice and support. For children like Yansili, Kadella also offers regular feeding support, with Global Care’s help.
Yansili’s dad is a motor mechanic but is only able to work erratically. They also have some financial support from Yansili’s older married half-brother, but it is very hard for them to provide Yansili with the level of nutrition she needs to grow and develop, and successfully fight HIV. The Kadella Centre provides monthly food vouchers to Yansili and another 25 children with HIV/AIDS. The vouchers can only be spent on certain items, providing the level of nutritional content which the children need.
The children are regularly weighed and measured and this intervention is proving highly successful in helping children from impoverished families to fight the effects of HIV/AIDS.
Taking part in ’50 miles, 30 days’ this year will support the vital work of Kadella, advocating and caring for children who are extremely vulnerable to discrimination.
Ready to sign up? Just make a donation of £30 or more, using the button below. We’ll send you a registration pack, including a beanie hat to keep out the chill, and you’re off!
We’ll also set you some fun challenges each week through January, to keep you going. There will be prizes too!
Over 300 people have taken part in our walking challenge since it launched, but a huge 62% of the funds raised have come from just 55 participants – those who chose to operate fundraising pages. You can treble or quadruple your impact – without walking any extra miles. Let us know if you would like to fundraise for us using the form below, but fundraising is not compulsory. If you just want to make your £30 contribution, get fit and join in the fun, you’re welcome!
NEW for 2024: prayer cards
For the first time we’re providing optional prayer content, for those who want to turn their 50 Mile walking challenge into a 50 Mile Prayer Walking challenge! Just let us know if you want this content when you sign up, and we’ll make sure it’s included in your welcome pack. It will be great to start the New Year with even more focussed prayer from our praying friends.
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