Local Heroes is very grateful that the Rijnlands school has fundraised for our school projects again. All of the proceeds have gone towards improvements of school infrastructure in villages in a remote area of Kenya (extra classrooms, water sanitation, school furniture).
The talented siblings Audrey, Jayden and Brayden Sung from Canada gave an exclusive concert on July 5 at Kasteel Duivenvoorde. Through this fantastic event, set up by Rijnlands Lyceum, EUR 15,000 was donated to Local Heroes, enabling the realization of yet another few classrooms in West-Pokot, Kenya. Thank you so much!
In March, Driss Rahouani, sports teacher at Rijnlands Lyceum, and our board member Willem visited several projects sponsored by Local Heroes in Kenya. It is great to see the impact of the Rijnlands fundraising!
Local Heroes is pleased to support Project Nyanga with the ‘Friends of Stars in their Eyes Foundation’. This project focuses on health, sports and education, working with local coaches to help develop childrens’ talents in the township of Nyanga, Western Cape. By supporting this project, many more children can be reached by the passionate and dedicated community coach Xolani Sicamba. This way, underprivileged children are offered activities in the area of sports, life skills and social development. With the financial support of Local Heroes, sports materials and transportation costs are covered.
An impressive achievement; the ‘sponsorloop’ (charity run) of the Rijnlands Lyceum Wassenaar during their sports day in June, raised more than EUR 14,500! A truly phenomenal amount! The proceeds will go to the Sangat Secondary boarding school in Pokot, Kenya. An extra special touch to the event was that the Eritrean athletics talent Abderezak Suleman participated in the run so the students had the pleasure to run alongside a professional top athlete. Everyone involved can be very proud of the result.
Departure
On their way!
Arrival
Announcement of the total raised amount with the Principal
With Abderezak Suleman
