The Words of the Crostwaite Family
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The Words of the Crostwaite Family |
Winchester, UK -- Ashley Crosthwaite set out October 15 on the Pilgrim Way, a 140-mile trek from Winchester Cathedral to Canterbury, to raise awareness and funds for charitable projects in Africa. Ashley is a trustee of the International Relief Friendship Foundation in the UK that has been supporting educational and medical projects in east Africa as well as a children's hospital in Nam Po, North Korea.
"I am thinking of all the children and youth in Africa we have been helping over the past six years and even more so those we couldn't reach, many who are dead now," he wrote.
Half the donations will go to support WAIT programs in schools in Uganda that empower young people to make lifestyle choices that free both themselves and their peers from the scourge of HIV/AIDS infection. WAIT also exists on a much smaller scale in Zambia and South Africa and was introduced to Ethiopia and Malawi in July by Ambassadors for Peace.
Donations will also provide doors, windows, and latrines at the Destiny school in Uganda, following up on a visit last summer (for more details click here).
A medical clinic will be built next door the Mackenzie School in Zambia, and its latrines will be improved. Much-needed equipment will be provided to a medical clinic in Lusaka.
Mr. Crosthwaite expects to spend seven or eight days on the walk, in the company of several people, camping along the way, and writing a daily update on twitter and facebook.