Selwyn House School Year 5 - 8 'Fountain of Peace NZ - Walk with a Purpose' 2024
Fundraising for the construction of a much needed spring well for 50 families to have access to clean water in Uganda.
Christchurch, Canterbury
On Friday 5th of April 2024, some of the Selwyn House School year 5 - 8 girls will be setting off to 'Walk with a Purpose' raising funds to make a significant and life saving difference in the lives of others.
These Selwyn House School students are passionate about helping others and this year have decided to raise funds towards the construction of a much needed spring well, which will provide over 50 families access to clean water, in the extremely impoverished area of Kyenjojo District in Uganda. Pictured above is the current site where these families collect their water for drinking, cooking and cleaning, obviously creating a huge risk for water borne diseases.
The girls will start walking a 10 km route to Selwyn House School at 6 am and will arrive to school in time to start the school day. The walk is expected to take approximately 2 hours and represents the distance some children in Uganda walk to collect water and to and from school each day.
The heart of this Selwyn House School Year 5 - 8 'Fountain of Peace NZ - Walk with a Purpose' is that the girls can come together for something much bigger than themselves, to make a lasting and life saving difference in the lives of 50 families. Together with your support they would love to reach their goal to get this spring well built.
If you would like to read more about the transformational work being achieved by Fountain of Peace Children's Foundation NZ please go to www.fountainofpeace.org.nz.
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Congratulations and thank you! 18 April 2024
A huge congratulations to over 60 Selwyn House students and to all of their supporters who got up at the crack of dawn on Friday the 5th of April to Walk with a Purpose. They left from student ambassador, Isabelle James' house just after 6 am in the pitch dark, to walk the 10 km route to Selwyn House School. When the sun came up it was such a stunning blue sky day, with the golden autumn leaves highlighting the beautiful morning. The girls, teachers, parents, extended family, friends and pet dog all made it to school before 8.30 am in time to start the school day. Together with the incredibly generous support of so many, over $5000 was raised to build the much needed spring well in the Rwenjaza community of Uganda which will not only bring hope to the families who will soon have access to fresh drinking water, but will also save lives. A huge thank you to all who have supported the girls in this inspiring fundraising event bringing hope and transformation to families in need. Thank you Selwyn House community and friends :-)
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