It’s no longer a dream, it’s a reality!

Ollie will be  in  Chester this  coming Saturday, 4 August from 12 noon, for the Giant Chester Water Walk. 

Street performances, Live bands & plenty of Family fun.  So come and join him for a fun filled action packed day.  But please also remember what this is all about!

A thousand miles journey starts with a single step. How true it is for Our HERO Ollie Mason. He is doing this incredible challenge so well.

Let’s support this Young man. This is an absolutely brilliant move!!!! Visit www.thewaterrun.com and www.breakthroughfoundation.org for more updates. Pliz Tweet Ollie an encouraging word.

More long days and late nites. Help me make it all worthwhile: http://t.co/t1l3IZa7 for #cleanwater where it's needed most.

Donation Center | The Water Run

thewaterrun.com/Donate

Welcome to the donation's page for The Water Run. We appreciate you're here and hope that you are willing to help support the walk by making a small donation. By doing so you'll be making life easier for the many people out there who suffer from Water Poverty! Once again Thank You…

Norman's visit to Kenya - June 2012

    NORMAN, STELLA & LINDA BETT'S SHARE ABOUT THEIR VISIT TO KENYA

Where do we begin?  Well first and foremost I want to thank everyone concerned!  Esther, Peter for his taxi driving skills, and of course Irene (Esthers sister) and her family for putting up with us! 

We travelled to Ju Ju New Beginning's school and what an experience it was.  When we arrived we came upon something so, so, special.   I must admit it brought tears to my eyes.  It is just like Esther said, it's like your first born child. 

We presented the staff with the items we were able to take, then discussed what should be left at the school and what could be given to the children.  We decided there should be a presentation day.  This was done the following week.

 

The presentation day arrived and once again we had the experience of travelling to Ju Ju. Was it worth it, you bet it was.  We were met, not only by the staff and children but also by the parents (this is a day we will never forget).  There were songs, dances and poems from the children.  There were presentations for good work, from the tots to the older children and photo opportunities galore.  The parents enjoyed it as much as the children.  It was so encouraging to see.  Every little penny helps, just to see the smiles on the children's and the parent's faces it was well worth it.

Inbetween we visited a very articulate young man, Kelvin! 

It was a joy to meet and chat with him.

Hope to meet up with Kelvin and Ju Ju school again as soon as possible.

                                                      This was an unbelievable experience.

                                                              Best Wishes to everyone
                                                                Norman, Stella, Linda 

We have posted some photographs taken by Norman - one of our supporters - with his family on their recent holiday to Kenya, where they took the time and opportunity to visit The New Beginnings Academy and met the children and staff.

The Water Run

Well Ollie has completed his first week of the Water Run and he is doing amazingly well.

Visit his Facebook page for further information and view his videos.

And remember, this event isn't just about raising money it is also trying to raise awareness to the millions of people each day that have to walk long distances to get clean water.

Please post your comments on either Breakthrough's FB or directly onto The Water Runs facebook page.

Thank you for supporting us.

The BKF team of volunteers

THANK YOU TO SOUTER CHARITY

We would like to express our grateful thanks and appreciation to the Souter Charity once again for their financial help and support.

Thanks to your generosity, we will now be able to purchase the furniture and much needed books and stationery for our new classrooms at the New Beginning Academy.

Breakthrough Foundation

Saturday, 16 June 2012 - Volunteer & Community Celebration

Breakthough Foundation are pleased to have been invited

to take part in the

Volunteer & Community Celebration at

Llwyn Isaf Green & Queens Square, Wrexham on

Saturday, 16 June 2012 - 11 am - 4 pm.

Why not come along and find out how you could get involved

and at the same time join in the fun.

Live Music & Entertainment

Dog & Pet Show

Craft Show

and much more!

THE WATER RUN - Find out more about it here

"THE WATER RUN"  - Ollie Mason

WATER WAY TO RAISE MONEY FOR A LOCAL CHARITY

60 days, 1,000 miles, 20 litres of water and a target of £102,012.....there have been many sponsored walks, but nothing quite like this!

Sir Ian Botham has done it as have so many others.

However, until Ollie Mason came along nobody has ever attempted to walk from John O’Groats to Lands End carrying 20 litres on their head.

Fittingly Ollie, 23, chose to take on this Olympian challenge this year and has been training hard for the last 18 months.

Says Ollie: “The Water Run aims to increase awareness of how millions of impoverished people have to walk huge distances every day simply to collect water – which is often contaminated.”

This incredible journey begins on 4th July and will be completed 60 days later at Lands End on 1st September, averaging over 16 miles each day.

Ollie who lives in Chester plans to raise over £100,000 for charities including the Wrexham based Breakthrough Foundation.

“We are a small charity but with a huge heart, said Chair of Trustees Esther Kamau.” We met Ollie last year when he was working in town and are proud to be sitting alongside other charities like Oxfam as this will undoubtedly also raise our profile.

Clean, safe water is vital to our work at Juma Farm community in Keyna. We help maintain a medical centre and as this area is semi arid with little rainfall we are also assisting with new farming methods and the creation of small businesses.

 It’s unbelievable that Ollie is going to be carrying 20 litres of water for 1000 miles. However, that’s his way of highlighting the fact that millions of people around the world have no alternative but to walk huge distances to collect water simply to survive.”

http://www.thewaterrun.com/

Just £2.00 (less than the price of a coffee in many of the town’s cafes) would provide a vulnerable child with clean, safe water until adulthood.

The Water Run is a part of World Walks for Water & Sanitation and was formally launched at a charity reception in Downing Street on 23 May.

For further details:

Breakthrough Foundation

http://www.breakthroughfoundation.org/
Kamau@Breakthroughfoundation.org

The Water Run  

www.thewaterrun.com

mrottmann@thewaterrun.com

mrmason@thewaterrun.com

Update on New Beginning Academy progress

We are pleased to report that the New Beginning Academy (NBA) in Juja Farm, Kenya got off to a great start to the new school year on 3 January 2012 and the children were very excited to return following the Christmas break.

 

We are also very excited tp receive an excellent report from the District Education Department complimenting us in every area of our work and on the excellent performance and achievements of the school children attending NBA.

 

The work on the extension for the additional classrooms for the school is going very well but we still greatly need and appreciate your valuable support to enable us to complete this work   Once this is finished it will enable the children who are ready to continue with their development and to progress through the educational system.

 

Once again may I take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support and as always we would really appreciate you helping us to spread the word about our charity to your family and friends.

 

Best wishes

 

Esther

Crafts and Cards Fair at Wrexham Maelor Hospital on 1 March 2012

We will be holding a Crafts and Cards fair outside the staff dining room at the Maelor Hospital between 11.30 am - 2.00 pm on Thursday, 1 March 2012.

There will be a variety of African Handmade Crafts,

Bags and Sandals at very reasonable prices!!!

Along with Birthday, Wedding, Special Occasions and General cards.

Our mission is to help to alleviate poverty and prejudice

by providing practical services to the poor and those

suffering from HIV/Aids in Kenya and Wales,

particularly women and children.

Please come along and support us and find out about

 ways and opportunities, in which you could

become involved, to help us to help needy children.

We hope to see you there.

Glyndwr University Volunteer Recruitment Event

For anyone interested in becoming a volunteer for Breakthrough Foundation, we have been invited to attend the Volunteer Recruitment Event at Glyndwr University in Wrexham on Wednesday, 22 February between 11 am - 2 pm and invite you tol come along and meet us and find out more about what we have on offer.

Esther & Syl