World Vision UK child sponsor’s Roger Waluube and Obia Ejikeme, have recently embarked on a huge 5 week drive through Europe and Africa to help raise funds to support the children’s charities tireless work in Uganda. The couple’s epic trip started in London and will finish in the capital of Uganda, Kampala, with plans to raise up to £2500 during the journey.
Roger (who is of Ugandan origin) and Obia are planning on visiting the children they sponsor through World Vision on their way to Uganda, and the couple will be carrying a GPS device so that supporters can follow their journey. Plus there will be constant updates via Twitter and Facebook for the couple to share their experiences on the road whilst making this once in a lifetime trip.
The journey, which will take in Europe, Northern Africa, Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya, was inspired by the 2007 BBC programme Long Way Down. This show featured Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman travelling 15,000 miles from John O’Groats to Cape Town, and got Obia and Roger thinking…
Obia said –
We both wanted to travel around Africa and get to know more about Africa. Roger said ‘Why don’t we drive there’, so we just decided to do it for charity.
The five week drive should help raise £2,500 for World Vision’s work in East Africa. These funds will help provide much needed resources for many projects, including a community initiative to help improve the educational prospects of children in Rukiga, south-west Uganda.
Roger, who is Ugandan by origin, said –
As well as raising money, we also want to raise awareness of issues such as HIV, particularly how to support children living with HIV, and education. We’re both believers of health and education. I was a teacher once and for me, working with, helping and supporting kids is important.
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