October 2nd, 2011
Elle (left) and friend
Elle and friend
Elle Hosker (see post below) successfully completed her fundraising Blakes Half-Marathon in Montreal on 25th September. Here, in her own words, are Elle’s impressions of the run:
“We started at 10:30 in the morning, and by the time we had run an hour, it was already starting to get tough. All along the way there were bands playing, people cheering, and we met some really motivating people. For the last 20 minutes, it was more of a slow jog and we were dragging our feet, but after sprinting to the finish line, we felt absolutely amazing. It’s something I will definitely do again because it gave me the best feeling in the world!”
Elle raised the magnificent sum of Canadian $2031 – around £1240 – through sponsorship from family and friends and we sincerely thank Elle and all her supporters for their wonderful contributions. The money will be used to help fund the primary school education of very poor Congolese children who would not be able to attend school without the scholarships provided by CCC.
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April 18th, 2011
Elle Hosker, a 15 year-old British girl, who now attends school in Canada, has offered to raise money for CCC by taking part in the Blakes Half-Marathon (21 kms) to be staged in Montreal on 25th September 2011. The race, a big annual event in Montreal, starts on the Jacques-Cartier Bridge and will finish at Parc Maisonneuve. Elle is fundraising for CCC through sponsorship from friends, family and everyone who wishes to lend their support. CCC will use all the funds raised to help provide education, food and healthcare for impoverished children in DR Congo. We wish Elle good luck in her preparation for this event!
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March 1st, 2011
Thanks to several generous donors, the target of £450 needed to send Reddy Yale for treatment was reached at the end of December (see our Blog below) and in early January 2011 Reddy left Basankusu to go to the specialised hospital in Mbandaka. We have received news that the diagnosis and treatment of Reddy’s illness was completed in early February and that he has returned to Basankusu to resume his education. We understand he will need to take medication for his condition for a lengthy period but first signs are that his treatment has been successful.
Our sincere thanks again to all who contributed and particularly to 8 year-old Danielle Goodlake who got the ball rolling so effectively with her sponsored walk!
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November 9th, 2010
Reddy Yale
- Danielle Goodlake
Danielle Goodlake, an eight year-old British schoolgirl, who has Aspergers and dyspraxia, contacted us via her mother, saying that she wanted to raise money to help a child who was both poor and has medical needs. It was entirely Danielle’s idea to raise money to help a child in need to have a better life and her parents are incredibly proud of her for all the effort and enthusiasm she put into her successful fundraising!
CCC mentioned the case of Reddy Yale, a young Congolese boy living in Basankusu, a small town in north-west DR Congo. Reddy is one of twelve former street children who had been accused of witchcraft and forced from their homes on to the streets before being given shelter by a catholic mission. CCC supports the schooling and basic health care of these children.
Reddy suffers from epilepsy and his disorder is having an adverse effect on his schooling. He needs to have a proper medical diagnosis and suitable treatment; however this has not been possible to date as the mission has insufficient money to cover the costs of transport, accommodation and a medical assessment at the hospital in the provincial capital, Mbandaka. About £450 is required.
Danielle Goodlake has raised the magnificent total of £150 towards this target by undertaking a sponsored walk. Her initiative is to be congratulated! CCC has received a further £60 from other donors who wish to help Reddy. So we are seeking other generous donors who would like to contribute towards the balance needed of £240. Any contribution will be highly appreciated. Donations can be made via the PayPal “Donate” button on the right of this page. You can add a special instruction to your payment to state that you wish your donation to be for the benefit of Reddy Yale. 100 per cent of your donation will be used for the cause you specify.
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September 5th, 2010
This year’s Kingston upon Thames Carnival was held on Sunday, 5th September. Caring for Congolese Children participated with a stall in the historic Market Place and sold delicious homemade cakes kindly donated by our trustees and other supporters.
We had an enjoyable and successful day, with proceeds from the stall and donations totalling £322! The money will be used to hep fund our activities to fight malnutrition, ill health and illiteracy among children in DR Congo. Many thanks to all who contributed their time, money or homemade cakes!
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August 31st, 2010
CCC and Fern Hill Primary School (FHS) located in Kingston upon Thames, UK, formed a partnership in 2006 when CCC was selected by the school as the main charity it wished to support. Since then, FHS, through various fundraising events, has made very generous donations towards a number of our projects, particularly those involving improvements to the sanitation, furnishings and learning environment at a primary school in Kinshasa – see below our news items “
Completion of Desks & Classrooms Project”; “
Desks & Classrooms Project 2007-2009” and “
Water Cisterns Project, July 2007”
Following the successful conclusion of our projects at the Kinshasa school in July 2009, FHS offered their support for a new arrangement through which Fern Hill’s very valuable fundraising efforts would be directed towards support for our Food, Health and Education Programmes at the Centre Mère Marie Augustine, a feeding centre, school and small health unit located in an extremely poor district of Kinshasa.
During CCC’s financial year 2009-10, through the success of FHS’s fundraising and the generosity of pupils, their families and staff, they provided CCC with the magnificent total of £2250 with which to further our programmes at CMMA. We are very grateful for their wonderful fundraising efforts which are making such positive changes to the lives of Congolese children. Some of the money raised will be used to provide sports and recreational equipment for the children attending the centre’s infant and primary schools: we are planning swings and a slide for the infants and, space permitting, volleyball and soccer for the primary school children.
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June 7th, 2010
Line up from Left: Marina Banks, Max Vermeer, Arnor Elvarsson and Fabian Middelmann.
A group of students at the Bavarian International School in Munich, Germany, have kindly donated £125 to CCC. The students raised this money by participating in a ‘Young Enterprise’ project in which they marketed and sold hooded sweatshirts bearing the ‘BIS’ initials of their school.
Distressed by the suffering of children in DR Congo, the students chose to make a donation in support of our food and education programmes. We are most grateful to these internationally-minded students for making such an effective demonstration of solidarity with our cause.
Some of the students who helped organise the fundraising are shown in this accompanying photo.
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January 25th, 2010
We were delighted to receive another generous cheque, this time for £500, from Adam Walker (see blog of 19th June 2009, below). Adam and his friends raised this sum from the proceeds of his launch party in October 2009 for “Just in Reach”, a non-profit organisation set up and run in Birmingham, England, by teenagers who fundraise for needy and sick children through concerts and various sporting events.
Part of the money donated helped to provide a special Christmas meal for the malnourished children we support at the Centre Mère Marie Augustine in Kinshasa and the balance was used in our normal daily feeding programme.
We are grateful for the sums received from Adam and his friends in Just in Reach and we are impressed by their keenness to make a big difference by helping to improve the lives of malnourished and sick children.
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A fundraising children’s art exhibition organised by the charity “Trust in Children” (TiC) was held at the V & A 
