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Holly Colvin Blog - Off one plane and onto another…this time Uganda bound

Holly Colvin Blog – Off one plane and onto another…this time Uganda bound

Three days ago I returned from India where I was competing in ICC Women’s World Cup. We spent the first week of the trip in Pune then for the remainder we were based in Mumbai, right next door to the Gateway of India. Pune seemed like a bustling city from what I saw and the...
Uganda Spring 2013

Uganda Spring 2013

This Spring volunteers from CWB will be once again travelling to Uganda to coach and develop cricket with key AIDS awareness messages. You can follow their progress here on this blog.
Cricket Without Boundaries

Cricket Without Boundaries

The Cricket Without Boundaries Trust was established in April 2005 by founder-trustees Andy Hobbs, Chris Kangis and Ed Williams. It is a registered charity in the UK, number 1111316, operating under the name of Cricket Without Boundaries (“CWB”). CWB has three main goals: To spread cricket through coaching children and teaching adults how to coach;...
Meet the Team

Meet the Team

  There is not long to go before Team Uganda 2’s adventure begins. It was a real pleasure to meet the rest of the team at the training weekend and it was pleasing to come away with my 100% winning record with CWB intact. It must be noted the team achieved this despite me being...
About Uganda

About Uganda

Uganda is located in East Africa and shares borders with Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The country also shares a border with Africa’s largest lake, Lake Victoria which covers an area of 68,800 square kilometres in all. The country remains a member of the Commonwealth, although it became independent...
HIV/AIDS in Africa

HIV/AIDS in Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa is more heavily affected by HIV and AIDS than any other region of the world. An estimated 22.4 million people are living with HIV in the region – around two thirds of the global total. In 2008 around 1.4 million people died from AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa and 1.9 million people became infected...