Meet the Team – and we’re off…
And we’re off…. All the preparations are done – and our team of 10 volunteers are off to Uganda! Wish us luck (and send donations via Just Giving!). We’re travelling from Heathrow on Ethiopian Airways – via Addis Abbaba to Uganda. We’ve each got a bag of our own kit – and each another large...
Sponsors needed
I hope to get companies (and maybe cricket clubs) to help sponsor various parts of this fantastic project the following sponsorship opportunities are available: T-Shirts Wristbands Coaching kit Hard ball cricket kit Website sponsors It is my intention to try and get some press for the trip and also drive a bit of traffic to...
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 and 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...
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;...