ONE MILLION STEPS FOR KUMI WEEK 4

Today is the start of Week Four of the Kumi Community Foundation’s ONE MILLION STEPS FOR KUMI walk in June 2020. The steps are adding up, our fitness levels must be improving and will we hang up our walking boots at the end or continue to complete a million steps each? Rivers, bridges, woods, corn fields, stiles in all weathers have been part of our walks and I have learnt so much more about my local area often due to the extra distance caused by my poor map reading! Climbing over a six-bar iron gate when I was alone and truly lost must have been a sight worth watching! Walking with friends has been special after weeks of isolation and we have not run out of idle chatter. KCF news from Harriet and Ruth with a report that 770 COVID-19 cases are recorded with one death. We pray that this will not escalate further. The Teso people are used to times of great adversity and so have the ability to survive as best they can but poverty for the very poor is sometimes too great a challenge. We thank you sincerely for your generous support which has enabled us to provide some basic needs for them. Our aim is to raise funds for the Foundation to increase its support for Kumi Hospital during the coronavirus situation and we have achieved so much but we could do more. We have presented infrared thermometers, masks, hand sanitisers and cleansing materials to the hospital and food and soap for the inpatients. Here is a quick guide to how you can find out everything you need to know about Kumi Community Foundation including how to donate. 1 . To get more information about the Kumi Community Foundation go to the website www.kumicommunityfoundation.co.uk Here you will be able to visit the blog page for regular updates by Elspeth and the team . 2. To donate click on this link https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr … You can donate using a card or by Pay Pal If you are a UK tax payer please tick the gift aid box to ensure the charity receives a further 25% on top of your donation with no extra cost to you. You will need to scroll to the bottom of the page to do this. Or you can email the charity secretary on kumicomfound@yahoo.com for instructions on safe and secure donations. 3.Instagram https://instagram.com/kumi_community_foundation?r=nametag 4. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/kumicommunityfoundationuganda/ 5. This month’s fundraising event is. One Million Steps for Kumi This month’s fundraiser. https://facebook.com/events/s/one-million-steps-for-kumi/703117690489820/? Please send us any feedback or comments and message us if you make a donation ( private message if you prefer)so that we can respond. Thank you for following us, supporting us and taking an interest in the charity and what we do. No act of kindness, no matter how small is ever wasted. Kumi Community Foundation #Helping Others to Help Themselves