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CHARITY BLOG
SPORT RELIEF SPOTLIGHTS CHILDREN’S PLIGHT
Sport Relief draws attention to children at risk in developing countries.
Last weekend people all over the country were challenged to get active, get energised and get fund-raising by taking part in the annual event Sport Relief.
Sport Relief raises funds by asking for donations as people (both celebrity and non) complete active challenges. The money raised goes to various aid foundations both within the country and abroad.
Highlights from this year’s events include David Walliams’ swim across the English Channel and Eddie Izzard’s amazing 43 marathons in 51 days. It continued with various sponsored runs across the country on Saturday and thousands of pounds raised in creative ways by schools and workplaces on Friday the 19th.
It is a wonderful thing to see communities come together and celebrities using their notoriety to encourage others to get active and help others. In order to make the donations more personal, there were several stories broadcast that typify the demographic that benefit from people’s donations.
The most compelling stories were about children living in developing nations, those that are of most concern to SOS Children’s Villages.
The stories featured children who forage on garbage heaps to survive as well as focusing on a family headed by a young boy named Hasan who works to support his siblings. The children were those that survive in the harshest conditions and often end up on the streets.
Most aid organizations class street children into two categories; those who make their homes on the street and those who work on the streets but have a home to which they can return to sleep. Both of these groups are the concern of SOS Children’s Villages who understand how easy it is for these children to loose their family, their health and their childhood.
That’s why their family strengthening programmes presently provide 175,000 orphans with education opportunities and familial support. SOS is planning to extend this to 900,000 children by the end of 2018. With continued support, SOS can help support children and give them back a childhood free from the burdens of premature responsibility.
