Written by Mark Crandall
I first met Adrian Thornycroft in Harare, Zimbabwe in 1984. I was a Rotary Scholar at the Prince Edward School, and Adrian was at another school across the city. I navigated miles of roadside footpaths by bicycle to get to Borrowdale and spend amazing times with his family. We have been friends ever since, each with two beautiful daughters and many special memories in Zimbabwe and South Africa together.
Adrian is a true friend and has Ubuntu!
He is asking friends and colleagues to pledge their support in his effort to tackle 26.2 miles of New York City streets on November 6th (The NYC Marathon!) to help kids and their communities in Zimbabwe. I will be with him every step of the way. . .cheering that is!
Click here to check out Adrian’s personal, fundraising page!
Thank you so much for supporting Adrian and H4H!
Soccer 4 Hope then had an outreach program with soccer and life skills, where we targeted the Gugulethu area.There we reached out to 1 of the current schools in the Soccer 4 Hope program, Intshinga Primary School, and had had a following outreach at Elukhanyisweni Complex, our newest partner in the ‘Coaching For Hope’ and City of Cape Town women empowerment project. We then targetted the Nyanga and Crossroads area, hosted a tournament at the Crossroads Library, then also in Acacia Park, and last but not least Khayelitsha. There we had a clean-up and gardening campaign at Phaphamani day care center. And last but not least Soccer 4 Hope All Stars/Community Coordinator Vuyani Ngcuka and his MVPs/Coaches Luyolo Madolo, Mzukisi Mlanjeni, and Mzamo Mthsiselwa wrapped it up with a huge street soccer tournament targeting the community at large. It was amazing to see the sight of the community out and supporting this astounding day. Parents came out and supported their children playing, which was fulfiling! There were happy faces from the young participants. The day was wrapped with a ceremony, where the winning teams from the different age groups were given small trophies.
