The result and effect that was generated from last years’ event was fantastic for ‘Hularama’ and all involved, as we didn't expect the event to go as well as it did, nor did we expect to raise the amount of money donated in our first year.
We have been able to spread the money further than originally planned. We have made a sizeable inclusion (£2,000) to the mini-bus appeal (Imibala), given a donation of £1,000 to Marie Curie, and had money left to be able to pay towards the sponsorship of pupils' school fees, and educational resources in Somerset West, South Africa (£1,000). The sponsoring of the pupils school educations was achieved by working alongside ‘All Hallows’ Business and Enterprise College in Salford. We are hoping that the event will be even bigger this year and because of this we have decided to take on a new water based charity from the Isle of Wight. The chosen charity is the ‘Island Youth Water Activities Centre.’
You can read about the three charities that we are raising money for this year. If you read on you will see why we are so dedicated on raising money for these important charities. Once again any donations that you can give will be greatly appreciated, and they will go a long way in helping others have a better quality of life.
Turning Grey Today’s Into Colourful Tomorrows.
The primary purpose of Imibala is to get disadvantaged children through primary school from the age of 4 to 13 years.
Many of the children in Somerset West, South Africa come from families where there is not a single employed adult. Some children have lost one or both parents and are looked after by elderly relatives.
Imibala co-ordinates sponsorship for pupils at several schools in the Helderberg region that serve some of the poorest communities. For the equivalent of a mere £42 a year a child can be provided with the tuition fees and uniforms they need to access the basic right to an education.
Imibala oversees all funds and ensures that the money is used for the intended purpose.
Your next decision in support of ‘Swim2Bestival’ could dramatically change the destiny of a child’s life.
Island Youth Water Activities Centre (Isle Of Wight) Ltd. is a voluntary organisation grant aided by the Isle of Wight Youth & Community Service. It is a Charity run for the benefit of all young people on the Isle of Wight. The primary aim being the provision of a variety of water based experiences, which combine challenge, safety and enjoyment. Their secondary aim is to provide training to national standards for young people and potential instructors (of any age). The Centre is committed to providing equal opportunities.
About the centre
The centre offers a wide range of activities, including dinghy sailing, yacht cruising, canoeing, racing, expeditions, theory courses, power boating and Instructor courses. They also offer evening sessions, one-day tasters, weekend sessions and five-day courses. The number of options available is extremely varied. You can book a taster session for 2 hours or you can even go along to the centre every week for one of their regular club-sessions.
Where the activities are based
On the western bank of the River Medina in Cowes they have easy access to safe sheltered waters in the river and the harbour mouth and the more exposed waters of the Solent. When conditions and /or experience permits then they take the activities out on the Solent, otherwise activities will take place on the River Medina to the south of the Centre.
‘Chernobyl Children Life Line looks after children who are ill, organising visits to Great Britain to give them a chance to live in a ‘clean’ environment and eat uncontaminated foods for a month. Some 40,000 children from Belarus have visited Britain since 1992.
Many of the families keep in touch with the children and some invite them for return visits each year. The children have medical attention such as dental care and having their eyes tested.’ Many thousand s of people have been affected by this disaster like one of the swimmers, Colin, who lost his father David to Cancer as a result of the merchant navy ship he served (as Chief Engineer) being docked near on the night of the fallout.
It was on 26 April 1986, at 1:23:44, reactor no. 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power station exploded. It went out of control leading to a violent explosion. The 1000-tonne sealing cap on the reactor building was blown off at temperatures of over 2000°C. In the ensuing inferno, the radioactive fission products released during the core meltdown were sucked up into the atmosphere. One hundred times more radiation was released than by the atom bombs dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Since the explosion there have been dramatic increases in the number of children and adults with Thyroid Cancer and Leukaemia in nearby parts of Belarus. Babies are still being born with serious deformities such as no arms, no eyes or tumours.
Between 26 April and 5 May, as a result of variable wind conditions, clouds of radioactive fallout were carried from Chernobyl first to Scandinavia, and then over Poland, Czechoslovakia, Austria, southern Germany and northern Italy. A third cloud finally reached the Balkans, Greece and Turkey. Within these countries, the soil was contaminated to varying degrees.
The United Kingdom and the Scandinavian countries were also exposed to high levels of caesium contamination, which is decreasing only slowly over all the years.
