On the 18th of June the HYT team ran or cycled the 24km dusty road from Kizigo Village to the HYT office in Jinja. The aim of the event was to raise money for HYT's second 'One Village at a Time'. The day was hugely successful with around 27 people taking part; 22 people ran and 5 cycled. Participants did not only include all the HYT staff (Sam, Philip, Fred, Alex and James) and the trainees from Kizigo but also the Director and Cook of Kizigo Secondary, a number of pupils and various friends of HYT. A police escort saw us through the whole event. Although not a competitive event, all made extremely good times with the cyclists completing it in roughly one hour and a half and the first of the runners in one hour and 50 minutes. One runner even
ran the whole way in wellies!
On reaching Jinja, after cooling down and freshening up, we all enjoyed a fantastic brunch of sausages, bacon and eggs. The HYT trainees then had the pleasure£2 of going into town for a couple of hours ( a rare treat as most will only get to go to Jinja once or twice a year at most) before being driven back to home in the village.
HYT is proud to say that we have reached our target of £2000 and surpassed it, raising £2221 so far. The JustGiving page is still open and any further donations would be greatly appreciated.
