During COVID, I've been helping to build a preschool building in Kumi, Uganda. This struggling school aims to serve the vulnerable children in the surrounding community, who cannot afford a quality education. When I visited the school in early 2022, I found that children were already using the partially-built structure; they were rolling around on the dusty floors, with no windows and doors. This is the year that we're going to finish the building, which will provide a space for these children to get a head-start in life!
Please consider helping me to give these kids a chance to get educated, and lift their families out of generational poverty. Thank you for any amount you can give!
2022 Kumi Benefit Walk
Through fundraising spearheaded by Chinese Community United Methodist Church in Oakland (CCUMC), in 2014, a brand new Primary School was opened in the rural area of Kumi, Uganda. It serves village children from pre-primary through 7th grade. Every year since then, cyclists and hikers have partnered to raise monies that have built dormitories, bathing rooms, a water system, fencing, and an athletic field on the school compound.
Over the past 2 years, our Annual Kumi Benefit Ride/Hike has gradually raised funds to build a much-needed PreSchool at Kumi Christian Visionary School. Although students are already using the partially-finished structure, $20,000 is needed to finish the building. We have already secured $10,000 in matching funds, so our goal for this year is $10,000. We'e almost there!
In addition to your generous donation, you are invited to participate in the April 30th event, either in-person or remotely (www.runreg.com/kumi-benefit-walk). Thank you for giving vulnerable and underserved children a chance to get a decent education in Kumi!
For more information about KCVS, visit www.ycvm.org
What began as the dream of one young man to help vulnerable children in his underserved village in Kumi, Uganda, has grown into an NGO and Primary School. Through fundraising spearheaded by Chinese Community United Methodist Church (Oakland, CA) since 2010, Kumi Christian Visionary School was built and now serves hundreds of vulnerable children from preschool through 7th grade who live near the school.. Every year since 2015, cyclists and hikers have partnered to raise monies that have continued to build-out the campus, by constructing dormitories, bathing rooms, water systems, fencing, and an athletic field on the school compound.