In June, a team of employees from Harbour & Jones participated in the Children in Crisis London to Paris bike ride.
The Ride
With a few sore patches but huge smiles, Alan, James, Candice, Leo and Amanda crossed the finishing line at the Eiffel Tower to be greeted by the H&J welcoming committee and some well-earned champagne.
The team not only trained hard for the trip but they also spent 3 months fundraising. And we are so pleased to report that Team H&J raised £7,200...
Not content with merely cycling from London to Paris, and raising a brilliant amount of money for Children in Crisis along the way, Suzanne has just recently scaled the heights of Mount Kilimanjaro, with Children in Crisis again benefitting from her canny fundraising. We've just been sent Suzanne's account of the climb.
Read on, be inspired...
How do I sum up a week's trek in one paragraph? Mount Kilimanjaro, what an amazing experience. Conquering the summit felt amazing, but...
Thank You!
On behalf of our beneficiaries, Children in Crisis would like to say a big THANK YOU and huge CONGRATULATIONS to all 44 of our supporters who ran the Virgin London Marathon on Sunday 25th April 2010 to raise vital funds for our charity.
We would also like to say an extra special thank you to our Junior Ambassador, Princess Beatrice, who ran the Virgin London Marathon as part of Team Caterpillar in support of Children in Crisis. The team beat the world record for the most people to...
The exclusive private members club for top-level executive assistants, Number 42, has chosen to support Children in Crisis for the next year.
Based in 42 Berkeley Square, the club offers salons and events with high-profile guest speakers and a chance to network at the highest level.
The partnership hopes to raise £50,000 throughout 2010 and there are a number of exciting fundraising activities planned including a race night, a summer quiz and a ball in the autumn.
Director of Number 42,...
Thank you Barclays Capital
A fearless team from Barclays Capital chose to support Children in Crisis in the ultimate challenge of physical and mental strength – The Enduro Challenge.
The challenge held over the August Bank Holiday weekend in 2009 saw six teams from the city battle it out in a triathlon relay race from London to Paris. The race itself consisted of relay teams of six people running 150km to Dover, swimming 40km from Dover to Calais and then cycling 300km from Calais to the...
The Economist Group Charitable Trust choose Children in Crisis.
In February 2009, The Economist Group Charitable Trust awarded a grant to Children in Crisis to support our work in Afghanistan. The money will be used to develop and run, for one year, a community education centre in Deh Murad Khan, Kabul. This centre will provide education for some of the city’s most vulnerable children and our staff will work with communities and families to help them to support these children in the...
Pomegreat, the UK's leading pomegranate juice brand, has taken another step to further its commitment to Afghanistan by joining forces with Children in Crisis.
The pomegranate juice expert has just formalized its partnership with us to help raise awareness and funding for existing or new educational projects in and around Kabul.
This news comes on the back of Pomegreat’s pledge to source over 500 tonnes of pomegranates and 500 tons of pomegranate juice from Afghanistan’s first...
Children in Crisis received funding from JPMorgan to build three schools in the Mid and High Plateau Region of Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Each school has six classrooms with a capacity for approximately 300 children, one office for teachers and four latrines. Tables and chairs for each classroom and the teachers' office have been supplied along with training materials, notebooks, textbooks and stationery for the first year after the school has been completed.
These schools will...