BY OLIVIA DILLON
Broadmeadow local Mike Collins is calling on Novocastrians to join him on a 50 million-step challenge to raise money for disadvantaged Cambodians.
Run by the Human and Hope charity organisation, the annual Walk to Cambodia program asks participants to sign up, log 10 thousand steps a day, and raise funds during the month of April.
Mr Collins hopes to contribute to Human and Hope's fundraising goal of $40,000, all of which will be used to support a community centre in Siem Reap.
"The really great thing about this charity is that it is grassroots and quite small, so literally event cent goes to funding things like a preschool, scholarships, sewing training, training to establish home food gardens, microfinancing loans, and recently during the pandemic, providing support for people who are living in multi-dimensional poverty," Mr Collins said.
The virtual fundraising and fitness event will run throughout April, with fundraising efforts having already begun.
Members of the public are encouraged to form a team and sign up on the Walk to Cambodia website.
"Walking and fundraising is a positive show of support for some of our most disadvantaged northern neighbors and a great way to lose the pandemic pounds," Mr Collins noted.
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| Image: Walk to Cambodia website |
