2.6 Challenge for Ocean Stars
Christine and Keith decided to take up the 2.6 Challenge on 26th April 2020 and cycle for 26Km to raise money for two charities – Ocean Stars Trust and The Message Trust.
Naomi Booth :: Wednesday 29th April 2020 :: This Story
Christine and Keith decided to take up the 2.6 Challenge on 26th April 2020 and cycle for 26Km to raise money for two charities – Ocean Stars Trust and The Message Trust. In total, we cycled 26.55km (16.5 miles). The route and the distance are shown in the photos.
Ocean Stars Trust is a UK charity working in Sri Lanka that was established in 2005 following the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004. Its mission is to identify and overcome barriers to equal opportunities for children in Sri Lanka through education and social enrichment, sharing friendship, hope and joy. Working directly with the Sri Lankan people, OST supports a wide range of projects across Sri Lanka but has a special interest in child education especially that of pre-school children where there is little government support in the country.
Sri Lanka is currently in lockdown. 75% of OST's pre-school families rely on daily wage-earners who currently have no regular income and the 600+ children who usually attend OST pre-schools are not getting their usual daily healthy meal.OST has launched its Covid-19 Response fund. £10 will provide families with a parcel of nutritional food to last a month.