Sponsored Walk

Scores take part in Sponsored Walk

More than 100 school children together with members of the civil society  participated in a Bulawayo Junior Council (BJC) Sponsored Walk supported by NANGO and UNICEF on Saturday 07, September 2013.

Participants prepare to embark on the 52 km walk.

 

The sponsored walk which stretched from Ascot Business Centre to Chipangali Wildlife Orphanage and back (a total distance of about 52 kilometres) was a BJC initiative to fundraise for Queen Elizabeth Children's Home.

NANGO supported the initiative because it is motivated by Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) which compels UN member states to afford children the right to express themselves freely.

The girl-child calls for child-friendly budgeting

 NANGO also believes in supporting child-led initiatives such as junior councils and the Junior Parliament as these platforms are instrumental in producing future  leaders who will be sensitive to the plight and needs of  children. 

Below is a list of stakeholders who supported the Bulawayo Junior Council on Saturday:

 1. NANGO
2. UNICEF
3.  Bulawayo Residents
4.  MARS
5. Zimbabwe Republic Police
6.  Arenel
7. Delta Beverages
8.Chipangali Wildlife Orphanage
9.Alderman Michaela
10.The parents of Junior Councillors

11. Bulawayo City Council

See some of the sponsored walk pictures below:

SUPPORTING THE CAUSE: Bulawayo City Council Public Relations Officer, Mrs Nesisa Mpofu joined the BJC  in the sponsored walk.

Alluta Continua: Participants press towards the finishing line well after sunset.