One of CML’s longest standing employees, Ben Russell, has been working with his father on a fabulous charity project in Africa. We asked Ben to write up a piece explaining what it’s all about so that we could spread the word in our newsletter, here is Ben’s narrative:
A Child Unheard (ACU) Foundation is a registered charity that helps children in Africa. The ACU foundation is run by David Russell and Ben Russell, a father and son partnership.
Ben Russell is CML’s Project Manager; in his spare time he has set up the charity with his father to help children in Africa.
The ACU Foundation helps children in Africa by providing centres where children can be educated by qualified teachers free of charge. The centre is a safe environment where children can also play, dance and meet other children in the local community.
The first ACU centre was opened in Mityana, Uganda. The land was purchased and the building was erected in March 2008. The ACU centre has really established itself in the local community of Mityana and begun to flourish in the last 12 months. The centre now has an internet café, a music recording studio, a small library containing books donated from UK, as well as offering counselling and life skills courses for the parents of the children in the local community.
The objective of the ACU Foundation is to open more centres in Africa but the ultimate objective is to open centres throughout the world. In addition to the opening of the ACU centres there are a number of other projects in the pipeline that are being developed:
1. Documentary: A documentary has been produced about the ACU Foundation; all footage in the documentary was recorded during a recent five day trip to Uganda. The documentary can now be viewed on www.achildunheard.com.
2. Book: David Russell has written and self published a book based on his own personal experiences, it is called ‘A Child Unheard’ and provides the foundations for the ACU Foundation
3. Music: Poems from the book A Child Unheard are being adapted and music tracks produced. Currently the music tracks are being played to numerous record labels with a view to releasing an ACU single and ultimately an album.
These are just a few initiatives that the ACU team are developing. The ACU Foundation is now actively seeking support from individuals and corporate organisations to further aid the work that the charity is doing.
To find out more information about the ACU Foundation, get involved or make a contribution towards the charity please visit www.achildunheard.co.uk
or email us info@achildunheard.com.
Please help the ACU Foundation to be able to support more children in Africa if you can!
ACU: Registered Charity Number: 1136396
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