Our carnival winners, Jessica and Rosa Batten-Stevens, from Ottery St Mary, Devon, have not only won 9 Firsts and 1 Third Prize at this year's East Devon Link Carnivals; they've now been nominated the best overall walking pair! The girls and their mother were specially invited to the Devon Link Presentation Evening last Friday, 16th November, and came away as the proud winners of this enormous cup! Showing 100% dedication to their fundraising efforts from start to finish, they deserve every bit of their success. A very big thank you from The Colour of Hope Team for all this hard work.
The Colour of Hope is a British Charity working to reduce poverty, advance education and promote employment amongst disadvantaged young people leaving care homes in Lima, Peru.
Most of these young people have previously been street children and still bear the marks of extreme poverty, drug addiction and abuse. Once they grow up, they’re forced to leave care, find work and start supporting themselves. Yet the troubles they’ve suffered, lack of family support and insufficient funds make this almost impossible. Many end up right back where they started – living on the streets.
The Colour of Hope's youth reintegration programme and microfinance scheme help these underprivileged young people to become part of their community and to find dignified work; they give them a chance for change.
For more information, please write to us at info@thecolourofhope.org
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