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Romilly's Foundation
is a charity registered with the Charity Commission of England and Wales, registration no. 1082605. It was set up in 2001 following Romilly's death at the age of 14. It's mission, together with Romilly's Association in France, is to relief the suffering of children in distress in Africa .
Our emphasis is on helping homeless children. We identify local people with a plan who have the integrity though not the money to carry it out. Often by making an initial donation we have been able to encourage others to invest.
The Foundation currently supports two projects, The Naivasha Children's Shelter in Kenya and the The Friends of the Street Children in Kitwe, (FOSC) which both do great work, caring for and educating homeless children. In addition to this FOSC identify and win the trust of vulnerable children, often persuading them to return to what family they have before they become embedded on the street. They also have a good record of reintegrating those children that they have taken into care with their families. The difference they and the Naivasha project make to lives of the children they care for is immeasurable; that they are able to continue to do this is due to the generosity of Romilly's supporters
None of the contributions, which Romilly has made to the projects above, including building 3 dormitories, 2 class rooms and sinking 1 borehole, would have been possible with out the generosity of Romilly's supporters, to whom we offer sincere thanks. You have made a huge difference to the lives of the children whom you have enabled Romilly to help.
| Romilly's Pyrenean Challenge: The Haute Route finished on time.. James Forshall completed his fundraising walk of the Haute Route of the Pyrenees on 6th October, on schedule. He had walked for 45 days, over 850kms and climbed the equivalent of 5 Mt Everests. The walk was hard work and often exciting, the scenery of the central Pyrenees dramatic and almost always beautiful. Altogether, 22 people came down to walk with him or to support and of the supporters only three did not walk. He was extremely lucky with the weather only suffering one day of rain and one day of snow, though some of the earlier days were foggy which slowed down navigation. He slept in refuges, shepherds huts, or out in the open. You can see some pictures of the walk at http://romillyschallenge.wordpress.com
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