Grand Inaugural Celebration
Children of Potentials International (UK) will be organising its Inaugural Celebration on Saturday 30th June 2012 at the Auditorium, Northumberland Community School –behind Tottenham Hot Spurs Football Stadium. To grace the occasion would be VIPs, Stars and other dignitaries. Highlights of the event would be Fundraising, Grand Raffle Draw, Cat-Walk, Wine Sampling and lots of music.
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If you want to participate in, sponsor or promote the event either as an individual or organisation, we will be happy to hear from you. Or perhaps you want to, donate toward our good causes or become a member. Just take a minute to complete our contact page.
The Olympic Walk
Saturday 23rd June 2012
Test how far you’ve gone with your fitness level by joining us for a lots of fun!
Nana Churcher,of Nana Chrcher Shows, a seasoned fund raiser for good causes, in collaboration with Children of Potentials, is organising a 3km walk/run in aid of underprivileged children’s education, health and socio-economic circumstances. It is going to be a fun event and you are hereby encouraged to test your fitness levels by joining us at
Jubilee Park Lower Edmonton, London N9
Nearest stations to the venue are
Bush Hill Park Railway Station (13 min)
Edmonton Green Railway Station (17 min)
Southbury Railway Station (24 min)
Also supporting the event are The Fitness Station, The Nana Churcher Show and Lmadz Design
For more information on how to join the fun, please contact:
Nana Churcher on 07951783314
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The Long Journey of The African Woman
“Poverty has a female face and the global economic downturn will have a significant impact on women as more of them lose jobs and are forced to manage shrinking household incomes,”Obiageli Ezekwesili, World Bank Vice President for Africa Region (2009)
Poverty among African women is historic and well documented. Many development programmes and international conferences on women attest to this fact. For example, the 5th Regional Conferences on Women –The African Platform for Action, a prelude to The 4th World Conference on Women, The 6th African Conference on Women, as well as subsequent women-centred conferences such as the Nairobi Forward-Looking Strategy, and the Abuja Declaration on Participatory Development: The role of Women in Africa have all guided recent governments’ policies on women issues. Women poverty reduction strategies, participation in decision-making and economic empowerment are some of the positive developments.
But despite these seemingly positive developments, the fact of the matter is that majority of African women, particularly those in the communities that we operate, are women who manage and resource the household finances. Many make ends meet through unrewarding subsistence farming and other toiling activities. Again, most of them are illiterate and, invariably, this translates to apathy towards their children’s education.
At Children of Potentials, we seek to empower and assist parents, especially women/single mothers, into gainful employment through our entrepreneurial projects. We are determined to fully support disadvantaged parents to contribute to and participate more effectively in their children’s education and socio-economic welfare.
In this regard, we have plans to set up cottage industries to offer employment and steady income to these parents. The recent economic hardship in many Western nations as well as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic have seen development assistance equally affected. Without the support from individuals and organisations like you(rs), the cycle of poverty and lost hope will be perpetrated.
What can you do about this situation? You can be our partner in reaching our objectives. You can help reduce the burden on poor parents by sponsoring a child’s education –even if it is for a period, or donate to our entrepreneurial projects. Act Now!
Edward Amoah