Running For Global Action

About a month ago I posted something regarding possibly running for a charity called Global Action.  Well, I receieved an e-mail today from my friend Nasko, who is one of the charity's directors telling me that they are all thrilled that I will be running to support them.  So thrilled that they are building my own page within their website for people to go and donate, read training updates, race reports, updates on the status of the charity, the kids we are helping and the status of the project we are working on. 

A little about Global Action:  Global Action is a Christian Charity that focuses on children's and womens rights throughout the world.  Through numerous types of projects they reach out to the most impoverished people of the world, young girls who would have no future other than prostitution and drugs, young boys who would turn to lives of crime and battered women.  They do this through building shelters/churches which are free for all to come and stay, building schools to provide an education that these children would otherwise never receive, they find employment or create employment opportunities for women and men who would otherwise be left on the streets, etc. 

The specific project that I am going to be running to raise money for is one of the poorest populations in India.  Most children in this region end up on the streets, or working the field for less than a dollar a day.  Very few children receive an education and those who do have to quit school by the 7th grade because there is no high school available to them.  No one from this region of India has ever been to a university because of this.  The results of not having an education are terrible for the whole region, as children and teenages end up prostituting themselves or working for slave wages.  The project I am working on with Global Action will be building a larger school for these children, providing them an education that goes through high school, teaches them English, provides mentorship and the preparation for a possible future that does not include the sex trade, working the fields,  or drugs and violence. 

Click here for more information about building schools in India:
https://www.globalaction.com/our-ministries/children-and-youth/india-school-project/

I cant even begin to explain how excited I am to have this opportunity to run for something that is so much bigger and so much more important than myself!  I am hoping to raise at least $5,000 dollars throughout this year, but I think it would be amazing if I could raise 10 times that amount. 
Once they are done setting up my web page and donation page, I will provide a link so that all you super generous people can help us on our quest for a great cause. 

https://www.globalaction.com/


Thanks guys, God Bless

Mike