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Run for Tendaba Village, The Gambia
filed in Education »
http://www.giveforward.org/tendaba
organizer:
Douglas Hausladen
BACKGROUND
In 2009, thanks to David White, I had the pleasure of visiting Tendaba Village with Dr. Buba Misawa of Washington and Jefferson College. Dr. Misawa highlighted for me the simplicity of giving back to a community - he donates countless hours to educate his students on the realities of the ground in The Gambia and post-colonial Western Africa. In a community such as Tendaba Village, a little bit of money and effort can go a long way. Parents are required to pay for school uniforms and school lunches for their children, but most are too poor to afford that.
THE REASON
School lunches cost roughly $0.02/day and yet THIS IS A LIMITING FACTOR FOR SCHOOL ENROLLMENT. The Run for Tendaba aims to raise enough money to pay for school lunches for a year for the entire village's school-aged children. Additionally, I hope that if enough funds are raised, we can supply a new set of uniforms for the children. The uniforms you see in the picture are the same uniforms donated in 2007 by students visiting from Washington and Jefferson college.
During my trip, I learned that the cost of doing nothing is too great. With a $20 to $100 donation, you could help buy 1000 or as much as 5000 school lunches - or enough money to pay for 3-15 children's school lunches for a year.
THE RUN
The fundraiser will include friends and family running in the 2009 New Haven Road Race in order to raise funds for the village. Participants will be running either the 5K or 20K, and will be directing their own friends and family to this page to centralize the donation efforts. Dr. Misawa has agreed to deliver the funds to Tendaba and therefore 100% of the funds will be going to children - 0% overhead (other than the small percentage held by this site ~5.6%).
Please feel free to contact me with any questions, comments or concerns regarding this fundraising effort. My contact information is below. Once again, your donations make a significant difference in helping give children growing up in extreme poverty afford school. I thank you all who read this, and thank you in advance for passing this on to friends and family.
Best Regards,
Doug Hausladen
Run for Tendaba Village, The Gambia
203.676.8330
douglas.hausladen@aya.yale.edu
PO Box 206979
New Haven, CT 06520
List of Participants in this Year's Run :
5K - Abbi Roth
5K - Adriana Blakaj
5K - Diana Bercury
5K - Rebecca Schrier (injured reserve?)
5K - Jonathan Romanyshyn
5K - Laura Gardner
20K - Jane Dennett
20K - Doug Hausladen
20K - Andrew Barthel
Please contact me if you are choosing to help with this run at the New Haven Road Race this year, and I will gladly add your name to the list!
donor: Nigrelli
give date: 2009-09-17
Tendaba is an amazing place and with this comes amazing needs. Please help.
donor: Rachel & Dave
give date: 2009-09-10
I can't believe you made it all the way.
donor: Rebecca A Dolfi
give date: 2009-09-07
No comment left by this donor.
donor: Kristy Ouderkirk
give date: 2009-09-06
Good Luck Doug! Catch ya at the finish line!
donor: The Reids
give date: 2009-09-06
See Jane Run! Hear Dour Wheeze! Wheeze Doug Wheeze! Now run like the wind! Good luck and love from the Reids.
donor: Jonathan Conrad Romanyshyn
give date: 2009-09-06
No comment left by this donor.
donor: Jay Ackley, Liz Dolfi
give date: 2009-09-05
Beasley's birthday
donor: Jack
give date: 2009-09-05
I'd rather pay to watch you swim the harbor! But this works...
donor: TREVOR W PROUT
give date: 2009-09-04
No comment left by this donor.
donor: Aunt Janet & Uncle Peter
give date: 2009-09-04
Go Laura Go!
donor: david beasley
give date: 2009-09-04
Doug: this is wonderfully conceived and beautifully executed. Andy: i can't believe you run for fun. good work, good luck...
donor: Justin Elicker
give date: 2009-09-04
Go team!
donor: Christine F Bishop
give date: 2009-09-04
No comment left by this donor.
donor: Kristin M Baker
give date: 2009-09-04
No comment left by this donor.
donor: sarah goldblatt
give date: 2009-09-03
No comment left by this donor.
donor: Lisa J Gardner
give date: 2009-09-03
No comment left by this donor.
donor: Kat Park
give date: 2009-09-03
Run for me in Korea!
donor: Diana
give date: 2009-09-03
Unemployed student donation...for a worthy cause!
donor: Suzanne Gardner
give date: 2009-09-02
No comment left by this donor.
donor: Gerbs
give date: 2009-09-02
Awesome!
donor: Jacquelin D. Jenkins
give date: 2009-09-02
No comment left by this donor.
donor: Katie T
give date: 2009-09-02
go, dougy, go!
donor: Tim Holahan
give date: 2009-09-01
No comment left by this donor.
donor: Matthew Pawlowicz
give date: 2009-08-31
No comment left by this donor.
donor: Robert L Seilheimer
give date: 2009-08-30
Good luck!
donor: Yaron Guez
give date: 2009-08-30
No comment left by this donor.
donor: McCloskey H Ryan
give date: 2009-08-27
No comment left by this donor.
donor: Anonymous
give date: 2009-08-27
No comment left by this donor.
donor: Desiree Vargas
give date: 2009-08-27
Thanks for your support...here's mine :)
donor: Sarah Cummings
give date: 2009-08-27
No comment left by this donor.
donor: Rita Bill
give date: 2009-08-26
GO DOUG!
donor: J Zach Williams
give date: 2009-08-26
No comment left by this donor.
donor: Rebecca Schrier
give date: 2009-08-26
No comment left by this donor.
donor: Dustin A Hausladen
give date: 2009-08-24
No comment left by this donor.
donor: Marcelo K Huh
give date: 2009-08-19
Go get 'em tiger
donor: Anonymous
give date: 2009-08-18
Keep on running! Keep up the good work Doug and everyone else running! - Mike and Dina Secchiaroli
donor: Aileen Axtmayer
give date: 2009-08-18
Sorry it couldn't be more-- best of luck with the fundraising and run for this great cause! Go Dougieee
donor: Diana McCarthy-Bercury
give date: 2009-08-14
Last to the finish line... that will be me. Good luck to all the runners!
donor: Constance M. Heintz
give date: 2009-08-12
Go for the 20K.
donor: Mary Brossart
give date: 2009-08-11
Go Doug!
donor: Laura K Gardner
give date: 2009-08-11
No comment left by this donor.
donor: Michelle M McDonald
give date: 2009-08-10
No comment left by this donor.
donor: barbara hausladen
give date: 2009-08-08
Go Doug!
donor: Arnold S Kang
give date: 2009-08-07
good cause dougie.
donor: Allison M. Klocke
give date: 2009-08-06
No comment left by this donor.
donor: Michael G Neiss
give date: 2009-08-06
is Duke going to be running as well?
donor: Alastair McNeish Hamilton
give date: 2009-08-06
not sure about this doug character but i am in favor of kids going to school and eating lunch.
donor: david white
give date: 2009-08-05
Tendaba is a very special place and the children will actually get all the money that is raised unlike most charities> dougy you are a good man!
donor: Allie Pang
give date: 2009-08-04
No comment left by this donor.
donor: Casey C Street
give date: 2009-08-04
Good work Doug.
donor: Rebecca Roth
give date: 2009-08-03
No comment left by this donor.
donor: Jeffrey Kerekes
give date: 2009-08-03
Thanks to Doug Hausladen for spreading the word.
donor: Anonymous
give date: 2009-08-03
Congrats - keep on running - Joy Demarchis
donor: Christopher Bartley
give date: 2009-08-01
Good Luck!
donor: abigail roth
give date: 2009-07-31
It's super you are doing this Doug!
donor: James E. Travers
give date: 2009-07-24
run on Doung !!!
donor: Douglas W Hausladen
give date: 2009-07-20
No comment left by this donor.
donor: Anonymous
give date: 2009-07-20
No comment left by this donor.
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Raised: $1837 / Goal: $2500
This fundraiser ended on:
March 1, 2010
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donor: Jane
give date: 2009-10-21
Better late than never! I'll run anywhere with you for a good cause, Doug.