On Sunday the 22nd of March 2009 we held our first volunteering fundraiser BBQ at Bellerive Beach here in Hobart. With the weather just holding out throughout the day, our families, friends, and colleagues all rallied together for a great day of fun, sausages, cricket, and soccer to raise a total of $310.70! All of the profits are going towards our volunteering costs with the GAPS program in Kenya and will also help in purchasing crucial school supplies for the primary school in Monkey Bay, Malawi through the Back-To-School foundation.

The fundraiser was a great hit with our gorgeous hostess Katie organising everything on the day, and Ben cooking up a storm on the BBQ, while the kids got involved with a hit a cricket and a kick of the soccer ball.

A BIG thankyou goes out to everyone that came along on the day to support us and especially to those family and friends that have so generously donated! Logica kindly donated the shade tents for the day, and Michelle and Dave from Silk Road supplied the music which made us all feel like we were in Africa already!

If you are interested in donating to the amazing work that the GAPS and Back-To-School foundations are doing in Africa, and in particular to the work we will be undertaking while in Africa then we have setup a bank account which you can be deposit into. Post a message below, or send us an email to kerayment@gmail.com and we can pass on the details. All of the money raised is going towards the administrations costs of us volunteering our time and skills with GAPS in Kenya, as well as the purchase of greatly needed supplies for the Back-To-School foundation in Malawi.

We are in the process of sorting out details for those of you that have asked how to send items directly to the Back-To-School foundation, but in the meantime if you have something specific you want your donation to go towards then feel free to let us know!