?2,500 for charitable causes
In 2007, fundraising activities in Tribal have raised over £2,500 for charitable causes – including the local Arthur Rank Hospice; the International Red Cross; Children in Need; The Woodland Trust; a primary school in India; and further charities supported by the Tribal Foundation.
Our fundraising activities kicked off this summer, with an International Food lunch and a Quiz Night to raise money for Kodwa Primary School in Gujarat, India. With the support of the Tribal Foundation, who generously doubled all donations, we raised a grand total of £1,520, and contributed numerous pens, pencils and school bags. Through our donations, and through the work of the lead organising team from the Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS), Kodwa Primary School has been absolutely transformed – a story best seen through the before and after pictures.
Previously, classrooms consisted of a single blackboard on the ground, and pupils would sit on the concrete floor to study. Books, resources, sports equipments such as football and skipping ropes were seen as unaffordable luxuries. The two disabled pupils had little support with, for example, no wheelchairs available. And there were even bigger problems still, in monsoon season rain poured through the roof, whilst in summer, temperatures soared to over 45°C without the aid of ceiling fans.
Then in September, Tribal put together two teams for the annual Chariots of Fire relay race. The 12 team members each ran a 1.7 mile circuit past the Cambridge Colleges, over the River Cam and around The Backs. The team has raised over £500 in sponsorship for the Arthur Rank Hospice, a home care service for adults suffering from cancer and other life-limiting illnesses, which was threatened with closure due to cuts in funding.
Most recently, Tribal has been supporting the work of the Tribal Foundation. Director of Software, Geoff Stead, and Director of Business Development, Jim Pateman, both sacrificed their beards, raising almost £400 of sponsorship money in the process. The money will go towards projects supported by the Tribal Foundation, including the Swaziland Group against Abuse; the Botswana Rural Livelihoods project; and an initiative tackling HIV and AIDS in the Indian state of Karnataka.
