For once
this article is not going to be about Kilmarnock Football Club and what
we should all be doing to "make a difference". With Christmas on the
horizon we've decided to take that old 'Band Aid' single quite literally
and give the gift of life. Like the majority of you, we eat, sleep and
breath Killie and we thought it was time to take some time out and
expand our horizons, giving a little of all that effort into something
really worthwhile...sponsoring a child in Africa.
This may
well seem like a strange step for us to be taking but we reckon that
through killiefc.com, the Killie Hippo and the B&H column we can put
together enough sheckles to give some poor kid in another continent the
chance to lead a fulfilling life rather than die young in abject
poverty. For as little as £18 a month we can do that through the World
Vision projects, and looking back at how much we have raised for Killie
causes in the last few years we think that should be easy enough...one
event could cover a whole year. If not, then we'll simply make up the
difference ourselves.
We are
currently awaiting the information pack on the child that we have
sponsored...all they could tell us at the moment is that he should be
under 10 and from Kenya...not that it makes any difference. Once we have
made initial contact we hope to expand on the idea through time and
possibly take our sponsorship a wee bit further. Apparently we will be
able to send over supplies and pay for inoculations and fresh water
wells to be built etc. We've even toyed with the idea of sending the
Hippo to Africa to meet his relatives! Okay, we're taking that too far,
but hopefully you will see where we are coming from.
We see
this as a chance for Killie fans to get together to do something really
worthwhile, something that we can be proud of. The idea of the whole
Killie support saving lives and 'making a difference' on the other side
of the globe is one which appeals to us and we hope you will support us
in our efforts. We will bring you regular reports on what is going on
and publish any correspondence we get from Africa...but we will not be
giving this major campaign status, which tends to put some people off.
We will work away on it in the background and let you know if or when
your help is required.
