The reason for this blog...

Hi all,

So you've either stumbled across my blog by chance; or you know me, and I've harassed you to come stop by.

First and foremost thanks for stopping by and taking an interest. This page has been set up to help highlight the fundraising efforts I have been, and will continue to do this year for Mottey African Development (MAD) Foundation. In particular I will be raising money for the Kenya Community Project I will be going on in October and November for 5 weeks.

In brief, MAD Foundation was established in 1999 to support a wide range of development projects in Africa. Today, as a fully registered charity (Charity Reg. No. 1111805), it supports projects and individuals throughout the developing world. Mad Foundation funds are used to pay for project materials, emergency disaster appeals, scholarships, and grants to help local people set up businesses. Every penny of funding that the Mad Foundation receives goes directly to sustainable and beneficial development projects. The communities themselves identify and choose the projects that will have the most benefit to them, and through our network of overseas crew are able to put their appeal forward to the Mad Foundation.

Madventurer started when the Chief, John Lawler, set out on his gap year to teach in a small village in Ghana, West Africa. His experience had a big impact both on him and on the villagers, who enstooled John a Chief (Togbe Mottey I) for his contributions in help setting up a Secondary School in the village. He decided that he wanted other people to have an amazing experience like his, so the next year he went back to Ghana with a group of friends who all worked together to build a school and to teach the children subjects in their curriculum. Before going home, the group then set off in an overland vehicle in an attempt to reach the mystical Timbuktu…and Madventurer had begun!

If you’d like to know more about the Mad Foundation and the previous projects it has supported with Madventurer volunteers or would like to find out about fundraising or donating please visit the website http://www.madfoundation.org/