Matthew Norton's Blog (5)

As you will all of read in my previous posts, i am cycling to raise money for the Maasai Heritage Preservation Foundation to support the school building that we are doing in Magadi, Kenya. This week we at the foundation have agreed to support a further school in Mlali, Tanzania. I met a… Continue

Hi All I am in the process of reading the splendid book of Greg Mortenson - '3 Cups of Tea'. The man is a real inspiration in the work that he has achieved in building schools in Pakistan and with so much of his own personal sacrifice. Those of you who have heard of Greg will know what i am talking about, but those of you would dont i recommend you look up his work. Certainly in the field that i am in in supporting education and beginning to look at building schools in Africa, it is great to re… Continue

I have been fortunate enough to speak to Douglas Sidialo. Douglas Isaac Sidialo is a blind cyclist, mountain climber and motivation speaker. He is believed to be the first blind African to summate to the top of mount Kilimanjaro-Uhuru Peak: 5,895 Meters above sea level. Rece… Continue

The school that i support and the one that i am working on raising money for a new school (www.cycleforafrica.co.uk) is doing so well that we are able to share the school supplies with the surrounding areas. For the past year my friends and family have been gi… Continue

2 years ago my wife and I were in Kenya and Tanzania and were really impacted by the children over there. We were told to take pencils with us as pencils help aid in a child going to school. Seeing a childs face when we handed over a pencil was incredible (one child even stood with his head bowed in front of my wife when she handed over 2 pencils). When we came back i was determined to help education in Africa (and not through giving money to a charity - i wanted to give what i knew worked direc… Continue