{"id":9572,"date":"2025-09-28T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/?p=9572"},"modified":"2025-10-03T14:12:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T12:12:56","slug":"stronger-together-our-anniversary-run-on-ugandan-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/en\/stronger-together-our-anniversary-run-on-ugandan-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Stronger together: Our anniversary run on Ugandan TV"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dear friends,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last Sunday, our prot\u00e9g\u00e9s organized a half marathon to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Kids of Africa. The event attracted guests of all ages, who joined local dignitaries such as the mayor and a group of Kenyan runners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ugandan television summarized the day in a short portrait.<br>Take a look for yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kids of Africa Run for Fun 2025 \u2013 20 Jahre Familie, Bildung und Zuversicht\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g8bYZwhZYT4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hygiene f\u00fcr vulnerable M\u00e4dchen: Unser Jubil\u00e4ums-Lauf in Bildern\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6XTcBwGBE80?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Three keywords about the occasion and anniversary:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cWe are family\u201d:<\/strong> For 20 years, Kids of Africa has been offering vulnerable children a real family, a home, education, self-confidence, and family values. The result: confident young people who are willing to roll up their sleeves and work hard for their country and their future. That was also the message conveyed by our Run for Fun.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"549\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/family-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/family-2.png 549w, https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/family-2-300x219.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>2. Sport is a lifestyle<\/strong> and a central educational pillar. In addition to other school subjects, sport promotes (self-)confidence, team spirit, health, and performance.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"549\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/sport-02-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/sport-02-2.png 549w, https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/sport-02-2-300x219.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>3. \u201cStronger together\u201d<\/strong> is a guiding principle that deeply connects our prot\u00e9g\u00e9s and families. It is the invisible secret behind their radiant smiles and their unwavering determination to shape the future.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"549\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/smile-02-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9563\" style=\"width:552px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/smile-02-2.png 549w, https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/smile-02-2-300x219.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 549px) 100vw, 549px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A word about our finances:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, <strong>our income has decreased significantly<\/strong> compared to last year \u2013 while we have been able to keep our expenses constant, even though we are providing more help than ever before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every donation, no matter how small or large, is crucial for us. Thank you for continuing to support the wonderful children of Kids of Africa \u2013 so that they in turn can help other people in Uganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wish you a wonderful Sunday and send you my warmest regards and many thanks!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Always yours \u2013 and on behalf of many children and young people \u2013 Burkhard Varnholt<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button custom-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/donate.raisenow.io\/shdhd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Support Kids of Africa now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sport, Familie, Zukunft \u2013 und warum Ihre Unterst\u00fctzung 2025 besonders viel bewirkt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9571,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allgemein-en","category-events-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9572"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9574,"href":"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9572\/revisions\/9574"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kids-of-africa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}