OUR GOAL
A festival with a purpose… Proudly supporting Bright Futures
We love running and want to make a difference in the lives of women and children tackling poverty. The Sandy Running Festival is an event and community for us to achieve this together.
Taking place in a unique location along stunning coastline (literally hugging the coast on the sand rocks and clifftop boardwalks as much as possible) between West Beach and North Haven, the Sandy Running Festival has something for everyone in terms of distance and challenge with 5km, 10km and 21km options.
A ‘love where you live’ adventure with purpose that will literally save lives! How...?
Over the past four years, the Sandy Running Festival has raised over $80,000 which has been shared in equal parts to Bright Futures’ partners: $40,000 was given to the Bishop Onono – Onweng Foundation in Northern Uganda, helping complete their Paediatric Ward; and $40,000 was given to In Deed and Truth in South Sudan, with the money being used to pay for training and wages to midwives, as well as by medicines and equipment and support the building of a remote clinic.
All profits from the Sandy Running Festival go towards supporting maternal and child health projects in South Sudan and Northern Uganda. These maternal and child health projects can be the difference between life and death for children and mothers in these communities where preventable disease and complications still cut too many lives short! Pick your challenge and support others in facing theirs!
The communities we support
Uganda
Lukodi was the site of a devastating massacre in 2004 during the war in Northern Uganda. People have returned to the area and are rebuilding their lives. Medical care is a great need, with far too many lives lost to preventable disease. Malaria is rife and infant mortality and maternal death rates are high. In January 2016, Bright Futures and its partner group established the Lukodi Health Centre, which has also expanded to include maternity services.
South Sudan
South Sudan was in a state of civil war for 50 years, which destroyed the already poor infrastructure. Many regions go without any help from the government and have no access to healthcare. In Deed and Truth stand in this gap for a community called Tonj. The Tonj Medical Clinic treats between 100 and 200 patients daily, and has 30-50 antenatal consultations per day. The midwives average 45 deliveries a month. Staff provide immunisations for tetanus, DPT, polio, measels and BCG. Health education is provided and home visits are made. When the roads are good (not in wet season), IDAT also have a mobile medical clinic they take into 33 villages to offer healthcare to those several days walk from Tonj.
In countries where people are dying from dirty water, malaria, malnutrition and complications in child birth, our help can make a life saving difference…
$5 will provide the medicine to save someone’s life who has contracted malaria
$45 will pay a midwife’s wages for one month
$50 will feed a family of 10 for one month
$700 could purchase an incubator
