"Bus number 7" takes charity work as priority. We help the work and everyday life of the elementary school of Kalabankoro that operates in the suburbs of Bamako in real humility. We also sponsor the football team of the school. "Bus number 7" does not run through Africa like the participants of the Dakar rally - after reaching the continent, we stop every day in a village and distribute sports equipments to the children.
„For us, it's incomprehensible how much a simple ball can mean to a child in Africa. This year one night some local kids came up to us in Bamako and explained that they were collecting donations for their football team. We gave them some money and promised them if they came over to our hotel next morning, we gave them a ball. Next morning at 8 o'clock about 20 kids were waiting for us patiently. We gave them our ball... I've never seen so happy faces." - recollects Attila.
The organizers of the project have already visited the school during the B2B 2007 and were impressed by the strength of will and ambition that motived the headmaster, the teachers of the school and also the parents despite the extremely poor conditions. Within our own limits we contributed to the charity work and donations of the school last year as well. We participated the celebration organized by the children, parents and teachers for the participants of the Budapest-Bamako and handed over clothes, school equipment and other useful things to the school representatives.
Rousing us to action this year as well, charity work is our emphasized goal for 2008. We'd like to attract attention to the wonderful people and countries of West Africa, and to the fact that anyone can support those in a need with simple means.
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