14 Day
Challenge
Welcome to the Bright Start Challenge. Join in with your friends, family, classmates, colleagues or neighbours and help raise funds for education of disadvantaged children in South Africa.Â
How it works:
Please download the challenge. The challenge will take 14 days to complete. Each day you are presented with a new activity. Write down your score and sub-total for each day in the box provided. And at the end of the 14 days add up the total you have donated and complete your total in the box on the bottom of the challenge. The link at the bottom of the challenge will take you to the donation page to complete your donation. Please select Bright Start Challenge as your donation as we are keen to track all donations.Â
Day 1
Most of the families who live in Imizamo Yethu, live in homes called ‘Shacks’ with only one door
Give 20p for every door you have in your home
Day 2
Most homes do not have their own toilet, families have to share toilets with others
Give 10p for each time you use the toilet this week
Day 3
Children enjoy learning to read but have very few books available to them
Give 10p for every year of your life since you learned to read and/or Give 5p for every book you have been given this year
Day 4
Children often wear sandals or flip flops as shoes are very expensive
Give 10p for every pair of shoes or wellies or trainers you have and are able to wear
Day 5
Children like to wear school uniforms but parents rarely have the money to buy them
Give 20p for each item of clothing you have bought this month
Day 6
Most children have never travelled further than Cape Town, let alone outside South Africa
Give 20p for every country you have visited
Day 7
Very few families can afford cars and so they walk everywhere, if the journey is long they share a taxi or squeeze onto a very crowded bus
Give 50p for every car you have access to travel in
Day 8
Children rarely celebrate their birthday, some don’t even know when their birthday is
Give 20p for every birthday you have celebrated
Day 9
Children enjoy learning new skills and have activities after school. They love to dance and sing and play games like soccer
Give 20p for every social activity you have done in the last 10 days
Day 10
Very few children have access to a computer to help them learn
Give 10p for every hour you spend on the computer this week
Day 11
Water is accessed from a shared tap. Washing clothes is usually done by hand and then hung on wire fences to dry. Very few people have access to a washing machine
Give 50p for each time your washing machine has been used this week
Day 12
Electricity is very expensive and is mainly used for cooking, rarely for heating and lighting
Give 5p for every electrical socket you have in your home
Day 13
Children enjoy chicken’s feet as snacks as a treat bought from the local shop
Give 5p for each snack or sweet treat you have eaten this week
Day 14
There are over 50 children with only one teacher in some classes
List all the names of the teachers that have ever taught you. Give 10p for every teacher you can remember
14 Day
Challenge
2021
Please download the 14 Day Challenge. Once you have competed the challenge scroll down and click the completed button to proceed.
Day 1
Most of the families who live in Imizamo Yethu, live in homes called ‘Shacks’ with only one door
Give 20p for every door you have in your home
Day 2
Most homes do not have their own toilet, families have to share toilets with others
Give 10p for each time you use the toilet this week
Day 3
Children enjoy learning to read but have very few books available to them
Give 10p for every year of your life since you learned to read and/or Give 5p for every book you have been given this year
Day 4
Children often wear sandals or flip flops as shoes are very expensive
Give 10p for every pair of shoes or wellies or trainers you have and are able to wear
Day 5
Children like to wear school uniforms but parents rarely have the money to buy them
Give 20p for each item of clothing you have bought this month
Day 6
Most children have never travelled further than Cape Town, let alone outside South Africa
Give 20p for every country you have visited
Day 7
Very few families can afford cars and so they walk everywhere, if the journey is long they share a taxi or squeeze onto a very crowded bus
Give 50p for every car you have access to travel in
Day 8
Children rarely celebrate their birthday, some don’t even know when their birthday is
Give 20p for every birthday you have celebrated
Day 9
Children enjoy learning new skills and have activities after school. They love to dance and sing and play games like soccer
Give 20p for every social activity you have done in the last 10 days
Day 10
Very few children have access to a computer to help them learn
Give 10p for every hour you spend on the computer this week
Day 11
Water is accessed from a shared tap. Washing clothes is usually done by hand and then hung on wire fences to dry. Very few people have access to a washing machine
Give 50p for each time your washing machine has been used this week
Day 12
Electricity is very expensive and is mainly used for cooking, rarely for heating and lighting
Give 5p for every electrical socket you have in your home
Day 13
Children enjoy chicken’s feet as snacks as a treat bought from the local shop
Give 5p for each snack or sweet treat you have eaten this week
Day 14
There are over 50 children with only one teacher in some classes
List all the names of the teachers that have ever taught you. Give 10p for every teacher you can remember
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