Good Causes
Like Neil Lennon , The Kano Foundation is about to start it’s 2nd full season at Celtic Park.
Who? You say. The Kano Foundation. A group of volunteers set up in June 2010 to do one thing
to help deserving and disadvantaged children by offering them a (free) match-day experience at Celtic Park ..
Our aim is simple – take as many kids as possible to Celtic games and allow them to experience what we do as Celtic Supporters.
Last season, we took 600 children to 17 league and 2 European games at Celtic Park.
They came from all over the UK, from as far afield as Aberdeen (for the 9-0 game) and Gloucester, from Renton to Linlithgow.
We took kids from children’s homes, from single-parent families, child-carers as well as football and GAA teams and after-care clubs.
The one thing they all had in common? They wanted to see Celtic play at Celtic Park. Oh, and they applied!
Visit the KANO Foundation site
registered Charity SC042477
The aim of the Good Child Foundation is to have as many children that have Down syndrome to be included within an inclusive education system as possible. Currently in Thailand it is very difficult for a child to be accepted into a school if he or she has Down syndrome. The law states that the exclusion of children with disabilities is not allowed, however in practice this law is not adhered to or enforced.
Since the year 2009 the Good Child Foundation has been actively seeking children that have been born in the surrounding area of the school so that they can be educated. We have an arrangement with the hospitals in the province that they will inform parents when their child is born that there is a place for them at our school.
Children with Down syndrome start their school life within Kindergarten when they are aged from three to five years old. They are in mainstream classes and participate in all the activities of the rest of the class on a daily basis. It is here where they develop their concentration skills so that they are prepared to enter primary education and not be a disruption to the other children.
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The donations which come into the foundation make a difference to a great number of men and their families.
A part of the John Hartson Foundation message is:
Male cancer is not on top of the conversation list of the vast majority of men. In fact men are notorious for ignoring health problems. John Hartson is fortunately one of the very few who have lived to tell the story of what happens. If, like him, you hide your head in the sand over health problems – being “manly”, having the attitude of – it will not affect me, think again, it does. It happened to John and there are no exceptions!
For this very reason the Foundation is working with ways to talk to young men. Over the last year we have had awareness programs in which we have sent literature explaining the facts of Testicular Cancer and whenever possible John himself goes out to talk on the subject.
Having followed up on a number of our campaigns and comparing the feedback we find that the younger end of the scale are still not fully aware of the message we are putting out. The result was that young men do not read health information. Our conclusion was – the foundation needs a way to talk to young men in a medium which they understand.
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