| James Kon |
EIGHT hundred participants including 200 students from the Centre for Children with Special Needs (KACA) will be running for a noble cause in KACA’s ‘Run for the Kids’ on April 3 at Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium.
The charity run is aimed at raising funds for KACA, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) that provides training and guidance programmes for children with special needs.
In preparation for the charity run, a meeting of the organising committee was held at the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium attended by representatives from Royal Brunei Police Force, Brunei Athletics Association, EMAS as well as the Brunei Darussalam Red Crescent Society.
During a meeting with the organising committee, Haji Abdul Alim bin Haji Othman, Managing Director of KACA, said he appreciated the contribution of participants.
Currently, a total of 556 children are registered with KACA, “and the number is growing by the year”, said Haji Abdul Alim.
The meeting in preparation for KACA’s ‘Run for the Kids’ charity run in progress. – JAMES KON
“In order to sustain the centres, which are located in Bandar Seri Begawan, Tutong and Belait, the association needs contribution from the public and raises fund-raisers like the charity run,” he added.
He also revealed that the first series of the KACA Money Saving Project 2016-2020 saw its students save up to $67,000 last year.
“One student even managed to save more than $15,000,” he beamed. “We want to instil the culture of saving among the students.”
The charity run categories are 10km open (male and female), 5km open (male and female) and 2.5km Fun Run.
The collection of the race pack will be held from March 29-31 at Room 1 of Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium.
Participants are advised to bring their donation cards in exchange for the race pack.
Also present were spokespersons from organisers Creads Design and Printing, Syukri bin Haji Sulaiman and Dayangku Norlelawaty binti Pengiran Haji Ibrahim.
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