Cairo to Cape Town 2006

A Straight Drive through Africa

In October 2005 CWB embarked on our first project with Andy Hobbs, Chris Kangis and Ed Williams: a world first of coaching cricket from Cairo to Cape Town and using the game as a vehicle to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS.

Travelling courtesy of a motley collection of battered and lethal buses, taxis, matatus (shared mini-buses), bicycles and, on one occasion, a forty-four hour trek in an old Chinese train, CWB encountered international cricketers, politicians, crooks, aid workers, diplomats, teachers and thousands of inspirational children.

Over 7 months CWB undertook projects and laid the foundations for future work in Egypt, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa. In the process we coached almost 3,000 children, left Kwik Cricket Equipment behind and taught and certified 175 new coaches with the International Cricket Council (ICC) basic coaching qualification.

Chris Kangis, CWB Trustee

"One brave little girl was to personify the importance of breaking down stigma: Eva. Coaching in a Kenyan slum in Thika and working alongside KENWA (Kenya Network of Womedn with AIDS). CWB met this incredibly frail little girls in the final stages of AIDS. For some time she had been too ill to get out of bed, but on this one daym playing with the other children , she was able to hit the winning runs on a rubbish-strewn and parched land. Her smile lit up the project."

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Cairo to Cape Town 2006

A Straight Drive through Africa

Chris Kangis, CWB Trustee

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